Utah Shakespeare Festival production of Henry IV, Part One the summer of 2014. Costumes were designed by David Mickelson. There were multiple crowns that I got to work on for the costume crafts department. Kingly crowns, stunt crowns and crowns for wearing on helmets.

Crown is industrial felt, wrapped with cheese cloth and painted with sculpt or coat
base coat for crown and findings
using Smooth On products to create light weight findings
version of the crown for King's armor, making sure the placement is correct
findings that were created, waiting for paint
findings combined and bejeweled for final look
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paint
putting it all together, retouching the stones with french enamel
crown drying
finished crown
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