THE GOD PARTICLE: Green Design Inspiration

We've been receiving inspiring photos from costume designers with phenomenal green designs in this year's Planet Connections Theatre Festivity ... here's a sneak peek with costume designer Cat Fisher of The God Particle playing in the Robert Moss as part of the Evening of One Acts.  (Catch the next performance today at 4PM!  You can find the full listing of performance dates below).

Cat has created a hat, scarf and gloves for one of the characters in The God Particle. Below, she reveals the inspiration and the technology behind her design!

Actor Amanda Johnson wearing Cat's recycled creation!

The hat, scarf, and pair of fingerless gloves, took approximately 12 hours to crochet. For the most part, single crochet, half-double, and double crochet stitches were used, with a size I/9 hook. The design is a sort of trial and error effort. The preparation of "yarn" required scissors and approximately 20 minutes per bag to cut and wind strips of plastic. The bags were each cut into one continuous strip, with the 'yarn' width varying from 3/4 - 2".

I love recycling, and over the past fifteen-ish years, crocheting from plastic bags has been a favorite activity. From costumes, toys and doll clothing (blythe, licca, and barbie), to kitschy home decor and fashion items, a wide variety of colors and weights of "disposable" plastics can be used/reused to create interesting effects. 

The God Particle, by Christina Gorman and directed by Joan Kane, is set in Geneva. Already in place was a fab set design (Starlet Jacobs) with simulated snow, wonderful snowy night lighting (Bruce A! Kraemer), rockin' ambient bar/party sounds (Ian Wehrli), a script mentioning skis, and plenty of shivering activity by the actors. When the call for eco-friendly fashion in costume design was issued by Planet Connections, I immediately pictured Izzy (Amanda Johnson), the female character, wearing eco-chic winter accessories.  How can Gavin (Jack Berenholtz) resist a gal who wears re-structured molecules so well?
 

For your amusement is a photo of my muse, licca, wearing (last seasons') plastic chic...

Thanks Cat!  You can see her work onstage in An Evening of One Acts: GALILEO, THE GOD PARTICLE & THE MATRA INDIA at The Robert Moss Theatre (Located at 440 Lafayette St. between Astor Place and 4th St. and across the street from The Public Theater. Conveniently located near the N, R, W, and 6 trains.)

SHOW TIMES & TICKETS:
Saturday, June 11th at 4:00PM
Wednesday, June 15th at 6:30PM
Sunday, June 19th at 3:30PM
Tuesday, June 21st at 8:00PM
Friday, June 24th at 6:30PM

Join Planet Connections Theatre Festivity on Facebook and Twitter.  

Follow The Greener Room on Facebook.