Breathe:
Head dress:


The head dress was the last part of the Breathe project I completed. Bethan Francais constructed the example head dress that we followed to create our head dresses. Me and Naomi Bonner worked together to create the headdress so the process didn't take as long to make, this was very important due to tight construction restrictions.
To start we needed to cut out various circle shapes out of blue foam in the work shop. This the base shape we working with to create the horns.
Once the circular shape were cut out the shapes were cut into on a slight angle to make the curve in the horn. Each shape needed to as similar as possible to make the pair of horns as similar as possible.
After the right shapes were cut out a super glue gun was used stick each layer together to create the base horn shape.

First Stage:

Once the horns were at this stage we needed to file down the base shape to create a smoother shape of horns. It didn't need to be perfectly shaped as the beaten weathered look needed to be incorporated into all areas of the costume. Sand and PVA was then painted on top to create the same texture as the sash as it is all for the same finished garment.

Second stage:

This is what the sanded down horn looked like, from this point I needed to layer up the the paint much in the same way as the sash was painted. The colours were slightly different, but the final finish was really effective. Once the base colours were dried the final finish was to brush over very lightly with a gold paint to high light the raised rough sand, it really highlighted the idea of a weather beaten head dress.

Third Stage:

Wire was then placed through the horn so that the wire could be poked through a hat and attached. Once the horns were attached and fully secured plasterzote was used to cover the wire on the inside of the hat and around the rim of the hat to make it a lot more comfortable for the performer to wear. 

Once the horns were in the right place and the hat was made comforatble strips of various fabric were hand tacked onto the hat to decorate the baseball cap. The fabrics used are all the same or in the similar style to the ones that were used in the cloaks to tie everything together.

Final Costume piece: