KIRSTY GAYNARD

Throughout my university experience I have made a range of different costumes which cover a wide range of different era; for these I have worked from images, paintings or photograph's to recreate the desired piece which has been requested.

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UNIVERSITY PROJECTS

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16th Century Dress:

This piece was a self designed piece from the theme of Egyptian and traditional 16th Century gowns. For this piece I tested myself through decoration, this was through quilting, hand beading and making three dimensional aspects to fit the overall composition. 

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Rose Selfridge- HIGHCLIFFE CASTLE COMMISSION PIECE

This was a commission piece for Highcliffe Castle based on the Selfridges; this was a requested piece to be made from a photograph provided. From this I sourced fabrics relevant to the era and photograph and pattern drafted my own patterns to match the different components. The best experience from this was working with a client to get what they wanted from it.

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'WE BURN BRIGHTLY':

For this I was making alterations which were instructed by the supervisor. This was a collaboration piece with myself and it also being sourced from the costume store. Not only did I do this collaborative piece I made some smaller makes which were needed for the show being a jabot; corset alteration and adding decoration.

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Henry VIII:

I chose to make Henry VIII for my third year major project; for this I chose the most ambitious well known painting there is of Henry VIII. I recreated this piece by using luxurious fabrics and trims to give that royal appearance he would have had...I also hand made the jewellery across the costume using a mould repeated with resin, this was one of the most challenging sections to the costume. I also did a collaboration to get the embroidery details needed on the costume.

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NOTE: I HAVE NOW SOLD THIS TO THE NATIONAL THEATRE

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DRESSING AND WARDROBE WORK

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OTI MABUSE 'I am here'

I did and evening of dressing for this touring show; quick changes, organising costumes ready for the dancers, sorting laundry.

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'Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World'

I worked as a wardrobe assistant doing the laundry preparing the costumes ready for the evening and matinee shows.

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Disney's Newsies

I had a week's work here doing the cast change; there was many alterations I had to do to the costumes so fit the new cast.

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INDUSTRY JOBS

Angels Costumes

I worked in the ALTERATIONS department after university on an 8 week placement; this is where I leant loads of new skills which tested my current knowledge in costume but has also developed it further.

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Stranger Things The Experience

After my 8 week placement at Angles Costume I moved onto working as a WARDROBE ASSISTANT; for this I had to do laundry, fix clothing which needed repairs during the show and made sure that a wide number of people were dressed in time for when they were called.

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Mountview Drama School

I am self employed here working whenever they need someone doing small makes and alterations for their shows.

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FILM AND TV JOBS

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Eastenders- BBC

Whilst working at Eastenders I have learnt how to work with a wide range of people; how a film set works. My job roles on this as a costume trainee/ costume assistant was to work with the SA's to ensure that they are ready and prepped for when the camera is rolling. I have also had to make design choices within this depending on what was being filmed and the time of year. 

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Silent Witness- BBC

I worked doing dailies on location with the recent series of silent witness; my job role was to work closely with crowd ensuring continuity was perfect! 

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Netflix- The Gentlemen Series

I worked on big crowd days doing pick ups on location shoots; this job we had creative freedom to interoperate the costumes to how we wanted them to look as long as they fit the brief the designer wanted. I really enjoyed this job as I got to have some input into the costumes.

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Apple TV- Legacy

This was my first job where I was employed from start to finish before the strike happened. I was employed as a costume trainee, with this jobs I did alterations for the show. I worked on set checking the crowd costume, I also worked on location including night shoots in and around London. I assisted helping with returns as well as preparing rails for fittings.

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Channel 4- LP

With this job I worked alongside a lovely co- worker in the workroom making costumes; I helped by assisting him with some of the finishing touches and also cutting out the fabric to make it easier for him to construct some of the garments. I also went out and bought a list of items he required. I really enjoyed this job as I was able to utilise some of my sewing knowledge.

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