Fashion: Sculptures

Week 4 - Tuesday

To kick start the fashion and textiles week we had to make several sculptures made out of paper. At first I thought that this was going to be difficult, however I soon got in to it as it made a change to actually be making a product other than just drawing.

Here are my five designs:

Once we had completed this we then had to choose one of hour creations that we liked the most and make 20 of them which was very hard to do in the amount of time that we had.

After lunch we were put in to pairs were we had to put all out models together into piles around a manikin, however instead of using our own designs to create an outfit we had go around the room and use other peoples.

The model that we had to complete first was just of our own creation. We had a series of unusually shaped object to manipulate on the the manikin along with some smaller curved designs. These designs were both very hard to attach to the body but the outfit turned out okay in the end.

For our second model we were instructed to create something that represented the word 'Simplicity'. I think we managed this really well as we only constructed a shoulder piece which looked really nice but wasn't over complicated.

The third model had to represent the word 'Aventgaurde' which was fairly easy to do as we just had to make sure that the design was as eccentric and unusual as possible. I really like the front of this design however I would have liked some more time make the back and side look a lot better.

This model had to do a design that only focused on one part of the body. We chose to do a chest piece which turned out really well as the sculptures that we had to work with really went with our design thoughts. I most like the way the two different colours used in the design compliment each other.

This fifth design had to show volume and there for we had to create something that was not just attached to the model but came away from it. We created a long skirt that swept down towards the back and used a combination of the two sculptures that we had to work with. like the last design i think the colours really make the design stand out and make it eye catching.

Lastly once we had come back round to our own sculpture we had to create two more designs of our choice. The first one was a skirt which swooped round the side and attached to the fan design on the front of the manikin. This design looked really good and and complimented the shape of the manikin. For the second we created a full length dress out of the curls and did a back design using the fans which was my favourite design of the afternoon as it really really it really did look like an outfit that you would find in a shop.

Overall, today has surprisingly been really good as I enjoyed the fact that I got to create a physical product and I and hoping that the week continues to be just as good!