Fetishism ... Hair and Lace samples...

Sample from the Fetishism project-
These are some of my final samples for the project- the basic concept was attempting to create something beautiful out of something conventionally perceived as unsettling, I was using hair and lace- creating lace out of hair, or imitating hair with threads and using dissolvable fabrics and reverse applique with organza and tulle.

2nd Year Term 1 project-

Fetishism 

Fragmentation

Femininity

This is some of my most recent work, the brief was originally a study of the Dada movement, chaos and irrationality, and from there my thought process kind of spiralled into some slightly stranger places- i adored Hans Bellmer's dolls and Nobuyoshi Araki's shibari and japanese bondage photography. Fleet Ilya's leather work and Givenchy's latest couture collection were also influences. The main concept developed from a quote I found from Bellmer talking about the dolls-

"i tried to rearrange the sexual elements of a girls body, like a sort of plastic anagram... The body is like a sentence that invites us to rearrange it, so that its real nature becomes clear through a series of endless anagrams..."

One of the recurring themes of this project was flesh, bulging, contracting, metamorphosing and endlessly renewing itself...

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Final Outcome-

This is one of the final outcomes for the Birds and Bones project- a pair of organza trousers (yes... they are french-seamed... yes... it took forever) the feathers are designed and cut on the laser-cutter and attached using the babylock felting machine on two calico panels. The loops and buttons down the outside leg are all hand sewn (thanks to the technician who showed me how to make the loops and hide a zip in organza! i am forever in your debt!!).

textiles sampling...

working samples from the birds and bones project...

Oiseau

Birds and Bones-

This project was my specialised Embroidery project from first year at LCF- i was interested in the idea of mortality, and the beauty of a beginning and an end. I collected research and ephemera and drew from photographs of severed and dismantled bird's wings in the Natural History Museum and the Enlightenment room in the British Museum. The work was more delicate than dark, as i was looking to convey some of the brokenness and the sadness of the dead bird sketches in much the same way as the taxidermist Polly Morgan treats her subjects so delicately that the morbidity of the subject is no longer the focus of the piece.

These images are from the A3 presentation sketchbook collated from my research and development period.