Explore Creativity.: Glue and Cloth demonstration (Continuation From Week 5) (18/10/11)

This week's session was a continuation from last week, working with shapes created on chairs using materials layered on top and glued to hold the shape.

The first steps of the exercise were to slowly remove the fabrics off the chairs.

After removing the pieces off the chairs we started to work with them on the mannequins. The first piece that we used was the chair piece with tights and mutton cloth.

(Texture in detail)

(more details)

We decided that the piece would best suit a shoulder embellishment as it had a lot of volume and texture which would be a great shoulder detail for a garment.

(Front view during adjustments)

(Side view)

(Final side view)

(Final front view after a series of adjustments)

The next part of the exercise was to repeat the process using the second piece of work.

(Piece pinned, without any adjustments)

We started off by placing the whole piece of jersey on the mannequin. We thought that it would be great as a whole garment and not just a piece of embellishment or decoration because it was quiet big, enough to cover up the body.

(Side view of piece, with no adjustments.)

There were some beautiful shapes and bends within the fabric, so we thought that if we pin them around it would enhance their look and they will be brought up more.

(In detail)

(back view before)

(side view before)

(Final right side view)

(Final left side view)

(Detail of fabric)

This is the final look we came up with. We decided it had a very sculptural and minimalistic look, with many different and unusual angles at unusual places around the body.