The Armor Primary Function: Театрален костюм by Samantha Chijona Garcia and Vladimir Cuenca

The Armor Primary Function: Театрален костюм by Samantha Chijona Garcia and Vladimir Cuenca is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Сребърна награда A' Design Award in Дизайн на сценични изкуства, сцена, стил и декор Competition Category.

СреброСценични изкуства· 2020

The Armor Primary Function: Театрален костюм

by Samantha Chijona Garcia and Vladimir Cuenca

Client: Jazz Martinez Gamboa

Сребърна награда A' Design Award Winner in Сценични изкуства Category

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The Design

About The Armor Primary Function: Театрален костюм

Книжен текст: Броните е театрален костюм, създаден за героя Ричард III в сценична постановка на пиеса на Шекспир. Костюмът е изработен от рециклирани и излезли от употреба материали. Метални нишки са пришити върху сако от кепър, докато припокриващи се кожени гамаши образуват отделна структура, свързана с кожени каишки и катарами. Ръкавица от ризница затваря ръкава, а кадифена шапка, подплатена с метални ленти, служи като шлем. Шестте части могат да се добавят или премахват, докато героят се променя в хода на пиесата. Дизайнът отразява едновременно краля и уязвимия човек в него.

The Recognition

About the Сребърна награда A' Design Award

The Armor Primary Function: Театрален костюм е носител на Сребърната награда A' Design Award — извънредно престижно признание, присъждано на дизайни от най-висока класа, великолепни и впечатляващи. Сребърните победители са изключително блестящи и крайно творчески творби, които илюстрират изключителната компетентност, талант и проницателност на своите дизайнери. Очаква се The Armor Primary Function: Театрален костюм да бъде прекрасна, показна творба, забележително професионална и дълбоко иновативна. Този дизайн, спечелил Сребърната награда A' Design Award, е високо забележимо, възхищавано изобретение, което е от полза и разширява границите на изкуството, науката, дизайна и технологиите. The Armor Primary Function: Театрален костюм е творение, на което мнозина завиждат, което събужда желания, внася положителни чувства и разпалва изумление и възхита.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This armor, made with fully recycled materials, mixes metallic corset nerves referring to the classic western armor, topped by a butcher's chainmail glove that evokes the bloodthirsty of the character with leather leggings overlapping layers denoting the various faces assumed by the character during the plot. From a modernist vision in terms of fabric, overlapping and weaving of pieces the structure refers to the vulnerability of the King and the man who lives at the same time in Richard III.
Dimensions & Packaging: Armor- 45cmx30cmx55cm
Helmet- diameter:57cm High: 23cm
Tags: Costume design, Shakespeare, Richard III, Armor, theater, cuban designer, Samantha Chijona Design, schijonag.
Production Technology: The armor is compound by 6 pieces. 1: The metal structure, it is metal lines sewn on a twill weave jerkin jacket, 2: the leather armor, leather gaiters overlapping forms an independent structure that joins the rest of the set with leather straps closed by buckles, 3: The metal glove, a chainmail glove closes the cuff to give the sleeve a shot, 4: The helmet,
a velvet hat lined with metal strips works as an armor helmet 5: The pants, a black twill pants and finally 6: Black leather boots to the knees.
Design Challenge: The development of the piece became a challenge, I wanted to do something great for the character but working in Cuba is always difficult due to the lack of resources, so while researching, I also located materials. Looking in an antique warehouse I found these old pieces of unused corsets bones and leather leggings and decided to use them. With only one month to prepare the entire theater play with more than 16 characters we were detained in this armor for a week, assembling, testing and sewing piece by piece in search of achieving an attractive but useful result.
Research: My research flew over two essential aspects, the historical and the technical. After having studied for years Western and Japanese armors, the challenge of creating one was wonderful. I had to solve how I should use the historical engineering structures in those garments with the modern materials I had in hand. I read and compiled images and information, of the western armor, I appropriated the metal and the order of the parts while from the Japanese I took overlays of leather pieces sewn with cord. The result was a very visual and modern armor that keeps its basic function, protection.
Inspiration: Having studied for years structures that we use when dressing and that have protected and distancing ourselves from the real world I choose one of my favorite, the armor. I took advantage of the study of Western and Japanese war pieces and modernized it with the use of materials and disused pieces. The text of Shakespeare's play emphasizes the two faces and the physical problem of the character I used it as inspiration to separate and show the two parts of Richard III.
Project Duration: The project started in June 2018 in Havana, Cuba and ended in September 2018 in Havana, Cuba.
Operation Flow: The piece is compound by 6 small parts, the main three, armor jacket, pant and boots are easy to put, also it has another leather structure which should be placed with buckles while the hat and the glove are closed by an elastic piece. the interaction between the actor and the piece is determined for the modular form of the main piece, the person can take off the leather part, the helmet, the glove and keep only the base jacket, pants and boots, in the same way he can add more pieces throught the evolution of the character inside the theater play.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Chijona, Samantha, 2018
Team Members: Designer and Creative Director: Samantha Chijona
Designer: Vladimir Cuenca
Image Credits: Image 1,2,3,4,5: Samantha Chijona Photographer/ Samantha Chijona Designer /Richard III/ The Armor /Model: Maria Gabriela Sanchez, 2018