Annie Temmink: Charlottesville Sculpture and costume designer

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Annie Temmink is a woman of many creative talents. She is a hat and costume maker, an illustrator and an improvisational dancer. Her visually spectacular hat designs from the past year reflect a multitude of cultural influences, stemming from the work Temmink has done with craftspeople in Indonesia, Japan, India, Uganda and Tanzania. -Cville weekly

Annie designs and brings other-worldly beings and spaces to life with dancers, for performers, events, stage, and film.
Her inspiration stems from a background in international textiles (through a Watson Fellowship), fine art, and math.
She's looking for opportunities to bring shape and movement together to tell stories of emotional inner spaces that spark connection and wonder.
An avid traveler, Annie looks for eco-material research and opportunities to collaborate internationally.
Creatures
Annie teaches courses on building other-worldly puppets the size of a bus at UVA
They have a big parade called the Stan Winston and Steven Warner Festival of the Moving Creature
in April on Arts grounds at UVA.

Study
Annie was a Watson Fellow. Over 12 months she studied traditional textile fabrication and dying
with Master Craftspeople in Indonesia, Japan, India, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, and Turkey.

Awards and Shows
Annie was awarded the Best New Entrant Award at the World of Wearable Art in Wellington, New Zealand. In addition, Her work was featured at the Innovative Costumes of the 21st Century: The Next Generation exhibit at A.A Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum in Moscow, Russia.
Her costumes, headwear, and constructed accessories have been featured on stage at the Crucible in Oakland, California and on the cover of Whurk magazine based in Richmond, Virginia.
Other
Annie is currently the Associate Technical Director at Live Arts Theater in Charlottesville, Virginia.
She is dedicated to her craft, as she followed her fascination with structure, scaffold, and pattern through
a BA in sculpture and math from Davidson College.
Find her on Instagram @annietemmink or
contact her at [email protected].

Read Clever Tech's Interview with Annie here!