ROLE: Designer and creator
For my design for Sunday in the Park with George the script required a mechanical dress that was able to open and close to allow the actress to step out of the dress for a portion of the scene while the dress remained standing on its own.
I started by designing the base of the dress in 1/4” scale and then once that was finessed I then started building the dress to size. Step one was to weld a frame that would allow the dress to stand on its own. I then installed small remote controlled servo motors to allow the dress to open and close using a wireless remote offstage. The final step was to drape fabric over the top to make the dress appear to have been sewn like a normal garment.