Fashion Elective

I selected the wording LIQUID/WOBBLY/RUNNY from the two week fashion brief. In the main, it is all about shapes and how they work differently when they are positioned on different places on the body. I brainstormed the various options at the beginning of the week and came up with the idea of studying jellyfish for my analytical studies.

I became really attracted to the jellyfish because there was so many types and each one was individual. This one fascinated me because it had a lace texture quality in the middle of the body.

 I had to be careful of my drawings however, because the focus was on shape not texture.

 I was able to pull a large variety of shapes from the jellyfish and I was delighted with all my primary research.

Some of the drawings were more accessible to pull shapes than others. This particular image enabled me to pull many shapes! Here are a selection of my favourite shapes...

 This was the first shape which I worked with on the mannequin. I got lots of different styles from it and surprised myself. These are some other shapes which I liked but may have had too much texture to use for this project.

This was my second shape. I was disappointed first with the shapes I was getting from it on the mannequin but when I returned to it again, I found it much more successful, soooooo... try and try again!!
I enlarged the shapes and cut them out of brown paper. Here are some of my preferred shapes...

 We were encouraged to think of fashion in a 360 degrees manner so that is why the front, back and sides were photographed.

 I love the drama attached to the above shape!

 This was an accumulation of both shapes.

 I tried the shapes on as many points on the body as I could...

 Frills reflected my chosen theme well because I thought it captured the idea of LIQUID WOBBLY RUNNY well.

The next step was to photocopy the shape, cut it out and stick it on a croquis as a floating shape. I also tried to develop it in a 360 degrees form but I am worried I lost the shape as I tried to revolve it. Pamela, my tutor, suggested that I use collage and it may help me to hold the shape better.

 This, again, is only a selection of my sketch book work because the start of it is especially tedious but I got more into the process as it went along, learned about reducing and enlarging the size of the shape and collage. This made it far more interesting and enjoyable!

Croquis...

I tried making a more up right croquis today and realised that it is important that it suits someone's way of drawing. Tomorrow, Friday, we are doing life drawing with Giordana and next week, we are working with materials!