Schedule for Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
PLEASE NOTE: REFER TO THE “At-a-Glance” GUIDE FOR TIMES and PLACES. IF THERE IS A DISPUTE BETWEEN THIS PROGRAMME BOOK and THE “At-a-Glance” GUIDE, THE GUIDE TAKES PRECEDENCE.
Some programming descriptions were unavailable at press time — please refer to the “At-a-Glance” Guide for these.
All hands-on workshops are limited attendance. If you would like to attend one or more of these workshops, please talk to Katherine Jepson to see if room is still available. Prices are in Canadian funds.
Friday Programs:
- Opening Ceremonies
- DRAPING A BASIC BODICE
This demonstration will introduce the principles and techniques used to drape a basic woman’s fitted bodice. Variations stemming from this bodice will also be discussed and demonstrated. The importance of grainline will be emphasized. (2 hours)
Wendy Bakgaard - CONSERVING COSTUMES
Conservation, proper packing and storage.
Rebecca Tinkham - Recreating Costume from Artwork
Pierre E. Pettinger, Jr. and Sandy Pettinger, Diane Kovalcin, Eileen Capes - WHAT JUDGES LOOK FOR
Diane Kovalcin, Cat Devereaux‡, Susan Toker - FABRIC MANIPULATION
Got lazy fabric? Make it stand up and take notice with fabric manipulation. Learn, with a hands-on panel, how to shape fabric into interesting and challenging shapes.
Jacqueline M. Ward - MALE BELLY DANCE COSTUME
Costume ideas from tribal and cabaret, trying to look glitzy without being too feminine.
Charles Galway - Costuming in Small Spaces
- WELCOME TO CALGARY
Left part of your costume at home? We’ll tell you where the craft stores are. Hungry? We’ll tell you about some great places to eat. Have “spare” time between panels? We’ll tell you what you can do. Calgary has a lot to offer and we’re here to tell you about it.
Kim Nagata, Judy Simpson, Cliff Samuels - RESIST and INDIGO DYEING
This presentation will introduce some of the wonders and ways of indigo dyeing using shibori (resist dyeing) techniques. Various resist techniques will be demonstrated and samples of the results of these methods will be displayed and discussed. (2 hours)
Wendy Bakgaard - BEAD ALL THAT YOU CAN BEAD
Beginner Beading (Learn to bead fabric applique). (2 hours; kit $8.50)
Lisa Ashton and Judy Simpson - PLEATING, GATHERING and DRAPING FABRIC FOR EFFECT
This lecture will demonstrate how the techniques for creating modern window treatments can be applied to create elaborately draped effects for costumes.
Michael Bruno - RECREATING THE 1901 JANET ARNOLD RIBBON DRESS
100 yards of ivory ribbon, 25 yards of satin bias tape and satin tubes!!! and this all goes on one dress? By hand?? Yes! This class will show how this satin and net dress from Janet Arnold’s “Patterns of Fashion” can be recreated. We’ll cover a number of traditional sewing methods and trimming techniques as well as discuss how to select and prepare modern fabrics to give a more historical look. Also included is a mini hand project to demonstrate these techniques, and a handout. Bring very clean hands as we’re going to get up close into the stitches. (2 hours)
Cat Devereaux‡ - Adventures in Theatre Costuming (“ROUND-TABLE” DISCUSSION)
“Round-table” discussion. - OVERVIEW OF ARCHITECTURAL DEVICES FOR LADIES CLOTHES
“Hoops, Bustles, Corsets, Bum Rolls, and So Forth” – A detailed and comprehensive overview lecture of the substructures that reshape a lady’s silhouette. We will not only focus on these types of mechanical devices, but will also discuss silhouettes and historical reasons behind these shapes. (2 hours)
Darla Kruger - RELIGIOUS FORMS IN COSTUME
This panel will be a discussion of origins and design of religious costumes. The focus will be on Judeo-Christian costumes, but all cultures will be included in the discussion. Sensitivity and cautions will also be considered.
Pierre E. Pettinger, Jr. and Sandy Pettinger - WIRED RIBBON FLOWERS
Learn to make three different ribbon flowers for decorating hats and other costume accessories. Bring embroidery or other small scissors. (2 hours; kit $5.00)
Katherine Jepson - BOBBIN LACE – an Introduction
The basics of bobbin lace and some examples. If you are planning on taking the bobbin lace workshop, please come to this demonstration first.
Lynn Fraser - [Friday Night] Social
Saturday Programs:
- FURRY COSTUMES-MORE THAN JUST FUNNY?
A discussion on how to do “serious” sci-fi or historical animal costumes. What to do when you don’t want to just make ’em laugh.
Daren Bost - Dynamics of Group Costuming (“ROUND-TABLE” DISCUSSION)
- Belly Dance Costume
Cheryl Johnson, Charles Galway and Leslie Carmichael - ELIZABETHAN SHIRTS
A slide show and lecture. Several pieces of vintage clothing will be available for inspection. (2 hours)
Jeannette (Jette) Brown - Bobbin Lace
Kit includes 12 pairs of bobbins (24), mylar for pattern, open and closed pins and thread. Students are advised to attend Lynn’s demo/lecture before the workshop. (4 hours; kit $45.00)
Lynne Fraser - Millinery
(A two-part workshop in two sessions. Participants will construct a wired buckram hat form to be covered as desired. (2 hours each; kit TBA)
Carol van Ee - FIBRE PREPARATION
This class will discuss the history and demonstrate the practice of woolcombing and handcarding. Several types of fibres will be available for the student to experiment with, including fleece from a variety of period sheep breeds. The student will receive a handout and a sample package of fleece to take home.
Bess Anderson - INSIDE THE BUTTON BOX
This will be an overview of the history of buttons, focusing primarily on the 19th century to the mid-twentieth century, with information on decorative trends and tips on identification and care. From the simple china buttons worn by pioneer women to the black and white Jazz Age buttons of the flappers, buttons tell stories about people, costumes and history.
Linda Kupecek - I’ll never do THAT again (“ROUND-TABLE” DISCUSSION)
- USING LEATHER and METAL IN MEDIA RECREATION COSTUMING
Working with leather, suede and Ultra Suede to create media costumes like Klingons, Xena, Sheena, etc. Construction techniques and how to attach metal, metal mesh and other unusual materials.
Johanna Breijer - Advanced Beading
Includes sufficient material to complete a project. Bring a variety of thin needles, note-taking materials. Optional supplies could include an assortment of beads you like in a variety of sizes, decorative shank buttons, grey, white or black upholstery thread, snaps, split rings and fasteners; and anything else you’d like to incorporate into the pieces. (3 hours; kit $25.00)
Alison Kondo - COSTUMING OF THE TROUBADOR PERIOD
Twelfth century Western Europe saw the development of one of the first true “fashion fads” of the Medieval era. Cymbric will take you through the history and influences that would define the dazzling array of fashions from that time period. Her presentation will conclude with practical advice on garment construction as well as examples of appropriate designs, fabric choices, etc. to create your own troubadour era fashion originals.
Cymbric VanFaulkner - RECREATING MOVIE PROPS
Cliff will show how his company takes props from various movies and recreates new ones that look identical to the originals. He will explain the process from creating the molds to pouring the castings to painting the finished models.
Cliff Erasmus - Costuming with Kids (“ROUND-TABLE” DISCUSSION)
- ETHNIC BELLY DANCE COSTUME
A slide show in 3 parts: Traditional Middle East clothing; Ethnic Fantasy; Current International Dance Costumes. (2 hours)
Kim Davies - ART OF CELTIC KNOTWORK
Learn the basics of creating your own Celtic knotwork! Handouts supplied. Please bring a pencil and eraser if possible (limited quantities will be available at the class). Topics to be covered: The Basic Knot, Advanced Knotting, Double and Triple Spirals, and whatever else we can squeeze in!
Carl Buziak - DESIGNING FOR THE FUTURISTIC DESIGN CONTEST
A look at designing for Futuristic Design contests. What works, what doesn’t and why all the rules. (2 hours)
Fran Evans - Drop Spindle Spinning
Learn to use a drop spindle to make thread. Bess will have loaner spindles, or participants may purchase one from her for $15-$35. (2 hours; kit $8.00)
Bess Anderson - Media Costuming
Pam Bowyer, Johanna Breijer, Diane Kovalcin, Katherine Jepson - Once and Future Fashion Show
- Historical Masquerade
Sunday Programs:
- Wings and Other Supported Structures
Charles Galway, Cheryl Johnson, Wayne Carmichael, Deb Salisbury - Switching Disciplines: SF/F to Historical and vice-versa (“ROUND-TABLE” DISCUSSION)
- COSTUMES OF THE PEKING OPERA
One hour slide lecture. Will cover major types of costume and characters found in Peking Opera. (2 hours)
Alison Kondo - Beaded Beads
In this lecture/workshop, participants will learn how to use basic beadweaving (as opposed to bead embroidery) techniques to take inexpensive plastic or glass beads and cover or embellish them with other beads to create rosettes, paisleys, and other shapes that can then be incorporated as high impact decorations on your costumes. Directions for 3 techniques (netted bead, brick stitch rosette, and peyote “Saturn” bead) will be provided, and kits will be available for participants who wish to complete a bead in class. (1 hour; kit $1.00)
SuZ Garcia - Millinery
A two-part workshop in two sessions. Participants will construct a wired buckram hat form to be covered as desired. (2 hours each; kit TBA)
Carol van Ee - MILITARY UNIFORMS
Byron doesn’t want to lecture for a full hour, so he’s looking for audience participation. Tell him your interests. He’ll be talking about sources of information on uniforms and hopes others will contribute to the discussion; he may have a bibliography to distribute. He’ll bring some photos to examine, mostly of British uniforms.
Byron Connell - MEDIAEVAL DECORATIVE DAGGING
Join Cymbric as she takes you step-by-step through the process of creating beautiful dags. Those lovely, fluttery, edges were used on garment hems, sleeves and hats – even tents – from the twelfth century to the end of the Mediaeval era. Dagging can give an unmistakably medieval quality to a garment, yet creating dags that hang beautifully instead of drooping or that are just the right style for the fabric or period of the garment, can pose serious challenges to any costumer. Cym shows you just how easy it can be.
Cymbric VanFaulkner - RESEARCH and DOCUMENTATION
How and why you should do research, even for fantasy costuming, and how to put it together for presentation.
Morgan Smith - Are Birds or Cats Better Pets for Costumers? (The Great Debate – “ROUND-TABLE” DISCUSSION)
- FABRIC SELECTION FOR HISTORICAL COSTUME
An open discussion about historical textile (including a bit on colours and dyes). The goal will be to give a concept of what textiles are available today that have an historical context, and what textiles can be used as reasonable replacements for historical fabrics that are simply no longer available or out of the price range of the average costumer. There will also be some discussion of handling and difficulty levels for different fabrics. Lots of questions are encouraged – consider this an interactive textile class. Fabric swatches of some good choices will be available to look at and handle. (2 hours)
Darla Kruger - SO YOU GOT SUCKERED (or RUNNING A FUTURISTIC DESIGN CONTEST)
A light-hearted look at the task of running a Futuristic Design Contest and putting together a Fashion Folio for the faint of heart or the not so fleet of foot. (2 hours)
Fran Evans - Polymer Clay 1″ scale Dolls
Make a 1/12 scale polymer clay doll. Bring, if available, small sculpting tools such as are used in sculpting stone clay. Completed dolls will be baked to set the clay; incomplete dolls will go home with the students to be completed and baked there. (2 hours; kit $5.00)
Leslie Carmichael - Piecework in Costume
Diane Kovalcin and Lisa Ashton - EMBELLISHING SPANDEX
Designing embellishments for stretch fabrics. Creating stencils, and transferring designs to the garment; applying sequins, beads, glitter, and rhinestones so they stay on. Dyeing Spandex. Samples of skating wear.
Judy Simpson - Do “Costume Nazis” Make us Better Costumers? (“ROUND-TABLE” DISCUSSION)
- 3-D MAKE-UP
Using latex, derma wax, and other appliances. A demonstration of creating a Foaming Sponge Gelatin head piece – a new material which is non-toxic, re-usable and requires only a mold, a microwave oven, and a freezer. The process takes 1/2 hour to complete. (2 hours)
Johanna Breijer - RECREATING THE GREENLAND DRESS
An overview of Norse costume and the textile finds at Herjolfsnes and related garments, with a real (hand-woven) interpretation of the “Ronsbjorg Dress” as illustration.
Morgan Smith - Basic Blackwork Embroidery
16th century decorative work using black thread on white fabric. Bring note-taking materials, embroidery scissors and a small hoop or embroidery frame. (2 hours; kit $5.00)
Sharon Wildwind - Belly Dance Costumes
- STREET CHARACTERS
A presentation from “Street Characters”, a local mascot-building company.
Glenn Street - Bustle Draping Techniques
A quick overview and demonstration of bustle draping methods used in the 1870’s and 1880’s, ranging from quick and simple to challenging.
Deb Salisbury - Fantasy and Science Fiction Masquerade
Monday Programs:
- Costume Widows/Widowers/Orphans (“ROUND-TABLE” DISCUSSION)
- SKATING and DANCE COSTUMES
Adapting commercial patterns for optimum comfort, freedom of movement and smooth fit. Choosing the right fabric and working with stretch fabric. Assorted other hints and tips and troubleshooting.
Judy Simpson - ICG Meeting
- T-TUNICS: NOT JUST FOR MEDIEVALS
A look at the basic garment of the T-tunic and other simple-shaped garments based on fabric rectangles. It’s wildly versatile for historical garments from around the world. Its simplicity can launch it into the future and it makes a great basic pattern. Class will cover how to make the pattern to fit yourself; basic construction and then elaborate ways to decorate it and stretch your imagination. Includes handout. (2 hours)
Cat Devereaux‡ - Sewing Machine Selection (“ROUND-TABLE” DISCUSSION)
- WHY GOOD GUYS WEAR WHITE
A look at the use of colour in costuming. Why certain colours evoke certain feelings and how to make use of this in your costumes. (2 hours)
Frances W. Evans - Best and Worst Historical Costume Movies (“ROUND-TABLE” DISCUSSION)
- FEMALE SILHOUETTES THROUGH THE AGES
This will be a comprehensive overview lecture of women’s silhouettes from the 15th Century through the 1920s. The class will provide students with a basic understanding of what makes each era’s outline different from the previous and the next period of time by examining the lines of clothing. (2 hours)
Darla Kruger - Closing Ceremonies
