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. 

Being Conservative

Project Five - Reconstructed Deconstruct

Creating The Perfect Garment

So for this project I started drawing out loads of designs in my sketchbook, I did this by rearranging the garment on the stand roughly the exaggerating the image on paper. I began with flat surfaced reconstructions then used the stand as a building apparatus and began creating architectural bodies off it. I used this technique most, and was quite impressed with the outcomes.

Sketchbook Development Work

For my final Ideas, I wanted to use my old jumper and make it into a heavily silhouetted dress. I want to do this using layering and draping whilst also re-placing sections of the original garment in opposing areas.

Own Fashion Illustration

Final Garment Composition

This is the final design I am following out to make. I want to incorporate a wire running through the lining of the garment to hold it up and finish with a zipper running down the back.

Reconstruct Deconstruct

Project Five - Reconstruct Deconstruct

Take It Literally...

This project is about deconstructing garments then reconstructing them into something different. The project starts with you scanning in some of your garments in different way, exposing different details that engage you most.

I decided to use different textures; for example, a tailored suit, a jumper, a shirt, a jean jacket and a beach top. By doing this I hoped to achieve different varied outcomes; you can understand from the scans that the different pieces of clothing leave very different results. I then began to start making Frankenstein from cut out from the scans. 

Own Work - Fashion Illustrations

I think these work pretty well, I was quite pleased with the outcome of the illustrations, I did them on top of tracing paper, and sewed into them for extra texture.

I then started to develop more and tried to work on the stand with my garments.

Own Stand Work

I then continued working on the stand with garments I was happy to pull apart and sew back together.

Presenting Your Work

Project Four - Industry

How Did You Collaborate? Were You Successful?

Presentation Board. 

Today was our presentation, we had to present to the tutors and the whole fashion textiles as well as fashion promotion. We had up our mood boards and brainstorms as well some of our samples. I pinned up some of my samples on mannequin head as well as the stands.  Nerves kicked in as we had to all talk about our work and contribution to the project. I felt like we worked really well as a team. No regrets, just the occasional, 'I wish I said something instead of nodding along'. Me personally, I like to work and independently but since we had some confident characters in our group, my voice became irrelevant and ignored. In doing so, my work has been clumsy, going down different routes, for example, I have  wood, underwater and honeycomb collection, which are all very different, but I was told to do these without listening to my original idea about the sea creatures which was our groups initial starting point to the project, but they didn't let me know about the honeycomb idea until I had already starting developing on the sea creature concept. Thereby my work has come across clumsy and un-organised. By far the worst body of work that I have done. 

Honeycomb Accessory Line Up

Woody Accessory Line Up 

Under Water Illusive Line Up

The main focus of this project for me was the footwear. I wanted come up with a really unique collection of footwear for Iris as she is very well known for her footwear. These are my final designs.

Final Footwear Collection

I created my footwear so that it is quite commercial, I know that Iris doesn't really create commercial wear, but for this I tried to modernising it with the aim that these could actually be sold. At the end of the presentation, the judges gave us the critics and also told us the votes for the presentations. The tutors had put us in 3rd place and we also received the peoples choice award (the students favourite presentation) which I was over the moon about.

Finishing The Collection

Project Four - Industry

Working On The Finishing Of The Final Collection

So for my final Idea for this project, again with the underwater theme, I started looking at the fine hairs of sea creatures, I then started incorporating the idea onto the body. I couldn't quite think of a way I could replicate the fine hairs, like a super fine bristles. When cleaning out my room, it suddenly came to me, so I rushed downstairs with two pack of fake lashed and then began hot glue gunning them to a metal piece of wire and then bent it to my desired design. It worked out beautifully! I am absolutely thrilled with the concept of it. 

Fine Hair Sample

 

Own Photography With Sample

I then shared the samples with my team and we all started drawing designs from them. I continued developing my designs until I cam up with a solid line up of accessories.

Final Line Up For Sea Creature Collection