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Lord of the Rings - Handwoven Fabrics - All Fiber Arts | |
| Information about the construction of the handwoven fabrics featured in the movie, Lord of the Rings. | ![]() |
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Lord of the Rings - Handwoven Fabrics |
| Even today, in this age of computer animation and technology, handweavers play a significant role in the motion picture industry.
Handweavers are able to make small production runs and produce fabrics that have unique structure, colour and design. Many of the unique costumes featured in the movie "Lord of the Rings" were made of handwoven fabrics.
Lord of the Rings Costumes Designs are sketched, with details of necklines, sleeves, etc. Fabric and dye samples are made. Mockups are made and adjusted for sizing. Several copies of each garment has to be made, both for the actors and also the doubles that are used in the production of the movie. The design team was comprised of jewelers, hat and boot makers, pattern makers, sewing technicians, dyers and weavers. Elven Cloaks The fabric for the Elven cloaks was woven in New Zealand by Cheryl Eldridge of Stansborough Fibres. The yarn used for the Elven cloaks was a 2 ply blend of Gotland sheep and alpaca, spun at approx. 35 wpi. The fabric was woven and processed at a mill in Wellington, NZ. The fleece is a natural grey colour, though it appears to have green tones in parts of the movie. This is a result of post-production colour adjustments. |
| British Gotland Sheep Society |
| Jyette
Piggott's Handspun Wool Jytte raises Gotland, Shetland and Cheviot sheep in northwest Scotland. She demonstrates the sheep shearing, handspinning and knitted sweaters from her flock. |
| History of the horned sheep of Gotland. |
| The Gute Sheep Society of Sweden |
| Frodo A closeup image of Frodo's cloak. |
| Theonering.net This website has some excellent close-up pictures of some of the costumes - taken at the Toronto exhibit. |
| Rohan Child |
| Saruman The Toronto exhibit has a good close-up picture of Saruman's costume. |
| And other costumes as well. Toronto Exhibit |
| Lord of the Rings - Official Site |
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Gandalf The costume designers and wardrobe managers took the utmost care
in designing each costume to make them look and feel real. From
Gandalf's wizard hat to the pastoral nature of the Hobbit cloaks, all the
clothing was influenced by centuries of European culture. |
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