ARTIST STATEMENT •
THIS TASK WAS TO CREATE A TWO GARMENTS THAT WOULD INVOLVE ART TECHNIQUES AND BE ABLE TO WEAR ON STAGE FOR ‘THE WIZ’. WE ARE CREATING ART PIECES FOR THE STUDENTS WHO WILL BE CHARACTERS IN THE EMERALD CITY THIS INVOLVED MAKING SURE THAT THE PIECES STARTED OUT UNISEX AS THE GROUP INCLUDED BOYS AND GIRLS AND WE DIDN’T KNOW UNTIL WE HAD THE CAST LIST. IN THIS FOLIO I HAVE PUT HOW I GOT FOR PLANNING STAGES MY IDEAS AND WHAT I FIRST ENVISIONED TO THE REAL LIFE WEARABLE ART PIECES. MY FIRST PIECES IS A ARMY INSPIRED JACKET IT HAS A STIFF COLOUR HOWEVER IT IS FUN BUT SUBTLE EMBELLISHMENT'S THAT I BELIEVE GIVE IT A STOIC BUT EMOTIONAL LOOK. THE SECOND PIECES IS A MORE REGAL LATE 16TH CENTURY SKIRT THAT HAS MET STEAM PUNK VIBES IT IS ELEGANT BUT SUBTLE AGAIN SOMETHING SUITABLE FOR ALL TYPES TO WEAR. I HAVE USED AND SHOWN SKILLS OF WEAVING, TEARING, SCRUNCHING, CUTTING AND BRAIDING TO CREATE SOME OF MY FIRST PIECES OF WEARABLE ART. I TOOK INSPIRATION FROM CLAUDIA WILLIAMS AS ONE SHE WAS OUR RESIDENT ARTIST BUT WHEN SHE CAME TO TALK TO US SHE REALLY HELPED ME AND MADE ME THINK OUT SIDE THE BOX.
WEARABLE ART PIECE #1
DETAILS OF WEARABLE ART PIECE #1
WEARABLE ART PIECE #2
DETAILS OF WEARABLE ART #2 (3 CLOSE UPS OF WORK HERE)
SUPPORTING EVIDENCE
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SUPPORTING EVIDENCE
IN THE PLANNING OF THE ART PIECE TEXTURE, SHAPE, COLOUR WHERE ALL THOUGHT OF – THE SHAPE HAD TO BE RELIVALTY CLOSE TOGETHER IF IT STUCK TO MUCVH IT COULD CATCH ON THE OTHER CAST MEMBERS, TEXTURE INVOLVED SMOTH AND TEXTURED SURFACES SO AS THE LIGHT WOULD HIT IT DIFFERENTLY AND THE COLOUR WAS A STRICT GREEN, GOLD AND PURPLE COLOUR FOR THE EMERALD CITY.
IN THE IMAGES TEXTURE AND COLOUR WHERE USED, I USED LIGHT GREEN AND SOME DARK TO ACCENT WHILE THE TAPE WAS TO MAKE THE PLASTIC STURDY BUT ALSO GIVE IT A SMOOTH SURFACE
SUPPORTIVE EVIDENCE • TEXTURE, COLOUR, SHAPE, SPACE WAS USED
• TEXTURE THE SLEEVE, ROSES AND COINS WERE USED TO GIVE AN EXTRA DIMENSION TO THE ART PIECES AS IT STICKS OUT FROM THE FRAME OF THE JACKET
SUPPORTIVE EVIDENCE • TEXTURE, COLOUR, SHAPE, SPACE WAS USED
• TEXTURE THE SLEEVE, ROSES AND COINS WERE USED TO GIVE AN EXTRA DIMENSION TO THE ART PIECES AS IT STICKS OUT FROM THE FRAME OF THE JACKET
SUPPORTIVE EVIDENCE
• THIS WAS PLANNING PAGES
SUPPORTIVE EVIDENCE MORE PLANNING PAGES WEAVING, NOTING, TIRING
SUPPORTIVE EVIDENCE MORE PLANNING PAGES WEAVING, NOTING, TIRING
SUPPORTIVE EVIDENCE
MORE PLANNING PAGES WEAVING, NOTING, TIRING
SUPPORTIVE EVIDENCE
• ORIGINAL PLAN
Experiments Twisting, folding, gluing, weaving I didn’t use them in my costumes as they did not fit nor enhance my designs in the way I wanted them to.
Experiments Twisting, folding, weaving, scrunching I didn’t use them in my costumes as they did not fit nor enhance my designs in the way I wanted them to.