Material, Texture, Design.

Project Seven - Three Words

The Final Line Up

The Finishing Contributions

Own Work - Development

I started to develop more into the upper garments, using the idea of tension, weight and fabric manipulation. I started thinking about the idea of a nylon knitted coat. The idea of reveal by seeing the under garment; identity by using the structure of a smart coat and of course Eva Hesse inspired by keeping the vein structure from the petals. After drawing out a few jacket designs, I went on to create some bottoms. There's one way in particular I wanted to carry this out in, and that is by creating long boot-cut trousers. It plays the part on the smart casual side to identity.

Own Work - Development

In the trousers, I didn't want to use the literal petal by more playing with the fabrics. I took some cloth and started pulling and cutting at in in different directions, this samples created a good base for the bottoms.

Own Sample. Tension

I then started creating my own nylon petals however, by using glue as the base.

This worked extremely well and I was able to finish off my final piece by having a clearer visual image of the petals teat will potentially overtake the piece.

I then chose my favourite designs, altered them slightly and drew up my final outcomes.

Final Line Up

I believe that my concept for this project was quite clever, however at part I feel like i ma have take the work too literally and it could have potentially been far more conceptual then it already is. I quite enjoyed this project, especially the designing element when you have a clear structure. I would like to re-work some of my sketchbook on this, but I'm still quite happy with the concept and outcomes... (Illustrations could have been nicer - probably re-draw that)

3D Skeletal Petals

Project Seven - Three Words

2D to 3D to 2D

Development

I started to draw out some skeletal Petals inspired from my close up flower mood board. In Hesse' work, she uses quite veiney structures, so I too wanted to use that technique in my work. I drew out the skeletal petals in small with a fine line pen then blew them up on the photocopier and printed 15 copies. I also did the same for some other area of my mood board and made replicas. I then began to cut them out and place them strategically on the stand.

Own - Stand Work

Own - Stand Work

For my stand work I tried to make the petals overtake the body, almost as though it alive and growing out of the body. After the stand work, I began to draw up some designs.

Own Work - Development

Own Work - Development

 For these designs I tried to but the flowers in uncomfortable positions, just throwing them onto different areas of the body, the density and weight of the flower is then meant to pull at pat of the garment, making an uncomfortable look. On some of the design the flower takes of the material completely so the garment is tugged and creased. I decided to use quite smart tailored clothing for this project to represent the kind identity i'm interested in; the flower pulling and tugging at the garment also symbolises the struggle of adulthood and the discomfort it causes. The 'reveal' section of my work is also symbolised through the flower, because although it is an annoying piece of the garment, it is also quite beautiful, and again represents the beauty of growth in identity. The garment will be punctured where the flower will come through, so quite literally will help reveal the garment and the statement. I want to make the flower from knitted nylon, I know this works particularly well as done by Nora Fok, in her bubble bath collection. I also hope to weave the petals through the garment to show more discomfort. Another idea I had was to manipulate the fabric and pull at seams and singular threads to enhance the idea of things being 'odd' or 'out of place'. 

Know Your Artist

Project Seven - Three Words

Extracting Information On

Eva Hesse

Eva Hesse Mood Board

After getting down my first two words I started researching into my artist 'Eva Hesse', she is a very conceptual artist who likes to place around with natural forms, her work come across as feminist but she denies the claim. Her work is produce to seem 'out of place', 'wreckless', 'materials that look lost. She tells the people "excellence has no sex". I started finding her work strangely attractive and inspirational, I absolutely love her concept and the idea of her art being taken over and engulfed by the natural elements. In my mood board I took a few of Eva Hesse' most interesting work and threw in some of the important quotes said by her, as well as the techniques she used in her work. I then started looking into what I could look into next, so I started looking at close up of flower then took the direction of skeletal flowers as Eva Hesse' work is known to eventually corrode; I looked straight into the skeletal structure of flowers and developed a new mood board.

Own - Eva Hesse Inspired Mood Board

Three Word Project

Project Seven - Three Words

Blank. Blank. Blank.

Its What You Pick

The three word project brief.. simply pick a word from each catagory and run with it. Remember... the words are not meant to link, so its fine. Identity, Reveal/Puncture and the designer Eva Hesse. These were my words and my designer, so I began brainstorming...

Reveal Brainstorm

Identity Brainstorm

I then began to take this concept of a young adult and then began shooting an editorial, the clash between the classy and ghetto; wanting to take that step further but being caught by your upbringing and the area you were raised in. The background influences identity but you are still pushing to your capability of breaking the chain. I chose to photograph these because these are the kinds of people near my home, the people I know, and I always like to incorporate my personal influences in my own work.

Own Photography - Identity

Own Photography - Identity

Own Photography - Identity

Own Photography - Identity

The Final Say

Project Six - Politics

The Final Statement

The Final Line Up

Sketchbook Work

  So after all my researching and all the development, I started working on my exaggerated fur collections, The wolf and sheep skin tied together to further represent the idea of misconceptions. Each piece is different in structure but similar in silhouette, showing people that you cannot simple generalise by culture or religion nor can you generalise by pass 'accusations', like you would if you saw only the garments shadow; each one garment differently made and structured, and none are the same in the light at all, they are all different designs, much like the immigrants who come to this country, the are all individuals with individual cases that should be handled delicately and with care.

Misconceptions Final Line Up (1)

Misconceptions Final Line Up (2)

 I am really happy with my final collections, I feel like it really represented what I wanted to convey to the public, that we are all individuals, and no two people are the same or has had the same experiences or past. The way each of the garments are to be constructed and sewn will be done in high quality, so that people don't misunderstand the work to be a throw on piece, but to be a professional high quality statement about who they are and what they believe in.

Finding The Silhouette

Project Six - Politics

Development

I then began to use these shadows to start developing off from. I gathered some wolf and sheep skin images and replicated them onto Photoshop, I then cut and stuck them onto the shadows to start my development.

Sketchbook Work

I stuck down some of the shadow images with the most exaggerated body movements, then collaged on to with wolf and sheep skin around the back, arms and neck, I then took a piece of tracing paper and drew around the new silhouette to see if the new outcome is deformed enough from the previous human shadow. I kept doing this until I had a comfortable selection of designs.

Developing Shadows

Project Six - Politics

Exaggerating Your Concept

Today I began to take some of my own silhouette misconceptions. First I started off with the simple silhouette of a Muslim hijab'd female, then I added animal ears, horns and extra material on the back to create humps. I then got the girls to move in odd positions to distort the shadow, so that you can no longer see the human features. The idea behind the shadow is for the people to not look human, but animalitic so that it brings to light the generalisaton that the government give to potential 'terrorists', it also shows misconceptions through the shadow being completely different from what is casting the shadow. 

Chains

Horns

Muslim Girls Shadow

Horns

Capture

Running

Chained

Hopeless

Politics Project

Project Six - Politics

Your Own Revolution

This project was to create your own political campaign, the topic is your own choice. First we were given a small presentation, showing us some examples of fashion campaigns on the runway, some collection campaign with slogan textile and some with the production of the show. I started really thinking about an issue close to home that I feel emotionally attached to; Politics is a subject that really angers me as I have much to say. I went on to look at the most serious issue at the moment, and the two highest votes went to immigration and terrorism. Naturally my heart went with the terrorism issue. I went to look at the statistics to the polling and was shocked at the votes. 'Should the UK deport immigrants who are considered to be promoting terrorism?' - 87% say yes whilst the minority of 13% no. I then went on to vent onto my mood board. So many people these day are being generalised by a measly system. what the government fail to understand is that statistics are messing with individual lives, the misconceptions and slip up can mean you're sending someones life back into the arms of dangers. 

My Views On The System

Misconception Mood Board

For this project I looked at Kara Walker, in her work she uses silhouettes, at first glance you cant make out what is going on in the pictures, but the closer you look and the more time you spend, you realise that they are sadistic scenes of rape, murder and slavery. I really wanted to look into silhouette to produce this idea of ambiguity, thinking multiple reasons. I want my work to still somewhat be commercial, because its a statement that should be heard. I also started looking into the idea of the wolf wearing sheep skin; misconceptions.