Tyrella Baker-Smith II

The Four Seasons by Tyrella Baker-Smith, with spring above; a flounce and ruffle of bright soft floral prints, and winter below:

   "The skirt corset and undertop were printed using sublimation printing. I found old botanical tree branch drawings on a database given to me by the Edinburgh Botanics. The over cloak (in similar yoke shape to spring to connect these two) is made of hand dyed grey velvet for the yoke. I hand painted linen, and then machine embroidered over the top to create the long birch trees. These were then appliquéd onto black sheer silk organza to create a stark forest effect. The headpiece was made of many different kinds of twigs, and on top on layered fake moss to create the subtle growth and pick out some of the green in the undertop." Tyrella BakerSmith

Tyrella Baker-Smith I

Costume design for a TV Series Adaptation of Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl by Tyrella Baker-Smith for her graduate collection at ECA. 

'He shouted, “Bacon, pork and ham!

Oh, what a lucky Wolf I am!''

And though he ate the pig quite fast,

He carefully kept the tail till last...' 

Ruth Hope

This is Ruth Hope's wonderful interpretation of Roald Dahl's 'Esio Trot',  Mrssilvers immaculate hand embellished gold velvet suit with applique, hand embroidery, and beadwork was stunning. Contrasting to perfection with Mr Hoppy's shambolic well loved patchwork dressing gown.  You can catch the show and see all of this amazing work close up at Edinburgh College of Art, Degree Show this week.

Callum Miller

Callum Miller created costumes for 'The Bees', a novel by Laline Paull which explores the nature inside a hive inspired by social hierarchy and horror.
Flora 717 (above and below) is a devout young worker bee velvet embellished with wet latex drips to mimic the themes of honey, blood and horror. On the cork bodice, there is rasterized text to represent how every bee in the hive is just a number from birth.

"The main inspiration from the cork fabrics I used combined with delicate sheer fabrics was to represent the oppression of the hive in which the bees are pressured into the strict regime of Accept, Obey and Serve. Floras bodice under the cork is made from a unique fabric I made myself using organza, a unique glue called beamus and black foil  sheeting. " Callum Miller 

Sister Sage is a manipulative priestess who uses her power to overthrow the queen. Her costume has princess pleated cuffs and hem, embellished with glossy black beads. Her dramatic mustard cape with a sharply slender silhouette featured laser cut hexagons.

"'The Bees', is a novel by Laline Paull exploring the nature inside a hive inspired by social hierarchy and horror. Characters: Flora 717, a devout young worker bee and Sister Sage, a manipulative priestess who uses her power to overthrow the queen."

"'A trip to Brigadoon', is an adaptation of the classic 50s highland musical ‘Brigadoon’. The adaptation was created by setting the classic characters in the highlands where they accidentally forage the wrong kind of mushroom... a fun and immersive theatre experience that centers around magical delusion and hallucination." Callum Miller

Aleksandra Skowyra I

It is graduate show time here in Scotland and I just managed to get to the rehearsals for ECA Costume  Degree Show, despite being really ill with a summer cold, so the next month or so will be spent showcasing some of the graduating and up and coming talent from the Scottish Art Colleges.

My first post is the work of a second-year costume student at ECA called Aleksandra Skowyra.  The second year's group project was to create the stuff of nightmares and dream time adventures with a theme of 'Where The Wild Things Are'. I particularly liked Aleksandra's because of the elongated, fleshy boneless arms.

                               Above: group photo by Aleksandra Skowyra Below: sketches 

"My costume for my version of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ inspired by Roman n Greek Mythology, the 7 Classical Planets and most importantly for this design - inspired by the sun." Aleksandra Skowyra