Carcass for "Wolf"
Carcass for "Wolf"

Deke Weaver's Unreliable Bestiary

 

Detail, Carcass for "Wolf"
Detail, Carcass for "Wolf"

Deke Weaver's Unreliable Bestiary  

Commendatore armor and accessories
Commendatore armor and accessories

"Don Giovanni"  San Francisco Opera

Sculpted/cast, vacuu-form, thermosplastic velveteen, paint

Costume Design: Thierry Bosquet

Masks
Masks

"Rigoletto" San Francisco Opera

Costume Design: Constance Hoffman

Bird Mask, detail
Bird Mask, detail

"Rigoletto" San Francisco Opera

Paper mache', bucram

Costume Design: Constance Hoffman

Dress: Angela Ghirardelli
Dress: Angela Ghirardelli

Reproduction of original from Yosemite Nat'l Park Archives

Design and construction: Kim Curtis, Callie Floor

Armor: leather, sized felt, cording
Armor: leather, sized felt, cording

Reproduction of original (top)

"Giulio Cesare" San Francisco Opera

Designer: John Conklin

Ravioli Man
Ravioli Man

for Ravioli's Restaurant

Polar fleece, foam, vinyl, thermoplastic

San Jose, CA

Hand-crafted decorative armor
Hand-crafted decorative armor

Wagner's RING: Wotan and Valkyries

Leather, metal and friendly plastic

San Francisco Opera

Costume Design: Bob Ringwood

Armor: sized felt, leather, patina
Armor: sized felt, leather, patina

"Nabucco" San Francisco Opera

Costume Design: Maria-Louise Walek

Rhinemaiden tiara with fabric
Rhinemaiden tiara with fabric

Wagner's RING

San Francisco Opera

Costume Design: Bob Ringwood

Rhinemaiden tiaras with fabric
Rhinemaiden tiaras with fabric

San Francisco Opera

Costume Design: Bob Ringwood

Valkyrie armor
Valkyrie armor

Leather and metal

Wagner's RING

San Francisco Opera

Costume Design: Bob Ringwood

Brunnhilde armor
Brunnhilde armor

Leather and metal

Wagner's RING

San Francisco Opera

Costume Design: Bob Ringwood

Helmets, Polotsvian Guards
Helmets, Polotsvian Guards

"Prince Igor" San Francisco Opera

Sized felt, spackle, gesso, paint, chain mail, fabric, sculpted finnials

Costume Design: Zack Brown
 

Helmets, Vatican Guards
Helmets, Vatican Guards

"Tosca" San Francisco Opera

Sized felt, leather, spackle, gesso, feathers

Costume Design: Thierry Bosquet

Hand-dyed feathers, wing construction
Hand-dyed feathers, wing construction

"Parsifal" San Francisco Opera

Costume Design: Andrea Schmidt-Futterer†

Carcass for "Wolf"
Detail, Carcass for "Wolf"
Commendatore armor and accessories
Masks
Bird Mask, detail
Dress: Angela Ghirardelli
Armor: leather, sized felt, cording
Ravioli Man
Hand-crafted decorative armor
Armor: sized felt, leather, patina
Rhinemaiden tiara with fabric
Rhinemaiden tiaras with fabric
Valkyrie armor
Brunnhilde armor
Helmets, Polotsvian Guards
Helmets, Vatican Guards
Hand-dyed feathers, wing construction
Carcass for "Wolf"

Deke Weaver's Unreliable Bestiary

 

Detail, Carcass for "Wolf"

Deke Weaver's Unreliable Bestiary  

Commendatore armor and accessories

"Don Giovanni"  San Francisco Opera

Sculpted/cast, vacuu-form, thermosplastic velveteen, paint

Costume Design: Thierry Bosquet

Masks

"Rigoletto" San Francisco Opera

Costume Design: Constance Hoffman

Bird Mask, detail

"Rigoletto" San Francisco Opera

Paper mache', bucram

Costume Design: Constance Hoffman

Dress: Angela Ghirardelli

Reproduction of original from Yosemite Nat'l Park Archives

Design and construction: Kim Curtis, Callie Floor

Armor: leather, sized felt, cording

Reproduction of original (top)

"Giulio Cesare" San Francisco Opera

Designer: John Conklin

Ravioli Man

for Ravioli's Restaurant

Polar fleece, foam, vinyl, thermoplastic

San Jose, CA

Hand-crafted decorative armor

Wagner's RING: Wotan and Valkyries

Leather, metal and friendly plastic

San Francisco Opera

Costume Design: Bob Ringwood

Armor: sized felt, leather, patina

"Nabucco" San Francisco Opera

Costume Design: Maria-Louise Walek

Rhinemaiden tiara with fabric

Wagner's RING

San Francisco Opera

Costume Design: Bob Ringwood

Rhinemaiden tiaras with fabric

San Francisco Opera

Costume Design: Bob Ringwood

Valkyrie armor

Leather and metal

Wagner's RING

San Francisco Opera

Costume Design: Bob Ringwood

Brunnhilde armor

Leather and metal

Wagner's RING

San Francisco Opera

Costume Design: Bob Ringwood

Helmets, Polotsvian Guards

"Prince Igor" San Francisco Opera

Sized felt, spackle, gesso, paint, chain mail, fabric, sculpted finnials

Costume Design: Zack Brown
 

Helmets, Vatican Guards

"Tosca" San Francisco Opera

Sized felt, leather, spackle, gesso, feathers

Costume Design: Thierry Bosquet

Hand-dyed feathers, wing construction

"Parsifal" San Francisco Opera

Costume Design: Andrea Schmidt-Futterer†

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