I was surprised by my work today with paper manipulation on the stand. The activity was a
new way of working for me and I loved it! The outcomes were vastly different to
aesthetics I usually explore when designing and making my collection and the
activity will definitely inform my approach to design and cut in the project
and future collections.
I began with a curving shape. The pieces varied from medium
and large to an outline and had three points. I was pleased that I didn't miss how hand-like the pieces were. I believe the final outcome was successful because I had wanted it to look like hands pinching or
grabbing something in a symmetrical manner and this is precisely what it does look like to me. The outcome after 6 minutes felt
skeletal and structured with hints of the lotus flower, Hindu symbolism of
hands and lungs. I intend to develop designs from prints out of my mannequin work.
I felt as if the hand like imagery of the look was hands grabbing cash and
reference therefore to the greed of the extortionately wealthy, corrupt men in
the world.
Author's photos of stand work
I loved the more triangular shape I worked with next. I knew I wanted to create
something that looked like a floret of dollar bills and feel the outcome was a success. I created a flower like
image, aiming to achieve as much volume as possible. I will work with photos
of the final outcome adding green colour and money inspired print digitally and
on prints out to develop this look.
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| Author's photo of stand work |
I felt that the next shape was ambiguous and had no initially inspiring ideas for it. At the time I felt this particular piece was a failure. The futuristic
top I had created however soon resonated to me as being similar to the back coat tails of period menswear. The overall
look felt like it would work in cut felt with hints of organza.
Author's photos of stand work
I then had a shape that immediately translated to me as a
grenade. I successfully worked a look that was like a strap of weapons making up a tribal/
militaristic aesthetic. The liked that the overall garment was shoulder piece. I felt however that I should have explored what other garments would accompany this piece.
I continued with various shapes and created a further three
looks all of which I believe were successful. I was greatly pleased that I pinned one look with no pin entering the polystyrene of the mannequin.
This meant I could lift the piece off as a whole garment. I thought it was successful because it was the purest
example of my efforts to imagine every piece as an actual garment that needs to
interact with the human body.
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