Clodagh caught up with Sorcha Carrigan about her experience with sustainability in her workplace. Sorcha is currently a student studying DSS (Design for Stage and Screen) at IADT, Dun Laoghaire. Design for Stage and Screen is a course in which the students work towards creating products for stage and film. DSS students learn how to make prosthetics, how to do makeup, how to create costumes as well as develop set design all for film and theatre. But how do these practices affect the environment?
Prosthetics:
- Involves using harmful chemicals.
- No sustainable alternative available.
Makeup:
- In makeup, the students when working with clients/models are required to use one-use items for hygiene purposes, e.g. cotton pads, cotton buds and mascara wands. This equals a lot of waste in the workroom.
- At home, Sorcha uses reusable cotton pads that can be washed in the washing machine and does not create unnecessary waste. However in a professional workroom, reusable items are not time sensitive when working with hundreds of clients.
- In IADT, the students buy products in bulk in order to limit waste of containers as well as being money conscious.
Costume and Production:
- Students often check charity shops for fabrics, pieces and furniture for costume and set-design. Production often keeps in touch with movers and dumps for second-hand furniture for a set.
Sorcha ensures that at IADT, students are trying their best to be sustainable but have a long way to go to make a real change.
Max caught up with Steven Murphy, co-creator of Fresh Cuts, an Irish and sustainable clothing brand. Fresh Cuts have just released a limited edition partnership with artist Shane O’Driscoll called FRESH CUTS X Shane O’Driscoll. Fresh Cuts constant partnership with Irish artists allows not only fashionable clothing war but a well, promotion for independent Irish artists.
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