Work / The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid
- Role
- Costume Construction & Artisan
- Year
- 2024
- Costume Designer
- Teresa Carson
- Costume Construction & Artisan
- Elise Turner
- Photographer
- Henry Huey
Ensemble performance photograph of seagulls in feathered vests, hats, and custom pants on stage (Photo: Henry Huey).2024
About
Summer Stock Austin — The Little Mermaid (professional production).
Costume construction for Summer Stock Austin’s production of The Little Mermaid, under costume designer Teresa Carson. The work spanned millinery, feather work and textile scaling across the seagull ensemble and the mermaid.
Working with the shop, Elise helped build the seagull vests, cut and sewed their trousers, and created and applied scales. Individually she did all of the feather work, and attached and serged the mermaid’s fins and tails to the bodices.
Costumes
Ensemble performance photograph of seagulls in feathered vests, hats, and custom pants on stage (Photo: Henry Huey). Realized mermaid costume featuring pink velvet bodice with attached iridescent scaled tail and serged fins (Photo: Henry Huey). Front view of completed seagull character headpiece with layered white plumage and sculpted beak. Completed mermaid tail and bodice hanging on costume shop wardrobe rack.
Process
Artisan hand-sewing sculpted orange fabric beak onto white seagull cap.
Studio workspace with hot glue gun, white plumes, and faux fur for individual feather application. Detailed texture view of white and black feathers painstakingly attached into faux fur backing. Cutting and pinning iridescent aquatic fabrics and trims on the costume shop work table.
