Creating Custom Nets

[Kyle Reid]

I've done a bit of work with Rex Metz ASC using custom nets stretched and adhered to an open matte box frame. He was using material from high-quality lingerie in black and also tan. I think the look is pleasing, and I was wondering how other people used nets in front of the lens. I want to learn more because I'm very curious to use them in my own work, and not necessarily in just they ways Rex taught me.

 

If you use nets: what material do you used, how do you made and implemented them in shooting, and what is your reason for choosing to work with a net?