Dye Work & Distressing - Mother Courage and Her Children
April 2021
Distressing skirts, and aprons for Mother Courage, Kattrin, and Yvette in Mother Courage and Her Children
By Bertolt Brecht
Designer – Caroline Lucille Rein
Costume Shop Manager – Anthony Sirk
Distressing & Dye Work – Caroline Lucille Rein
Production Photos by Andrew Day
Process Shots by Caroline Lucille Rein
Gray, red, and orange skirts were all ombre dyed in a red-brown RIT dye bath and while not all skirts took the dye well, they took some. Then all the skirts and aprons were distressed using acrylic paint with sponges and dry brushing techniques.
Leg wraps were distressed by Allison Jones as well.
Distressing and Breakdown - Nell Gwynn, February 2021
Distressed and lightly dirty chemise and skirt for Ma Gwynn in Nell Gwynn
By Jessica Swale
Designer – Allison Jones
Costume Shop Manager – Anthony Sirk
Distressing – Caroline Lucille Rein
Production Photos by Melodie Yvonne Ramey
Process Shots by Caroline Lucille Rein
Shredded using an exact knife, rasper, and fingers. Then dimension was added with acrylic paint sea sponge and fingers.
