I have been enjoying the stories that are being played out in my soon to be brother in law's D&D campaign and the images sparked off a desire to create, naturally. I used photoshop to illustrate one of the scenes and also create character designs for all the players. It was enjoyable to create these and practice my drawing skills on CAD but I think there is room to expand on designing and drawing detail in the costumes, which is something I will continue to explore in my future projects.
I have been practicing my sewing skills and creating products with the fabric I have built up over my time at uni. Once I'd built up a stock I then created an Etsy page to sell them from. I am in the hope that I can sustain and grow my skills and career experience by working for myself between theatre/ other jobs and learning to drive. It also means I can try new crafts and expand my making skills. For instance so far I have been able to learn how to handmake notebooks. https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MadebyRachelW?ref=search_shop_redirect I completed a night of work at the Birmingham Hippodrome as a dressing assistant on the Welsh National Opera production of War and Peace. I have gone to the Hippodrome as an audience member many times in my life and it was a mini dream for me to then be able to work backstage. I was assisting the dresser with the extra male chorus. It was a tone change for me as I had never dressed anyone much older than me before, but with this came a calmer atmosphere as with added experience they had less nervous energy. It was also a tone change as the scale was much bigger than I have experience with, the physical space backstage is huge compared to where I've worked and the fact that I was also working on my first opera just added to the tone of sheer scale. It was new territory for me and I enjoyed talking to the other crew about working there and working with them. I enjoyed the fact that I was just as amazed by the backstage of the production as I am when I'm watching in the auditorium and I hope to work there again in the future.
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AuthorMy name is Rachel and this blog holds the work I have done throughout college and university for a digital portfolio. Archives
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