Final Piece

This is my overall final piece, i am glad that i did a variation of photographs as i found this was the most successful. I like how i have incorporated a difference of photographs, some of my initial photography and some of my final garment as i think this gives the piece a balance. Overall i find my pieces shows a clear indication of decaying that portrays my initial intentions.

Development of Exhibtion

I wanted to include some of my initial photography into my exhibition space including some macro shots of my final piece. I tired different variations of the photographs to see which was more effective. I found more of a random selection worked best rather than in a straight line as this added to the decaying effect as they had a broken down look as if they were falling down the wall. 

I also developed my photographs by scratching to one of them, i found this would add more a more scratchy look to the pieces lining them more to decay, however i found these were not as successful as intended as they looked more tacky taking away from the clear photography which i wanted to portray. 

Development of Exhibition

These are the samples i created for my exhibiton piece, i used an incorporation of the textures i created throughout my project including inspiration from the different artists i researched. I used hanging threads on each samples to portray a decrepit tone including a use of melted acetate over me second sample from inspiration of Alberto Burri, i also combined different papers with a rustic colour palette inspired by both Lynda Monk and Heather Komus. 

I first hung my samples by threads, however i found this was too much as i also including hanging threads, i therefor changed to hanging them off a nail which lead to the samples being more powerful. I developed my samples by adding nails and bolts onto the ends of the threads which also linked into the use of these on my final garment, i found these would link also to the rustic tone of the project. 

Final Piece

 I incorporated all the different techiniques i learned throughout the process of my experimentation and development and combined them into one to create this textural decaying mixed media garment. I used various stitch including leaving hanging threads to portray more delicacy. I also incorporated a use of synthetic materials including cellophane inspired by Alberto Burri. The use of the rustic colour palette was inspired mainly by Lynda Monk who also used these tones within her work. The use of scrim combined into my samples was an idea i found from Christina Chalmers who incorporated scrim like materials into her dress sculptures. I found using this lighter material would include a use of delicacy within my rougher samples to even out both effects. And finally the composition was inspired by Heather Kellner who used a rough edged composition which i took on board to create my own style which i then incorporated many latex samples to create this garment. 

In the end i added some screw, nails and bolts onto my piece as i found this would add a 3D element into my piece, i found this was successful in adding texture and a rough, rugged surface.

  

Garment Ideas

When creating my final garment i wanted to create a minimal back just using string as i thought this would best show a decrepit tone. I tried different ways in which i could situate the strings. Here are two examples of the different backs i tried, i tried a straight back and also a corsetted back. I found the corset back was iconic of the genre and linked well to my theme however i found it was hard to create a high quality corset without making the garment look tacky. I found the straight strings worked best, was simple and still looked effective. I developed these strings by adding coffee stains to the thread to change it's colour to a rustic colour palette, i also added brown thread around to add texture and to create a more delicate base. I found the use of this coffee and string was powerful and very successful leading me to using this as part of my final design. 

Development

I started to combine some of my initial latex experiments together to form the start to a garments. I developed into this by having part of the latex crawling up the neck of the garment as i thought this would ass to the decrepit tone.

Carrying on with my development i carried on with incorporating different materials into my latex samples, for this sample i used netting and melted parts of it to link to Alberto Burri, i also used stitch and left the threads hanging to add a fragile tone. I found this piece was successful in creating such and delicate and also decrepit piece however i think it would be more successful if incorporate much more stitch and hanging threads which would create a decaying nature. 

I carried on with using the latex samples with more latex and started to create a top piece of a garment. I am going to develop this latex style piece by combining latex together in different forms and compositions to find the best fit for a decaying garment. 

Development

Developing my latex samples by combining more different combinations of different textural materials onto the surface of the latex. I tried different materials such a straw to capture a rugged texture, i found this was a successful sample as it created a rough edge to the latex making a more decaying piece. 

I created longer piece samples and placed them onto the mannequin in different compositions also making a more 3D element by pushing up the surface of the latex, however i found more of a flat surfaced worked best to create the perfect decrepit garment.