costume design
melissa pettitt
mushroom costume
For Burning Moon festival. Ultra-lightweight construction using tissue and Fossshape-600, with feathers, lace and silk.
Sound-reactive controller and LED lighting.
the shade of sleep
In performance at Herofest.
Textiles, willow, tissue, foam, found materials, led lighting for night-time use.
Firebird head-dress
pheasant feathers, leds and papier-maché, with faux-fur capelet.
Ritual Healer
The Mouse and His Child
Designs for characters from the stage adaptation of Russell Hoban’s classic book
Grimm's tales
the old woman/lichen designs were later constructed as a technical exercise, illustrated below.
Lichen , Old Woman of the Wood
Further development, including a mask based on a life-cast,
in order to experiment with light-weight foss-shape thermosetting wadding.
materials: foss-shape, felt, textiles
wicked queen
for ‘Snow White’, Fishguard Pantomime.
Scenic design and painting also by Melissa.
