Hope Maddox
Costume Design and Technology
Leather Work
Leather Armor:
After working on She Kills Monsters, I wanted to work with more leather. I have been teaching myself more about working with leather. through out the years.
I started by making the pauldrons and hammering the design. I used a set of bracers I had previously made and re painted them to match my knife sheath (below). For the breastplate, I had my friend help me saran wrap and duck tape my chest, marking center front, center back, shoulder seams, and sides so that I could draw my pattern for the breastplate on a form that was exact to my body. I then cut out and transferred these pieces to paper. I used my dress form to wet form the leather to the shape of a body.
All Professional Photography was done by Karen Smith Photographer
Leather Knife Sheath:
During my last season at the ASC, the costume designer taught me how to make a knife sheath for my personal knife during our downtime.
All Professional Photography was done by Karen Smith Photographer