By using lighter materials, designers are able to amplify body movement as was done in Minshall’s Callaloo which used fibreglass rods to create a “twisting, twirling and oscillating” movement.

The fibreglass rods’ tension maintains their aerofoil shape. To guarantee stability, the design meticulously takes into account guywire attachment sites, power transfer, watertight connections, and ...

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The price of raw materials has more than quadrupled, she explained. “The fibreglass rods went from $20 to now $70, and they actually got shorter, from 19 feet to 16 feet. One costume will use ...

Without the telltale distortions of light caused by refraction, the glass rods disappear when lowered into the oil. Meanwhile, since lenses magnify images by bending light, the lens doesn’t work ...