Fashion and Textiles: Final Piece Colour Copied

 

These three images are colour copies of my final piece, which allow you to see the construction and design of the shoe in more detail. For example, you can see the small, simple bit of illustration I done on the bottom of the shoe and how and where I used newspaper or brown paper. I really like these images they because the copier has created a mysterious perspective. The material closest to us is squashed up against the surface of the glass, whereas that latter material is casted in ominous shadow: in oblivion.

Fashion and Textiles: My Final Piece

    

 

         

  
 

This is a fashion shoot I done in order to show off the design of the shoe I made, by manipulating paper. The initial idea of the flat platform was, of course, inspired by Creepers and the ankle ruff is just an extremely glorified buckle. There were a lot of heavy weight design concepts going onto this shoe, so the idea of the curls placed on top of the laces not only emphasised the presence of the laces, but also add a softer edge to the design. However, because everything was rather oversized I don't think that intention is apparent and the shoe generally just looks clumpy. Although, I have to say, personally I like that quality, being a fan of shoes like, DM's, Creepers and platform boots.

I was shocked to have received mostly positive feed back from my peers concerning the shoe. They found it to be very inventive, more of a construction or sculpture than a garment. In relation to the project, I suppose I achieved what I was asked of because I made a, debatably, outrageous, wearable garment. Although, not a very durable one. If I were to repeat this project, I would definitely have made the shoe a little more stable and durable. By the end of the day it was falling to pieces.  

Fashion and Textiles: Shoe Idea Generation 2

These three images show 2 of my developed ideas that inspired my 'Final Design Idea'. The process of drawing out my ideas allowed me to focus more on the details in the design, which in turn created a more lengthly process. However, it wasn't too challenging as most of the ideas I used in my sketches were recycling design aspects present in my previous post (Fashion and Textiles: Shoe Idea Generation). By annotating my final idea and taking measurements (first image), it made the next stage of the projected easier.

Fashion and Textiles: Shoe Idea Generation

This image is a colour copy of a series of ideas I have for shoe designs. I chose to work with the foot because I had already experimented solely on garments for the upper body in my pervious work with paper garments, therefore I wanted to create a new challenge for myself. I really like this method of idea generation as it is quick, allows for a un-staggered creative flow and you are able to see all of your ideas close together, which helps when comparing and deciding which ideas you feel work best. I was surprised to find how many ideas I was able to come up with using this method. Usually, I can only manage to think up around three ideas. If I were to do this exercise again I would perhaps spend less time dwelling on each design in order to pump out EVEN more ideas. However, it was good preparation for the next stage of the fashion and textiles project, where I had to make sketches of more shoe designs developed from these initial, brisk ideas.  

Fashion and Textiles: Outfit Design

The first 4 images are modifications I made to magazine photos in order to create totally new looks for each model. I made each outfit based on the 5 samples I made previously. The last image is of everyones work hung on a board at the front of the room.

Fashion and Textiles: Paper Garment Exercise

The following paper garments my group and I made were based on specific words, using different peoples enlarged samples. The words were (in order of appearance): shoulder, sexy, gothic, romantic, hips and bird.

Fashion and Textiles: 5 Samples

I made 5 samples following the project title: Paper Manipulation, with the idea of structure in mind. The first sample was based on the city scape e.g. skyscrapers and bridges. The second on the strongest shape to build a structure for, which is of course the triangle. The third sample reminds me slightly of the Pinnacle, a building that is currently being constructed in London. The fourth one is my least favourite, as it is quite weak, made just by scrunching balls of paper together and attaching them to one another. The fifth one is the prettiest sample, here I curled the paper, using the blade of a pair of scissors.

Fashion and Textiles: Samples

I made five samples that were based on the idea of structure, by manipulating paper. I found the exercise quite enjoyable, as it enabled my to free think and be very hands on. The processes of making each sample by hand also gave me extra insight into how the structures are formed eg techniques.

Rastman Final Image: 2

This image depicts the second stage of my story, where the Doll feels for Rastaman and decides to present him with a flyer advertising the Path to Enlightenment. It is a over the shoulder view however, some of my peers did not at first understand this concept and mistook his head for something else. I found it quite hard to create a high level of drama in this scene as the props are was working with were quite mundane. Although, by creating blurred areas I was able to highlight the main message of the image, which in turn uplifted the drama, I feel.

Final Rastaman 6 Film Stills

These 6 images are my final visual embodiments of the Rastaman story I presented in my sketch book in my previous post. They are layout here like a comic book would be. I'm overall quite proud of my final 6 images. However, in the last image there is a goat slowly disappearing, which isn't very clear at all.