The Armor Primary Function: Vazi la Maonyesho ya Jukwaani by Samantha Chijona Garcia and Vladimir Cuenca is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Sanaa za Maonyesho, Jukwaa, Mtindo na Mandhari Competition Category.
FedhaSanaa za Maonyesho· 2020
The Armor Primary Function: Vazi la Maonyesho ya Jukwaani
by Samantha Chijona Garcia and Vladimir Cuenca
Client: Jazz Martinez Gamboa
Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award Winner in Sanaa za Maonyesho Category
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About The Armor Primary Function: Vazi la Maonyesho ya Jukwaani
Silaha ni vazi la maonyesho ya jukwaani lililoundwa kwa ajili ya mhusika Richard III katika onyesho la jukwaani la mchezo wa Shakespeare. Vazi hili limetengenezwa kutokana na vifaa vilivyorejelezwa na visivyotumika. Nyaya za chuma zimeshonwa kwenye jaketi ya twili, huku vifuniko vya ngozi vinavyopishana vikiunda muundo tofauti unaounganishwa kwa mikanda ya ngozi na vifungo. Glavu ya mnyororo wa chuma hufunga mkono wa vazi, na kofia ya velvet iliyowekewa vipande vya chuma hutumika kama kofia ya chuma. Sehemu sita zinaweza kuongezwa au kuondolewa kadri mhusika anavyobadilika wakati wa mchezo. Muundo huu unaakisi mfalme pamoja na mtu dhaifu aliye ndani yake.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award
The Armor Primary Function: Vazi la Maonyesho ya Jukwaani ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kubwa ya ajabu unaotolewa kwa miundo ya hali ya juu kabisa, ya kupendeza na ya kuvutia. Washindi wa Fedha ni kazi zinazong'aa mno na bunifu kupita kiasi zinazoonyesha utaalamu bora, kipaji na busara ya wabunifu wao. The Armor Primary Function: Vazi la Maonyesho ya Jukwaani inatarajiwa kuwa kazi nzuri ya kuigwa ambayo ni ya kitaalamu kwa kiasi kikubwa na yenye ubunifu wa kina. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Fedha ya A' Design Award ni uvumbuzi unaojulikana sana na kupendwa, unaonufaisha na kupanua mipaka ya sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia. The Armor Primary Function: Vazi la Maonyesho ya Jukwaani ni kazi inayotamaniwa mno inayochochea hamu, huleta hisia chanya na huzua mshangao na mastaajabu.
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- 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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