Mannequin work
2 left; My samples. 2 right: Emanuella's samples.
After making various samples from knit and digital printing, I decided to bring back the child-like toy theme and make my own textile from quality street wrappers. This can be seen in the second mannequin picture.
Again this textile was not versatile, it took a long time to make and it was quite fragile. However, the concept of the patchwork and bright colour combination fitted well without our theme of 'Walk of Glory' and true to the quote 'rewound', as it was literally re joining used objects together. The patchwork effect gave a duvet feel to it, keeping in with the sexualised 'glory walk' idea.
Again this textile was not versatile, it took a long time to make and it was quite fragile. However, the concept of the patchwork and bright colour combination fitted well without our theme of 'Walk of Glory' and true to the quote 'rewound', as it was literally re joining used objects together. The patchwork effect gave a duvet feel to it, keeping in with the sexualised 'glory walk' idea.
Both Lena, Emanuella and I each took turns producing a range of ideas onto the mannequin, from both fabrics like mesh, wool and my textile, with photocopies and scans of previous textile samples. As our textiles were so elaborate, we decided it would be best to keep our garment pattern simple, so not to deflect the attention from the textile. Below, is a final fabric inspired by our textile samples combined.
Fabric made by Lena
Once we decided on our final textiles, I could start to work on a life size mannequin and therefore draw up some final designs in my sketchbook.
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