Rendering and Collage of Aegus King of Creon
Rendering and Collage of Aegus King of Creon, 1996
This is a picture of costume designer Myrna Colley-Lee’s in depth drawing of the Aegus King of Creon costume used in the play Medea Myth from 1996.
The play itself is a culturally reimagined version of Euripedes’ Greek Tragedy Medea. It tells the story, or myth, of Medea, a witch that uses her powers to help Jason and the Argonauts obtain the golden fleece. She is later abandoned by Jason and as a result kills their children. Different characters in the play represent different cultures including Indian, Egyptian, and African.
Myrna Colley-Lee uses different fabric swatches, paper cut outs, as well as her own drawings to bring the costume to life, making it easier to replicate on a person. The hand written notes on the rendering give more insight into the costume, and the vision she has in mind as well as her resourcefulness. Using neckties in lue of traditional, uncut fabric, giving even more character to a costume being an example of this.
Myrna Colley-Lee is a very resourceful costume designer. She is able to create beautiful pieces of art on very low budgets, and brings costumes to life even from the page.
In the rendering different cultures can be seen contributing to the costume design, and her resourcefulness in creating the different costumes shows her great talent in the field of costuming. Her talent is something to be admired.
From Myrna Colley-Lee Papers Sub-series 1.2 Renderings MSU Archives and Special Collections