laura power design portfolio
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A Designer’s MindAn Overactive MindStillness in A Mobile WorldThe Best Little Whorehouse In TexasThe Tree That Sat DownQueen Esther of EgyptContact Details
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Stillness In A Mobile World: Dance Two Costume Designer
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A Designer’s Mind
This portfolio presents a brief insight to my artistic life from 2010 - 2013.
Designing can allow a sense of security and a form of escapism from the ‘real world’. Staring into a dark black theatre and trying to envision your design can sometimes be
daunting and you may feel a sense of fear. However, such fear is the essence of pushing my creativity to the next level.
As a designer, a challenge which I always set myself is to create a series of impressions for the audience
which will leave them questioning ways of life from the past, the present and in the future.
My research utilises a range of different sources, including: personal experience, historical events and artwork and even contemporary art. Additionally I
look at social, political and cultural movements, analysing the work of past and present designers. Most importantly, is the excitement I find in
looking through books from different periods which form their own towers on my desk.My work includes: Costume Design, Set Design, Model Making, Illustrations
and installations.
This book is dedicated to my Grandad, Gerard Whitty who encouraged mycreative passion and devotion for theatre.
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An overactive mind
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Stillness In A Mobile World
Costume Designer
Directed by : Sarah Baker
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“The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them”.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
This performance translates the ways we find peace amongst the hubris and commotion of our contemporary environment.
For inspiration for this brief I explored the diverse cultural influences shaping our lives such as technology, discrimination, evolution, war...and how the decisions we make
about these issues will inevitably shape our possible futures.
I realise we are all part of systems which reflect our own beliefs and experiences which, along with our history, converge to create our own future as well that of the entire
civilisation, The juxtaposition of all these elements will determine the possible outcome for our planet.
What impact will we allow technology to have on the human race? What will we allow the world to become?
Everything will change, but how?
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The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas
Costume Designer
Directed by : Michael Howcroft
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Mona stanleyAct 1, Scene 3.
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Ginger Taddy Jo Beatrice Dawn
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MISS MONA’S GIRLS
Durla Linda Lou Eloise Ruby Rae
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The Tree That Sat Down
Costume Designer and Maker
Hypothetical Director: Terry Gillian
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Pc Monkey
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Snowdrop
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Mr Peacock
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Costume Designerqueen esther of EGYPT
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