Rey de Castro Designs

Hello! I am Ellen Rey de Castro, a British Peruvian Costume Designer currently in my third year at the University of Huddersfield. This blog is a catalogue of my work and inspiration. I hope this blog will allow other people to see how I develop my ideas into designs and help me to review my creative practice.

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Cleopatra - developing textiles. 

Antony - developing armour. 

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Now that I have handed in first term's work...

I am feeling a bit braver. 

So here are some photos of my Antony and Cleopatra costumes and how they are developing: 

Antony armour toile:

Cleopatra toile:

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Iranian 1920s design for a acrobatic theatre piece

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Riding a horse across a frozen lake in Siberia — from this fabulous photo blog. 

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Wow. wow. wow.

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Vain man

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The Geographer

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Salesman

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Switchman

PRINCE: They weren’t satisfied where they were?

SWITCHMAN: No one is ever satisfied where he is…

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Pilot

"I showed the grown-ups my masterpiece and I asked them if my drawing scared them. They answered: why be scared of a hat? My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant."

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Fox

"Nothing’s perfect…My life is boring. I hunt chickens; people hunt me. All chickens are just alike and all men are just alike. So, I’m bored. But if you create ties with me, my life will be filled with sunshine. I’ll know the sound of footsteps that will be different from all the rest… You see wheat fields over there? I don’t eat bread. For me wheat is of no use whatsoever! Which is sad. But you have hair the colour of gold. The wheat which is golden will remind me of you… And I’ll love the sound of wind in the wheat…Please…get to know me…"

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Snake

PRINCE: Where are the people? It’s a little lonely in the desert…

SNAKE: It’s also lonely with people…

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The Drunkard

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The King

"Well, well…I have good reason to believe that there is an old rat living somewhere on my planet. I hear him at night. You could judge him. From time to time you will condemn him to death. That way his life will depend on your justice.  But you’ll pardon him each time for economy’s sake. There’s only one rat."

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The Little Prince and his Rose 

ROSE: Ah, I’m hardly awake. Forgive me. I’m still untidy…

PRINCE: How lovely you are…

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VAIN MAN: To admire means to acknowledge that I am the most beautiful, the best-dressed, and the smartest man on the planet.

PRINCE: But you’re the only man on your planet!

VAIN MAN: Do me this favour. Admire me all the same!

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"Then you shall pass all judgement on yourself. That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it’s because you are truly a wise man."

- The King ("Adventures of the Little Prince")