Karol Bartoszyński

  • Male, 47 years old, Albuquerque, NM
  • Member of Local 480
  • Set Costumer on Stranger Things S4, MacGruber S1, Big Sky S2, Wile E Coyote & The Cleaning Lady S2
  • Ager-Dyer on Poker Face S1, Mary Margaret Road Grader
  • Costume Designers Guild Local 892 member from 2009 – 2013
  • Full-time fashion designer & retailer 2015 – present
  • Skills include sewing, weaving, leatherwork, ageing, dyeing, patterning, illustration

Portfolio

Backpack for “Army of the Dead” (2021)

Jackets: Design & Manufacture

Muslin sample made by me.
Production version and an aged version.
Production coat.
Sample leather jacket made of embossed sheepskin.
Sample womens moto jacket.
Coat made out of military surplus.
Jacket prototype made by me.

Dress: Design, Patterning & Sample Making

My first dress pattern using a form.

Costume Design & Fabrication

A couple costume builds from 2004.
Custom uniform patterned & sewn by me.
Pants design. This is a final prototype.
Pattern and design by me.
100% created by me in 2006.
Tunic sewn by me. Armor outsourced and then aged & decorated by me.
100% made by me. Montagnard tribal shirt.
100% made by me. Vietnamese womens shirt. Made from polyester satin bedsheet.
“High Priestess” design. 100% made by me in 2006.
100% made by me. 2017.
Biblical womens outfit. (Trim frays after washing.)
100% by me. Custom dyed curtain fabric, with hand-woven trim. Hammered jewelry outsourced to friend.

Set Costumer

NYFA student film “Kefas.”
Vasquez Rocks Easter Play.
Army Training: Iraq
Army Training: Afghanistan
Army Training: Somalia
Army Training: Afghanistan (turban tied by me)

Weaving

Dyed robe. Handwoven trim on neckline and handwoven headband.
Handwoven trim on hem.
Weaving trim on an inkle loom.
Finished trim.

Specialty Fabrication

Before: tactical vest with pockets and fasteners removed.
After: “Wolfenstein” German armor vest
Simple leather sandals made with just leather, glue and dye.
Arab “agal” made from scratch.
Arab “agal” created on a specialty-built rig. Made 100% of black yarn, using a needle and a shuttle.
Arab “agal” in action.
Vest replica I supervised for “Call of Duty” video game.
Mohawk headdress made from a horse tail.
Mohawk headdress made from a horse tail.
Mask designed & constructed by me. 2006.
My first foam-constructed costume. Helmet made of 2 hockey helmets. 2008.
Pilot helmet I decorated.
WWI-style ammo harness.
WWI-style bandolier.
Messenger bag I designed.
Soviet flak vest for “Call of Duty”
Soviet flak vest for “Call of Duty”

Ageing & Dyeing

Fabric on the roll at the store.
Creating dye samples to adjust color.
Final dyed fabric.
Aged bracers.
Pads with texture and paint added.
Textured and painted plastic cuirass.
Aged cuff and collar.
T-shirt with overdye using reactive dye.
White A-shirt dyed with reactive dye.
Aged with spray-bottle paint wash and puff paint for mud effect.

Ilustration