One of the favorite tools of stop-motion filmmakers including Henry Selick and Guillermo del Toro for many years, 3D printing has become a dominant force in cutting edge costume design and prosthetics construction for this year’s awards season frontrunners. As techniques, materials and methods for adding color continue to develop, its reach could extend even further.
Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter has employed 3D printing techniques in her work for years. It was a crucial part of her designs for “Black Panther” and “Wakanda Forever,” which just earned her a fourth Oscar nomination. For her most recent film, Carter was faced with challenges that included making costumes, jewelry and crowns that would hold up to difficult environments including water and photograph in the correct color tones.
For the crown worn by Angela Bassett as well as other pieces including Namor’s armor, Carter drew on multiple inspirations including...
Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter has employed 3D printing techniques in her work for years. It was a crucial part of her designs for “Black Panther” and “Wakanda Forever,” which just earned her a fourth Oscar nomination. For her most recent film, Carter was faced with challenges that included making costumes, jewelry and crowns that would hold up to difficult environments including water and photograph in the correct color tones.
For the crown worn by Angela Bassett as well as other pieces including Namor’s armor, Carter drew on multiple inspirations including...
- 2/28/2023
- by Karen Idelson
- Variety Film + TV
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Early on in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett) makes her grand entrance into a United Nations council meeting. Now ruler of the highly advanced African nation after the death of her son T’Challa (the late Chadwick Boseman), she wields fashion as diplomacy in a royal purple and gold halter gown, accented with a regal collar matching the gilded panel on her isicholo, the traditional hat for a South African Zulu married woman. Ramonda delivers sharp, precise words for the white Western nations, rapacious for Wakanda’s vibranium, and shames them on the global stage.
“It’s a bold choice to not walk in with a business suit on,” says Ruth E. Carter, who made history as the first Black costume designer to win an Oscar with her stunning world-building work in 2018’s Black Panther. “It’s more of her...
Early on in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett) makes her grand entrance into a United Nations council meeting. Now ruler of the highly advanced African nation after the death of her son T’Challa (the late Chadwick Boseman), she wields fashion as diplomacy in a royal purple and gold halter gown, accented with a regal collar matching the gilded panel on her isicholo, the traditional hat for a South African Zulu married woman. Ramonda delivers sharp, precise words for the white Western nations, rapacious for Wakanda’s vibranium, and shames them on the global stage.
“It’s a bold choice to not walk in with a business suit on,” says Ruth E. Carter, who made history as the first Black costume designer to win an Oscar with her stunning world-building work in 2018’s Black Panther. “It’s more of her...
- 12/7/2022
- by Fawnia Soo Hoo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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