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The Armor تھیٹریکل ملبوس (اسٹیج پوشاک) by Samantha Chijona Garcia and Vladimir Cuenca

The Armor تھیٹریکل ملبوس (اسٹیج پوشاک) by Samantha Chijona Garcia and Vladimir Cuenca is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award نقرئی انعام in فنونِ اداکاری، اسٹیج، طرز اور مناظر ڈیزائن Competition Category.


چاندیفنونِ اداکاری· 2020

The Armor تھیٹریکل ملبوس (اسٹیج پوشاک)

by Samantha Chijona Garcia and Vladimir Cuenca

Client: Jazz Martinez Gamboa

A' Design Award نقرئی انعام Winner in فنونِ اداکاری Category

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The Design

About The Armor تھیٹریکل ملبوس (اسٹیج پوشاک)

"دی آرمر" ایک تھیٹریکل پوشاک ہے جو شیکسپیئر کے ڈرامے کی اسٹیج پیشکش میں کردار رچرڈ سوم کے لیے تخلیق کی گئی ہے۔ یہ لباس ری سائیکل شدہ اور متروک مواد سے تیار کیا گیا ہے۔ دھات کی پٹیاں ٹوِل کی جیکٹ پر سِلی گئی ہیں، جبکہ ایک دوسرے پر چڑھے ہوئے چمڑے کے گیٹرز ایک الگ ساخت بناتے ہیں جو چمڑے کی پٹیوں اور بکسوؤں سے جُڑی ہوئی ہے۔ زنجیری جالی کا ایک دستانہ آستین کو بند کرتا ہے، اور دھاتی پٹیوں سے استر شدہ مخملی ٹوپی خود کے طور پر استعمال ہوتی ہے۔ چھ حصوں کو ڈرامے کے دوران کردار کی تبدیلی کے مطابق شامل یا علیحدہ کیا جا سکتا ہے۔ یہ ڈیزائن بادشاہ اور اُس کے اندر چھپے کمزور انسان، دونوں کی عکاسی کرتا ہے۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award نقرئی انعام

The Armor تھیٹریکل ملبوس (اسٹیج پوشاک) A' Design Award نقرئی انعام کا فاتح ہے، جو دلکش، عالی شان اور متاثر کن اعلیٰ ترین درجے کے ڈیزائنز کو دیا جانے والا غیر معمولی طور پر باوقار اعتراف ہے۔ نقرئی انعام کے فاتحین نہایت درخشاں اور بے حد تخلیقی کام ہیں جو اپنے ڈیزائنرز کی نمایاں مہارت، ہنر اور بصیرت کو ظاہر کرتے ہیں۔ The Armor تھیٹریکل ملبوس (اسٹیج پوشاک) سے توقع کی جاتی ہے کہ وہ ایک شاندار، نمونہ بننے والا کام ہوگا جو قابل ذکر حد تک پیشہ ورانہ اور گہرائی سے جدید ہے۔ A' Design Award نقرئی انعام جیتنے والا یہ ڈیزائن ایک انتہائی قابل توجہ اور سراہی جانے والی ایجاد ہے جو فائدہ پہنچاتی اور فن، سائنس، ڈیزائن اور ٹیکنالوجی کی حدود کو آگے بڑھاتی ہے۔ The Armor تھیٹریکل ملبوس (اسٹیج پوشاک) وہ تخلیق ہے جس پر بے حد رشک کیا جاتا ہے، جو خواہشات کو ابھارتی، مثبت احساسات لاتی اور حیرت اور تحیر کو جنم دیتی ہے۔

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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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