Vest

The leather vest, worn under the sail, includes pockets and nozzles to hold the compressed gas canisters that inflate the shapes. Tubes connected to the canister run along the arms of the dancers and into nozzles hidden beneath the hand-pockets. When the shapes are fully inflated, the dancer can remove the sail by disconnecting the air tubes.
The vest, in turn, may be removed.

This is the progression of the vest:


initial design sketch


the design progression - development of sewing pattern


The dancer, with sail and vest on

A few more at the Picasa album