Village Squire, 1979-03, Page 11Diana Scott works at her industrial sewing machine in the sewing room of her Goderich home. -Photo
by Elaine Townshend.
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BY ELAINE TOWNSHEND
Every girl wants her wedding gown to be distinctively her
own, but few have the expertise or confidence to design their
own. Diana Scott, formerly of Toronto and now of Goderich, used
her background in theatre design and production to create not
only her wedding gown but also the ensemble for the whole
bridal party.
Diana, who operated a sewing business in Goderich last year,
received- her Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre design and
production from York University. She completed the course in
three years rather than four by spending a summer at Stratford
as a seamstress. At York, she studied under David Pequegnat, a
Canadian cutter, and later returned to work with him. She was
also a seamstress for the York Summer Company for one season,
and after graduating in the fall of 1974. spent a season at the St.
Lawrence Centre.
At St. Lawrence Centre, she worked under Bob Doyle, who
now teaches design at Dalhousie, and at Stratford, she was on
the set of Pericles, with the late British designer, Leslie Hurry.
Both Hurry and Doyle used calash effectively. Calash means to
build up one fabric by adding other fabrics or embroidery and
thus creating a new fabric. Diana recalls Hurry and two prop
girls once spent hours putting magic marker designs on yards
and yards of silk. Calash requires a tremendous amount of work,
but the results are beautiful and exciting, according to Diana.
She plans to someday use calash for wall hangings.
Diana, her husband, Stephen Norton, and daughter Emma,
who is now two -and -a -half, moved to Goderich two years ago.
Diana and Stephen spent six months turning a run-down house,
built around 1900. into an attractive, cozy home. Again Diana's
theatre experience s came into play. Theatre design and
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