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Norman Cates.....


One of the Prosthetics designers for WETA Workshop, Norman Cates, worked on the LoTR and Hobbit films. He was sitting at a table next to me at breakfast at the hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota that hosts the annual SciFi Convention called CONvergence that I have been attending since 2004.

I asked Norman if I could interrupt his breakfast. He said, "Yes you may. I have plenty of time before my first panel." We spoke for 45 minutes about the films, my work as a Costume Designer. I showed him a replication of the Bilbo Baggins coat I did for a young fan of "The Hobbit" films, he was impressed. I told him where I bought the fabric for the coat and where the buttons for the vest came from. They came from New Zealand, from WETA workshop. He asked me for a Business card, I gave him 2.

I also mentioned to Norman that his work from the LoTR and Hobbit films was remarkable. What a sweet man who loves what he does.