Murder Hornet
Animation by Filipa Castro
Secretary Murder Hornet
May 2020
We started by researching the story of Hornets, and when they first appeared. They eat off entire bees nests, and can cause death to us human. Almost twice the size of a regular hornet.
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When planning with Elin Hughes, we wanted to show sting on the teapot, and stabs as if shards of glass. We would then transfer my drawings onto the teapot. I made sheets of murder hornets in different positions to print on the transfer paper, and we decided for the teapot to have a white bacground to make the hornets visible.
I worked with Elisabeth Sur on this hat, and we were inspired by Thierry Mugler beautiful hornet. The idea was to make to work with fabric on a metal frame.
First we worked with tape to figure out the shape we wanted, and to make the pattern.
The structure inside, foam for padding hard mesh for structure and visibility. Elastic for stability.
With the rhinestones.
The shiny fabric we have selected.
Working on the metal frame.
The antennas weren’t long enough to my taste. I preferred the Thierry Mugler version with super long antennas.
A drawn up mockup of what we would like to do. with rhinestones and also adding black and shades to the mandibles. To make them more aggressive.
The texture the rhinestones add is amazing.
Pearl, the performer with the mask finished in rehearsal. She cannot see very much so we added holes in the underlayer for visibility, through the fabric. Unlike the others this headpiece is very fitted which means that she is not restricted with her movement.
The photoshoot with the teapot.