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Quality. Expertise. Solidarity. 7 0 5 I N D E P E N D E N T S I G N A T O R Y C O S T U M E H O U S E S MavenCraft Studios & Muto-Little Signatory House PA RT 2 : As Local 705 members, it is our responsi- bility to frequent the 705 signatory union work- rooms and rental houses before going to the nonunion shops and houses. As the contraction has affected our membership, it has also hit our signatories just as hard. Their losses are our losses and if we lose them, we lose our costuming infrastructure. It is important that we make ourselves familiar with these union shops and remember that it is our responsibility to advocate for union businesses when working on productions that need the work they provide. As we have more than two dozen signatory shops, we will be covering all the signatory shops in the next several issues to reintroduce our Local's signatory houses and workrooms to our members. This quarter, we feature one of our newest and one of our longest-running signatory workrooms, MavenCra and Muto-Lile. MavenCra Studios By Erin Wenrick L MavenCra Studios is one of Local 705's newer signatory workrooms, formed in 2016 and unionized in 2022. MavenCra's sole owner, President and Principal Designer/Fabricator Suzan OrtMeier, has been making costumes in Los Angeles for several decades, working in nonunion and L MOTIONPICTUREC O S T U M E R S .O R G 33