The Armor 무대 의상 by Samantha Chijona Garcia and Vladimir Cuenca is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 은상 in 공연 예술, 무대, 스타일 및 무대미술 디자인 Competition Category.
은공연 예술· 2020
The Armor 무대 의상
by Samantha Chijona Garcia and Vladimir Cuenca
Client: Jazz Martinez Gamboa
A' Design Award 은상 Winner in 공연 예술 Category
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About The Armor 무대 의상
'아머(The Armor)'는 셰익스피어 희곡 무대 공연에서 리처드 3세 캐릭터를 위해 제작된 무대 의상이다. 이 의상은 재활용 소재와 폐자재로 만들어졌다. 트윌 재킷 위에 금속 라인을 박음질했으며, 겹쳐진 가죽 각반은 가죽 스트랩과 버클로 연결되어 별도의 구조물을 이룬다. 사슬 갑옷 장갑이 소매를 마무리하고, 금속 스트립으로 안감을 댄 벨벳 모자가 투구 역할을 한다. 여섯 개의 부분은 극 중 인물의 변화에 따라 덧붙이거나 떼어낼 수 있다. 이 디자인은 왕으로서의 면모와 그 내면에 자리한 나약한 인간의 모습을 함께 담아낸다.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 은상
The Armor 무대 의상, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 은상 수상작으로, 최상급이며 아름답고 인상적인 디자인에 수여되는 비범하게 권위 있는 인정입니다. 은상 수상작은 대단히 뛰어나고 매우 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 탁월한 전문 지식, 재능, 통찰력을 보여 줍니다. The Armor 무대 의상, 이 작품은 훌륭한 대표작으로서 매우 전문적이고 깊이 있게 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 은상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 경계를 넓히는 데 이바지하는 주목할 만하고 찬사를 받는 발명품입니다. The Armor 무대 의상, 이 작품은 모두가 부러워하는 창작물로서 욕망을 일깨우고 긍정적인 감정을 불러오며 경탄과 경이로움을 불러일으킵니다.
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
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