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Designed and made by Richard Coleman III

Artist to a magical world

I paint rooms, make corsets and costume, cut coats and waistcoats, and bring antique ones back to wear.

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One artist, many hats

I call myself an artist because I don’t believe in boxing up my creativity, and I enjoy wearing many hats.

Richard
  1. Painted rooms Murals and whole rooms, painted by hand three pieces
  2. Corsetry Corsets and cinchers, for the stage, for a wedding, for every day three pieces
  3. Costume For performers and productions five pieces
  4. Tailoring Coats, waistcoats and trousers, cut and fitted to you two pieces
  5. Restoration Antique garments, mended to wear again three pieces
  6. Illustration Watercolour, for designs and for their own sake Ask me
  7. Makes Small things, made in the season one piece
A pheasant preening on a painted branch, in greens, copper and gold against a saffron wall
White blossom and dark leaves on a painted branch, a small bird among them

Painted rooms · 2024

The Sun Kingdom

When I am painting there is a moment when it is not just colours on a wall, but suddenly a spark of life, and it can almost take flight.

A Japanese-inspired drawing room, painted by hand for two very special clients: cherry blossom, bamboo, cranes and a preening pheasant, glowing as if the sun were setting.

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Beautiful yet useful

William Morris’s rule, and mine. Everything I make is meant to be lived with: a room you sit in every morning, a corset you can dance in, a waistcoat that has lasted two hundred years and is good for a few more.

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Productions I have worked on

  • Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
  • Wicked and Wicked: For Good
  • Moulin Rouge! The Musical
  • The Phantom of the Opera
  • MJ the Musical
  • Napoleon
  • Glyndebourne: The Magic Flute, Così fan tutte, The Rake’s Progress
  • Miami City Ballet, Houston Ballet, Kansas City Ballet
  • The Little Dancer, at the Kennedy Center

Made as one of the team at Liz Poole Costume, Glyndebourne and Halsey Onstage. The designs belong to their designers and productions; Liz Poole Costume has kindly let me show a few of the pieces I worked on there.

Tell me what you have in mind

I take on a few commissions at a time, alongside my work in theatre and film costume. Tell me what it is for and when you need it, and I will come back to you.

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