These are some of the costumes I have done over in the past. It remains a strong
interest of mine, but unfortunately over the last few years of living in Japan and Indiana, I haven't had the opportunity
to pursue it much. But, there's always hope for more in the future!
This character is entitled
"Subsentient Concubine" and was a "slave" of "Medusa Jones". Medusa Jones is a slave trader that some of my
friends and I invented. Since the her inital appearance, we have developed the character into several fund raising ventures
including the "Medusa Jones Emporium of Exotic and Erotic Biological Commodities Slave Auction", and the "Medusa Jones
Frame and Blame." Medusa Jones and her slaves have been the subject of a number of presentations, videos, and storylines
and has been quite well known in Western Canadian fandom. This particular picture is from the set of the "Medusa Jones
Video Catalogue", but the costume first appeared in a Medusa Jones presentation at NonCon 13 in Edmonton, Alberta. The
presentation received "Best Group" and "Best of Show". There is not really much to the costume itself - except for one
of my pervading themes - tights!
This is another Medusa
Jones character created for the Video Catalogue. His name is "Rilarmach" he also appeared in a presentations at ConVersions
IX and X in Calgary, Alberta. The presentation and ConVersion X received "Best Journeyman". The costume, again, includes
tights. The shirt was hand made from scratch as was the prosthetic chest underneath (okay! I was kind of gangly then!). The
vest was modified from a jacket.
Another Medusa
Jones video catalogue creation called "Masque of the Red Death". It also appeared in the presentation that won "Best
Journeyman" and ConVersion X, but it was not worn by me. The shirt and diaper pants were made from scratch.
This is probably our
most spectacular Medusa Jones presentation "The Medusa Jones Entourage." at ST-Con '93. There were a total of 13 people in the
entourage and all the costumes were made from scratch. We had a very small budget and all the costumes were made for
less that $25 each. My character in this presentation was "St. John Roc", Medusa Jones' lawyer. The presentation received
"Best of Show".
This me as Medusa
Jones. Several of us made Medusa Jones costumes for the "Medusa Clones Emporium" presentation at ST-Con '94. The
wig was hand made with braided yarn sewn onto a touque. The shirt and cloak were made from scratch and the skirt altered
from a house-coat. Again, there are those tights!
This is a re-creation
of Jack Skellington and Sally from Tim Burton's "Nightmare Before Christmas." The tuxedo jacket was altered from an
overcoat and the head was done with make-up, a white nylon (another trend!), and baby-powder (for my hair). The eyes and
mouth were cut out of the nylon after it was put on and liquid latex was used around the hole-areas to prevent further running.
The costume was presented at the "First Annual Captain's Masquerade Ball" at Halloween, 1994, in Calgary, Alberta.
This is what I consider
to be my first serious costume. It is "Anubis", the Egyptian jackal headed god of the dead. I originally made it for the "Second Annual
Captain's Masquerade Ball" at Halloween, 1995 in Calgary, Alberta. I won "Best of Show". Since then, he has appeared as
part of a presentation in the "Twilight Theatre's Vampire Fashion Show" (shown below) and at Costume Con 13 (where the
picture is from). (My adoring follower is Ronja, a friend.) The for of the head was constructed out of
only three things: duct tape (!), coat hangers (to attach the duct tape to), and an old badminton racket (his nose). And of course,
I'm wearing my tights!
This is an Egyptian collar
that I am trying to re-create as an accessory for Anubis. I'm using beads, hand rolled from paper, and likely clay for the falcon heads.
At the moment it is not complete so there are no pictures, but have no fear - I will add them when it's done!
Twilight Theatre is an amateur acting troop that I belong to. For ST-Con '96 in Calgary, we were asked to provide some
entertainment for Friday night's program and we decided to put on a "Vampire Fashion Show". The vampires in the show were
based on White Wolf's "Vampire the Masquerade" roll playing game (also the basis for Aaron Spelling's show "Kindred, The
Embraced"). This proved to be quite versatile as we could portray a wide variety of styles and time periods (thereby making
maximum use of the historical costumes provided by the Western Canadian Costumer's Guild whose aid we enlisted).
Currently I have only two pictures:
