The Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild Presents:
Costume Academy 2021

Sunday, March 21st, 2021 - 9:30am-5:00pm
The Internet

Instructor Bios

Sahrye Cohen

Sahrye Cohen is a costumer, maker and cosplayer who specializes in projects that combine traditional techniques, like sewing, with electronics, microcontrollers, laser cutting and 3D printing. She is a co-author of the book, Make It, Wear It: Wearable Electronics for Makers, Crafters and Cosplayers. Sahrye teaches workshops in cosplay and electronics at DragonCon, Maker Media, Maker Faires, Costume College, and at many other conventions and makerspaces. Her couture Fashion Tech with Amped Atelier can be seen on the runways in San Francisco, CA, Calgary, Canada, and Shenzhen, China.
https://www.ampedatelier.com/

Ashley Elieff

Ashley has been wearing, collecting, and sewing vintage for a decade. Her passion was inspired from history and historical clothing. She currently works at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles caring for their permanent collection.

Jess Hutchison

Jess Hutchison loves history and loves making things, and especially loves when she can combine the two. She majored in Medieval History in college and now works as a data analyst. She spends her free time collecting and wearing vintage clothes, and knitting and sewing clothes from vintage and historical patterns. Her favorite eras are early Edwardian, late 1930s, and mid-1960s.

Liz Martin

Liz is a professional costume designer, manicurist, and clothing designer. None of these are what she thought she'd be doing in 2020 when she graduated high school! Her show credits include Gypsy, Les Miserables, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Hamlet, Into the Woods, Clue!, Me and My Girl, Othello, & 1776 to name a few. She is a 5 time Shellie Award winner and is currently the Costume Director/Designer for the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, a position which she has held for 13 years. Liz enjoys sharing the knowledge that she has accrued over the years.

Lynn McMasters

Lynn learned to sew at the age of eight but did not learn how to make hats until her late 20s. She blames historical reenactment for her passion for millinery. It was then that she saw a real need for hat patterns so that costume makers could make hats as well as clothing. The more research she does on any historical period, the more she wants to make the hats from that period... and so it goes. Her “…Out of a Portrait" hat pattern company now has over 60 patterns covering eight historical eras. But of course the making of hats leads to the decorating of hats and an attempt to master the transformation of the feathers, fabric and ribbon into beautiful millinery decorations. Once the techniques are figured out Lynn loves to pass them on via her website, Facebook page and in workshop classes. To view Lynn's patterns check out http://outofaportrait.com.

Chang Meng

Chang is a jack of all trades (and the current GBACG's Workshop Coordinator). She loves making everything from calligraphy to 3D nail art. Creating hair pieces used to be just one of her dozens of casual hobbies. However after suffering a bout of severe hair loss a few years ago she took a renewed interest in false hair, especially exploring in-depth on economical DIY hair pieces and wigs. She hopes sharing her experience can help those suffering from hair loss and those who just want to have fun with hair.

Catherine Scholar

Catherine read "Little House on the Prairie" at age five and has been obsessed with historic clothing ever since. She learned to sew at her mother's knee and to embroider at her grandmother's. In high school she discovered vintage dance, the Northern Renaissance Pleasure Faire, and Dickens Fair, and was amazed to learn that she could combine her passions for dance, costume, history and theater. Catherine served on the board of the Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild for 10 years as Newsletter Editor, Events Coordinator, and President. She has taught many costuming workshops for GBACG, Lacis, Renaissance Fabrics, and Costume College, and is a current fashion student.

Jennifer Serr

Jennifer Serr is Owner and Lead Instructor at The Sewing Room in Alameda & Owner and Lead Designer at Bonjour Teaspoon Patterns - A sewing pattern company specializing in "Classic Style for the Modern Girl". She is also author of the Book, Sewing Camp Power, a Guide to running your own sewing camp business.
Jennifer loves sewing and wearing historic clothes. She’s been going to The Gatsby Summer Afternoon for over 20 years and has been a member & active participant of both the Art Deco Society and GBACG for the past 5 and 2 years respectively.

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