Week 6

This week was my accessories week, I enjoyed this week more than I had anticipated as I found it really interesting as I was working with different shapes and where I could place them on the body.

 

The week started by me brining in an object that has meaning to me, this object was a bracelet. I wanted to present this object in different ways so I photocopied it, then changed the scale and colours and repeated it, I then looked at the bracelet in more detail so I focussed on one particular element which was a shell. I then reproduced this shape and made it 3-D, however because it was quite a boring shape I changed the scale of it enlarging it and shrinking it then overlapping these shapes onto one large image of it, which resulted in me having one 2-D large shape that was very different from my original shape, but as it was 2-D and I needed it to be a 3-D shape I folded it in different ways, so that this final shape was interesting to look at as it has different layers and each edge is different creating an interesting aesthetic.

Then to develop this I created smaller versions of my shape and then placed them onto to images of models that I found in some magazines. This helped me to see what my accessory might look like when worn on the body. When I did this I found myself placing the shapes mainly on the head and shoulders to work more as a body piece which I think I preferred doing, other than designing accessories like shoes, jewellery or handbags. But after creating four small designs I then developed these further into more designs which either had the shapes in different places or took a section of the shape and presented it in a different way. These designs then allowed me to progress into creating my final design and to actually make it. I made the body piece out of acetate as this a strong material and is also transparent , as my design used a see through material, I was also able to print onto the acetate, so I made a print which was taken from my photo shoot in order to link the project together by using the same colours and to create another interesting aspect.
 

I believe the final product to successful as I am pleased by it and I feel that the use of the acetate works well especially the parts with the print as they add another layer to it and make it look textured as well. Overall I learnt form this week that although I had never really thought that I would want to go into accessories I have found that I really enjoyed working this way, as I feel that nothing went wrong as I was working effectively and efficiently as I did not run out of time and was able to perfect the accessory, also after this week and having a presentation from my tutor I think that it is a possible pathway for me to explore further.