Building the Costume

April and I created a costume rendering of different ideas for what the costume should look like. A unitard was needed for the sensors to be sewn in and work the way we intended, but we decided to add some flowy material over the stomach to hide where a bulk of sensors are going to be placed.

April already had a silver unitard which fit me, so we decided to go silver and black. The silver also allowed for the conductive thread to show through which created an interesting pattern. April and I stayed after class in order to learn how to sew the different pieces of equipment into the costume and how to do it without overlapping the threads. We decided to use conductive thread over wire because the conductive thread would allow me as the dancer to move without restriction.