Project: Masterwork: A deep dive into 3D printing on fabric

Designer: Ori Hiser

Maker: Ori Hiser

Model: Alyona Popova

This project was a culmination of my time studying at NIDA. I wanted to expand my skills to include 3D printing and modeling, and do it in a way that I could integrate it “seamlessly” into a final garment. The video that documents my process goes into more detail here.

Costume Features:

• 3D printing on fabric

• art finishing

• 3D modeling

• stretch sewing

Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka

Directed by: Benjamin Schostakowski

Produced by: NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art)

Costume Designer: Blake Hedley

Set Designer: Soham

Lighting Designer: Nathan Sandy

Sound Designer: Trillian

Video Designer: Joel

Costume Supervisor: Oriel Hiser

Costumier: Oriel Hiser

Photos by: Oriel Hiser, Soham Apte, Jacob Creech (NIDA)

Costume Features:

-Hand Ribbon Embroidery

-Tapered Pleats

-Dolman/Magya Sleeves

Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector

Translated and adapted by Roger Pulvers

Director: Darren Gilshenan

Designer: Claudia Kryszkiewicz

Costume Supervisor: Renata Beslik

Maker: Oriel Hiser


Costume Features:

• half canvas, half interfacing

• patch pockets

• pad stitching on chest and lapel

• Pattern Matching

• Welt pocket

2nd Year Project

Designer: Ori Hiser

Maker: Ori Hiser

Brief: 1973 winter skating dress for Kitty (a princess) in Anna Karenina

Costume Features:

• draping

• soutaching

• fur trim

• corsettry

2nd Year Project

Designer: Ori Hiser

Maker: Ori Hiser

Brief: A day at the summer horse races in the 1930s.

Costume Features:

• bias cut

• button holes

• draping

• fabric dying

• felt hat blocking

• Millinery

Digital Theatre Festival

Curator: David Berthold

A Pox on Both Your Houses - 3 parts

Written and directed: Deborah Pollard

Part 1 ‘Tis a Zoom Bomber Juliet!

Part 2 Dear Betty

Part 3 A Dinner for Two

Costume Design: Rita Naidu

Maker: Ori Hiser

Photographer: Patrick Boland

2nd Year Project

Designer: Ori Hiser

Maker: Ori Hiser

Brief: 1660s Opera in King Louis’ Court

Costume Features:

• laser cut leaves

• fabric painting

• sublimation printing

• draping

• corsetry

• fabric dying

• gradient dying

• spiral lacing

• handmade bias tape

• cartridge pleating

2nd Year Project

Designer: Ori Hiser

Maker: Ori Hiser

Brief: 1916 the year without a summer. An afternoon gown and spencer for the night that Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein.

Costume Features:

• draping

• hand applique

Twelfth Night or As You Will

Director: Jim Sharman

Producer: National Institure of Dramatic Arts (NIDA)

Designer: Aislynn King

Photographer: Lisa Tomasetti

Maker: Ori Hiser

Costume Features:

• tailored trousers

• felt hat blocking

• millinery

This fall 2017 big show was Pride and Prejudice. I worked as the First Hand in the Costume Shop, as well as the Costume Design Assistant. Because Our cutter/draper had to go on leave for this semester, I ended up draping this entire piece myself. I did get some guidance from others in the shop, but otherwise this is entirely my own work. The dress was for Caroline Bingley. I also worked on a corset for Mrs. Bennett.

Nadine Grant’s Dancing Portrait design was inspired by Marie Antoinette’s silhouette, but mixed with a showgirl aesthetic. Panniers, a bodice, a stomacher and some large velvet bows bring the look together. I draped and constructed the bodice from start to finish with some minor input, while the skirt was created by the cutter/draper.

I created an edwardian corset and ensemble for Cordoza in Emerson's production of Titanic in Spring, 2017. The Corset started with a mock up from an existing pattern, and then it was fitted to the actress and altered accordingly. The ensemble was partly from patterns and partly from drafting. The cutter/draper did the drafting, and I put the piece together from top to bottom including hand-tacking the beaded applique to the base fabric on the bodice and sleeves.