01/26/2024
The job that nearly broke me…
In the deep, dark, covid winter of 2021, I was given the opportunity to work on Peter Pan and Wendy - the Disney remake of the classic Peter Pan film. Working with Academy award winning costume designer, Ngila Dickson, and the incredible local costume crew that was tasked with this tremendous job, I created all the felt fabric for Peter Pans costume.
For four months, I worked day in and day out; dyeing and felting two different types of felt for the Peter Pan costumes. I say costume(s) plural because there needed to be multiple copies of his costume, as well as for his stunt double. Hence the months of work. In the end they also wanted some fabric to embellish Tinkerbells costume, so the work went on, even when I was ready for it to be done.
Not only was this an exciting film project to be a part of, but it also provided me with an income and purpose during one of the most bleak periods of my life/career.
Unfortunately the repetitive stress on my body finally took its toll, and I could barely make it through the day without lying on the floor in pain. I was getting weekly massage and adjustments, but my body was telling me to stop. Unfortunately I couldn’t stop, until the job was over, and being a big budget production, it went on longer than I hoped 🤣
I then had to wait two years for the movie to come out! So it seems kind of anticlimactic to make the announcement now, but here it is.
I will expand more on my injuries, and the healing path that I am still on, in another post.
