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How to paint on black, stretchy fabric for costumes

I’ve decided to write up our journey creating the costumes for the Aerial Silks performances this year – during my research for the paints and fabrics, it isn’t quite as straight forward as you might assume. If you’re looking to create similar costumes for your event, read on! To give you some background, before I…
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Costume Painting

Here’s a pic of the costumes Heidi and I were painting for several weeks last year!

Here is the artwork …

Here is the artwork I produced for the show tickets: The theme for the aerial silks show was Good vs. Evil and the costumes were painted in acrylics on fabric (it worked surprisingly well onto black lycra, although during stunts the friction meant some of the paint transferred onto the silks). Heidi Dowie and I…
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Photoshoots updated!

Check out the Film and Photoshoots section in Photography to see some of the photographs of the girls getting ready for the 2014 Aerial Silks Show, and an Aerial Silks photoshoot for promotional material. Sneaky peek…