Structure and Attachment | Accessories Development

The next part of the Accessories workshop including scanning in our samples, and printing them whole on A3, 20 on an A4 page, and photocopying models and head shots to work onto. When we were photographing and scanning our objects I tried to keep everything as flat as possible, so the image produced was clearer. What I noticed about others work which helped me on my own was the smaller samples looked better, the finish was neater and they scanned into 2D well.

Throughout this development we did a rotation of 3 workshops. The first was making more samples, as I didn't bring in my original objects I searched around the building for various things to use, this included straws, cups, batteries, elastic bands and string. One machine we were introduced to was the heat press. This (depending on the plastic) melted separate objects flat together. If the plastic didn't melt, the heat flattened it and it re-hardened. I tried many objects on the heat press to see how they would look if their structure was altered. Elastic bands and small plastic objects like beads and buttons melted well, but straws and plastic cups would't melt, so simply flattened. Some objects others used that worked well was plastic dolls, plastic cutlery and gaffa tape. 

I enjoyed incorporating plastic into my accessory samples as it gave a new textures, however as plastic will only stick to plastic, it would be difficult to use it in my final. I found it hard to think of new ideas when not using the heat press, as I didn't have my original objects I couldn't 'develop' them as such, so instead I came up with new attachment or statement pieces that could be added to other designs.  The workshop was made harder to my disorganisation, so in future for general workshops I need to be aware of thinks to bring in, and what I need for which days. This will help my time management and through distressing, should make me more focused.

The second workshop was using our A3 print outs to pin onto the mannequin, which I really enjoyed, as seen in the images above I made hats, and bags. These looked great and gave me a better idea on what  I wanted my final to look like. The final workshop was using the 20 scans on the A4 which we cut out and stuck onto models and headshots, I'd say this workshop was the most useful as I was unsure on what to do for my final, but after placing my scans onto a model I could see what would work where and which materials I wanted to use.