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Beverly Downen

Downen Creative Studios
Participates in 6 items

Beverly is an award-winning, internationally published professional author and creator, crafting high-quality costumes based on pop culture characters as well as elaborate original designs. She has been featured on Marvel.com, Tested, Be Amazed and many more, and has been a special guest at numerous conventions across the US. In addition to having a passion for writing extensive tutorials, Beverly is very well known for being a positive role model and cosplay community leader. In 2018 she founded SheProp and is the executive producer of all programming. She also hosts the ShePropTalk podcast. Her 240- page how-to book Cosplayer’s Ultimate Guide to EVA Foam was released November 2022.

Sessions in which Beverly Downen participates

Friday 21 April, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Special Guest: Beverly Downen
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Doubletree San Jose - Gateway Ballroom

Main Event

Beverly Downen, Downen Creative Studios (Keynote speaker)

Saturday 22 April, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Patterning 101 With EVA Foam
2 hours, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Doubletree San Jose - San Martin

Panel

Beverly Downen, Downen Creative Studios (Speaker)

Evil Ted, Evil Ted (Speaker)

Learn how to pattern a variety of basic costume armor pieces using EVA Foam with veter...

Sunday 23 April, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
True (Cosplay) Crimes
1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Doubletree San Jose - Santa Clara

Panel

Beverly Downen, Downen Creative Studios (Panelist)

Johanna Mead (Panelist)

Are you guilty of committing cosplay crimes? Of course you are! Whether you've used hot glue to hem a garment, spray painted in your bathroom, d...

Monday 24 April, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Special Guests: Ted & Beverly
1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Doubletree San Jose - Gateway Ballroom

Panel

Evil Ted, Evil Ted (Speaker)

Beverly Downen, Downen Creative Studios (Speaker)

12:00 PM
12:00 PM

Doubletree San Jose - Carmel

Panel

Beverly Downen, Downen Creative Studios (Panelist)

Do you struggle to hide seams on your EVA foam projects or are you unsure which materi...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Texturing EVA Foam Like A Pro
1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Doubletree San Jose - San Martin

Beverly Downen, Downen Creative Studios (Speaker)

Learn how easy it can be to add textures to EVA foam! Downen Creative Studios shows yo...