Rough Guide

The first little project we were given allowed us get to know the people on our course and, for those who weren't too familiar with London, it let them get to know the area a bit better. We got put into groups and got given an area around London to inspire us to create a sketchbook that represents that area. Then one page from each of our books would be picked to go into an overall book that we would all get at the end of the project.
The area the group I was in got given Brick Lane/Hoxton/Spitalfields, which we were all quite happy about as there's a diverse range of interesting things that are in those locations. Above are (not very good quality scans of) some pages from my sketchbook.

BA Textiles

I've finished my foundation course and I'm now doing BA Textiles at Chelsea, hopefully I keep this blogging up a bit better than I did at foundation!

Aleksander Tivodar - Bone sculptures

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Katie Eary S/S 10

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other collections
I was researching more into bones and skeletons within fashion and I came across Katie Eary's Spring/Summer 2010 collection which I find quite amazing. The bones and skeletons, which usually look quite delicate, are made to look rich, strong and almost like armour by being gold and connected by chains. Also the torn tights the models are made to wear on their arms and legs have images of bones and veins and make the models look like walking skeletons. Although, the fragility of these tights, highlighted by the fact they are ripped and have holes in, contrasts vastly with the strong gold skeletal pieces and the thick, bright red rope shoulder pieces.

DSquared2's skeletal shoes

I've found that some of my most successful pieces came about due to accidents. For example the feathers dipped in ink and wax. I originally tried finger knitting usinf the feathers as a substitute for fingers to try and connect them in a type of spine (like a matchstick one I did) but once I pulled the strings, all the feathers gathered in a bundle. I had some paint ink open on my desk so I just played around, then dipped it in wax and it turned out really effective. Morbid but intriuging at the same time (much like the chicken feet). The shape of the feathers almost resemble a claw or bird foot too. I decided to make this on a larger scale, so I did, although even though I used about 10 bags of feathers, it wasn't as big as I hoped for. If I had more time (and money) I would have liked to have created one on an even bigger scale although carrying it into college would have proven even more difficult...