EXPLORE CREATIVITY 22/11/11

THE END IS NIGH......

The next two weeks consist of us creating our final wearable structure in preperation for our first fashion show on the 6th of december.

I had already decided that i wanted to combine the deconstructing blazer with the pva tights excercise and maybe a little bit of cheeky pleating if i had time.

In preperation for the lesson i had been and sought a blazer, from the previous excercise i had learnt a jacket with some design on works better than a plain suit jacket as you can see the detail better.

I loved this as soon as i saw it, its unusual worn look and feel with the check pattern running through, it also created a ready made colour palette for me, with  turquoise and orange lines running through and dark blue overall.

Bad photo!

To fit in with my colours i brought in tights and mutton cloth to make my pva sculpture, i like the idea of carrying through the lines from the jacket to make the piece feel more whole, which is why i chose to use the striped patterned tights.

1.Cling film fun!

2.Sculpture in the making!

3.Coming together

I used a total of 3 chairs and decided on 3 parts water to 1 part pva to get a softer effect as i wanted to keep some of the stretch, i wanted to take elements from the first sculpture we made with the interesting knots and loose parts but this time keep a more solid, whole side too, which i think i achieved very well.

It was also decided that i should consider dying my fabrics inparticular the mutton cloth to again make the whole garment feel less 'bitty'. On reflection i wish i had thought of this before the class as i would have used a dylon dye at home but as i couldnt do this i used watercolour in with the pva.

I made these by stretching them over two seperate chair legs, with the intention of using them as shoulders but when i transferred them onto the mannequin the weren't stiff enough to hold there shape so i decided not to carry these forward in my design.