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Heidi Jørgensen

Heidi Jørgensen

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Heidi Jørgensen
BA (Hons) Costume

Heidi Jørgensen

My three years on the BA (Hons) Costume course, has allowed me to improve my technical sewing abilities, my approach to creative experimentation and my historical research skills.

I have worked as part of a bigger team on theatre productions, working to several deadlines throughout the project for everything to be fitted and ready for the first tech rehearsals.

I also had the opportunity to explore historical techniques and practices in debt during one of my third-year projects where I worked to reconstruct an 18th century cloak by hand using grosgrain silk which I dyed using indigo and decorated with a bobbin lace trim I made following Janet Arnold's illustration of the trim from the original cloak in Patterns of Fashion 6. A project which I entered in the Costume Society’s Patterns of Fashion competition.

These experiences have confirmed my knowledge that I enjoy the time and research which goes into the making of historical costumes, it has given me a greater appreciation of the effort and intention that went into the construction of garments historically. Because of this I hope to continue working with historical costumes in the future.

Collaborator

Role

Maya Mansfield, Wayne Martin

Costume designers

Larissa Gray, Seren Rees

Costume supervisors

Izzy Cresswell

Set designer

Frankie Roberts

Scenic artist

Avery Kirin

Model, actor

Jayne Jackson

Photographer

Alex Walker

Make-up artist