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A trio of masked people in colorful clothing.
Garmentia, K-O-Tique and The Fixer at Club Ruin, 2012. Design and performance by A. Laura Brody, modeled by Pam Noles, Sasha Valentene, and Michael Sheppard. Photo by Benjamin Goco.
Seven masked people in colorful clothing emulate the Seven Deadly Sins.
Seven Deadly Sins at the Summerset Festival of the Arts, 2013. Design and performance by A. Laura Brody. Photo by Stephanie Shanks.
A trio of masked people in colorful clothing.
Garmentia, K-O-Tique and The Fixer at Club Ruin, 2012. Design and performance by A. Laura Brody, modeled by Pam Noles, Sasha Valentene, and Michael Sheppard.. Photo by Benjamin Goco.
6 masked people in colorful costumes laugh and gesture in front of a brick wall.
6 of the Seven Seven Deadly Sins at the Majestical Roof fashion show, 2011. Design and performance by A. Laura Brody, modeled by Pam Noles, Azmyth Kaminski, Joyce Lee, and Lauryn Otten. Photo by Andrija Bloom.
Two masked characters in colorful costumes tell stories around a cafe table in a wooded courtyard.
The Ringmaster and The Princess, performance/photo shoot, 2011. Design by A. Laura Brody, modeled by Mark McClain Wilson and McKerrin Kelly. Photo by David Robkin.
Four masked characters in colorful costumes stand on a staircase with ivy in the background.
The Ringmaster, the Princess, the Pirate Queen, and the Vampiress. Design by A. Laura Brody, modeled by Mark McClain Wilson, McKerrin Kelly, Kristie Transeau, and Mandi Moss. Performance/photo shoot, 2011. Photo by David Robkin.
The wearable art grew from my experience as a costume maker and designer, but was fueled by the desire to create new worlds and characters using primarily reused and repurposed materials. I developed story lines for each character and created photo shoots and performances for them.
The top two images feature Garmentia and their compatriots, K-o-Tique and The Fixer.
In the middle are my versions of the Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice, the Absinthe of Envy, (the cape of) Wrath, Pride, Lust, Sloth, and Intoxication (a prettier version of Gluttony).
The final images come from the stories of The Ringmaster, The Princess, The Pirate Queen, and the Vampiress.
These pieces have been shown in Sugar Goes Steampunk, at the Majestical Roof Fashion show, Club Ruin, at the Summerset Festival of the Arts, in Presque Pret A Porter at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, and in b4 I Wake at Theater of NOTE.
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staple draping performances

A dark skinned, bearded man with glasses wears a tent of shiny red and blue fabric. On the right, a light skinned woman in black and white staples the fabric around him.
Staple draping at Scot Nery's Boobie Trap, 2015. Design and performance by A. Laura Brody. Model Matt Gethers, photo by Richard Michael Johnson.
A blonde young man rides a decorated wheelchair. He leads a parade of people dressed in fanciful, brightly colored clothing.
Staple draping on the go at the Summerset Festival of the Arts in Baraboo, WI. 2014. Design and performance by A. Laura Brody. Photo by Stephanie Shanks.
A short haired light skinned woman holds up her arm. An arm reaches up to her armpit from the floor.
Staple draping at the Summerset Festival of the Arts. 2012. Photo by Eugene Robkin.
On the left, a bearded dark skinned man in glasses stands wearing a vest of chili print fabric. On the right is a woman in black with a long green vest smiling and waving her hands.
Staple draping at the opening of Dys/Function, 2015. Design and performance by A. Laura Brody. Photo by Zeina Baltagi.
On the left a woman is dressed in a stapled white costume with a blue flower on the right shoulder. On the right a woman in black holsd up a stapler in one hand and prepares to staple a dark haired man into a tunic top.
Staple draping at Shkapf Theater. 2014. Photo by Gia Mora.
A woman holds brighh pink fabric up to the shoulder of a dark haired girl in glasses. Two children look on with big eyes and open mouths.
Staple draping the kids at the Summerset Festival of the Arts, 2013. Photo by Eugene Robkin.
Staple draping came from my years of experience in draping costumes. It started as a way to create costumes on the fly quickly for an event, and then became both a form of performance art and a way to teach people to drape their own costumes and wearable art.
Draping is shaping fabric over a form to create a design. Staple draping uses staples instead of pins and human bodies as its dress form and inspiration. It is a remarkably freeing creative technique.
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Staple Draping © 2011 by A. Laura Brody is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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