Colour Research - Joan Snyder

Are Mine- Joan Snyder

Original colour inspiration for the fashion and textiles project.

Fine Art

While working with the shirts and discovering less conventional ways to wear them I started thinking about the type of people that would wear a shirt day in day out and how repetitive it would be wearing this kind of uniform. I decided to make small origami shirts using photocopies of the original garment with the colours altered. The very nature of folding the paper over and over again soon became quite repetitive and I think this mirrored my thoughts on wearing the same uniform every day. One feature of the shirts that I really like is how the buttons and seams on the photocopies have ended up in unusual places on the small shirts and also how the stripes are so disjointed. If i was to do this again I would probably take more time when cutting out the paper pieces and try to select the areas more carefully to create more interesting patterns.

My Life in Four Objects- Object Four

Object Four- Present

I decided to make my driving test pass certificate my final object because it is something I've been trying to get for so long! I think in the end I'd had hundreds of hours of driving lessons and five tests before I finally passed! I would like to be able to say that this certificate says a lot about me- probably that I don't give up or how determined I am to achieve- but it doesn't say any of those things. All it probably says is that I was bullied into taking test after test after test by my parents until I eventually got it right and passed on the 28th October 2011. Having said all that though I have enjoyed driving since then so it's not all bad and I should probably be thankful that they made me carry on!

Research- Junya Watanabe

I think it is the headwear in this collection that I find most interesting as it really does challenge our ideas of beauty. I usually see the face as the most beautiful part of the human body, however, here it is completely covered by something that I consider to be quite an ugly structure. 

Research- Issey Miyake

 Issey Miyake- Minaret Dress

Issey Miyake- Minaret Dress

 I love how structural this dress looks and the way the rings in the dress get bigger towards the bottom- it really does move away from the traditional 'hour glass' figure which is usually what people are wanting to create in their clothing. I also find the way that the dress can be folded up very attractive as it transforms it from a garment to something that could perhaps be used as a decorative 3D piece or a wall hanging etc.

Fine Art- Day One

For the fine art taster week we were working with the idea of clothing, identity and creativity.  Looking at radical fashion designers and artists who work more conceptually helped in understanding the brief and the way we inhabit our clothes, the shapes and spaces we can make with them and our pre-conceived ideas of beauty.

Wearing shirts in less conventional ways.

Using a shirt to create a 3D form.

Protecting an object and a space in the room with shirts.

After taking the shirt to pieces and using the components to create something new to wear/use as a wall hanging.

Kensington Palace- The Enchanted Palace

I visited Kensington Palace last week while away in London, I'd read about The Enchanted Palace exhibition which was being put on while they were renovating some of the areas. After reading the information and the reviews I had pretty high hopes for the exhibition. I wasn't let down, it was incredible! I literally felt as though I had landed in the middle of a fairytale. Seven of the rooms in the state apartments had been transformed into almost magical areas for seven princesses (Mary, Anne, Caroline, Charlotte, Victoria, Margaret and Dianna) each of which told a story. There were dresses by designers such as Vivienne Westwood and Boudicca while Jane Darke's collection of sea-borne objects were on display as well.
Link to the Enchanted Palace