Authorship Project

So basically for this project we had to write our own brief and work towards anything we chose. I started looking at my previous trend book for inspiration as it was still fresh in my head and I wanted to take a few of my images further. I ended up creating a small installation (with a basic garment involved). So here are a few images of my journey through this project starting off with inspiration and research....

These two images came from a small exhibition at the Manchester Craft and Design Centre called Threadbare. I don't have any close-up pictures but these pieces were created by pins being stuck in to the wall and the artist - Debbie Smyth - wrapping loads of black thread around the ends of the pins. This kind of inspired me to go beyond and start looking at unusual materials to incorporate in to my own work. 

Scanned images of fabric from a New York based Artist.

I love this! The way the fabric creates an almost different colour because of the simple manipulation. 

An image of an area covered with ice - I found the colours in this image very influential. Dark and gloomy...

Everything you need in life...nearly!

Elie Saab AW10

Elie Saab AW10

Rodarte (Not sure which season)

Rodarte SS10

Rodarte AW08

I started working with modroc and created plaster casts from my mannequin. I planned to create a neckpiece/collar but after I put the pins in, there was no way of making sure that the pins didn't go right through on to the body (if it were to be worn). 

Some cushion stuffing in a sheer fabric. I spent about 2 hours trying to capture this while it was falling!

I started working with balloons (the sales person in Paperchase thought I was a right weirdo buying so many balloons - especially black ones!)  I quite like the composition in this image with the drips of the modroc still on the mannequin (which are still there now!).

I then created the garment by hand-sewing all the balloons on to a separate cotton base which was then stitched on to the sheer fabric at the neckline.

I took some of my photos and cut them up in to squared and hung them all around my garment to give the impression of it being even more 3-D than it already was.

This was my final outcome. If I was allowed to use a little bit more space I think I would have expanded the garment and also possibly used different sizes/more images to give a more dramatic effect.