Burning process...

After the festivities were over, it was time to concentrate on completing my final piece. I finalised which type of fabric I was using and which techniques I was using. 

Heat manipulation is a technique that I am familiar with and have confidence in using the heat tools. such as: A heat gun, soldering iron and iron. As I wanted to achieve a burnt effect on the fabric, I had to experiment with different heat tools to achieve this. A lighter and candle was also used during the experimentation.

 

When it came to burning the dress, I realised that it was very time consuming and taking up too much time to create the desired effect using a lighter. To solve this issue, I had an alternative idea that might be able to burn the fabric faster. Using blue roll really made a difference in the overall burnt look and the black marks that was left on the fabric. I felt this was a good way to resolve this as it really sped up the process.

ITS CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!

Graduation plan

4 sections of research 

- Further Education

- Business startup

- Travel 

- Employment

After carrying out my large amounts of research for each section, I now feel I have a clearer thought about my lifetime goals. I now know where I aim to go in life and what my ambitions really are. I realised that actually, I want to gain insight into each section. I found this research task really usefull as I have concluded what my short, medium and long term goals are. Also I came to the realisation that I don't actually have to worry about doing EVERYTHING in a couple of years. I can make plans for the future and aim to achieve them.

Disintigration

I developed samples for my studio practise 1 breif - the punctution mark

I thought of good linking idea for developments... By associating fabrics to my theme. 

I relating the meaning of the mind map words by choosing to represent them using fabric. How does this relate to my concept? - The disintigrated fabric represents the deteriation on the relationship. I will show this by altering the fabric to make it look frayed, separated, faded and other relivant words associated to my theme. after developing samples, the next stage will be creating ideas on a final piece. I will need to make it relivant to my theme and think of ways on how to best represent my concept. My inital thoughts on it just now are thinking of a symbol that relates to commitment and use that to highlight the relationship fading away... 

 

The three fabric samples seen above are hessian, silk and just paper.  I used a lighter to burn away part of the fabric, this again represents the disintigration. 

Next steps - Final design ideas.

Essay focus

After carrying out research for my extended essay proposal, I managed to narrow down my essay theme/question. My essay focus is a topic that I feel strongly about and also wish to further my knowledge on the subject.   

                                                               Essay theme

I intend to focus on the power balance between men and women. I will explore how they have changed in society by reflecting back to the 1950’s with reference to their roles and how they are projected within advertisement. 

Before, men and women had specific roles that they were known for. In a married relationship, it was most common for a women to undertake the household chores with the male being dependant on the women’s domestic and nurturing ability. In comparison to nowadays, women are not dependant on a male’s income nor do men rely on women's cooking. I want to create a discussion that highlights how Society is changing as well as the male perception towards women.

Punctuation brief

What you see on the outside doesn't necessarily mean reality on the inside.... 

That's my ideology that relates my concept to the brief. This time I feel a lot more focused and have a clearer thought about where I am going with my concept. 

Today I enjoyed experimenting with various fabrics by changing there appearance. I used heat tools to achieve a burnt, frayed and disintegrated effect on the fabric. 

These words all relate to a mind map I created previously - they all reflect the relationship fading. As mentioned in my PLP that I'm concentrating on the unseen factors of the relationship, my aim is to think of a way I can represent this as a final outcome!

 Three weeks to go! So "time to get the finger out" and actually get a move on with the development! 

NEW BREIF - The Punctuation mark

The new breifs issued were quite daunting at first. I found the punctuation mark breif most understandable and felt I could go the furthest with it in terms of concept and ideas. To begin the concept development process I started with a mind map to explore multiple ideas. Whilst looking over the breif, there was certain words that stood out to me. 

These were:

-communicate 

- Expression

- Each other 

I started researching into how people communicate each other without actual speaking and found out that body language plays a major part in communication. I am going to try and focus my research on body language and see where it takes me.