Memories Project Final Piece (A-level theme “Nostalgia”)

For my final piece I decided I wanted to make a veil, it made sense since the project started with my parent’s wedding. I feel a veil is an object that shows the transparency of memories and how we carry them with us. I used some images made with gutta on chiffon and some paper

Memories Project (A-level theme “Nostalgia”)

“Nostalgia” to me is looking back at old photos and reliving the memories in your head. When I started this project my parents were doing a big sort out and a box containing photos from their wedding was sat in the kitchen, and I realised there is something that most adults are nostalgic about or

Futures – Cosplay, Steampunk and Lolita

My dress up was inspired by my love of historical dramas, which made me think about communities and events where adults do dress up or dress in a certain way. The most famous of these is the Cosplay community. Cosplay originated in Japan, fans dress up as a character from manga or anime as accurately

Futures – Make Believe

When we dress up as kids it is often part of a make believe game set in a fantasy world of your imagination. LaChapelle’s photography is all set in strange fantasy worlds where everyone is a character. I was inspired by this to put myself in my dressing up costumes into some fantasy worlds. I

Futures – Dressing up as an adult

To explore how it feels to dress up as an adult I raided the remaining items from dressing up as a child. I found that dressing up instantly made me happy and excited, and it was a nice way to break up my day. Wearing the costumes instantly made me and my sister act how

Futures – The Future of Play

Our current free time as adults is spent in front of the TV, a passive 4 non-interactive way of using our down time. What is play? ‘A physical or mental leisure activity that is undertaken purely for enjoyment or amusement and has no other objective make believe (imaginary world, unusual context not in everyday life)

Futures – dressing up

Grayson Perry’s outfits for his transvestite alter-ego Claire are bright and colourful with exaggerated shapes. The party dress shape is very similar to lots of girls dress up clothes, particularly those themed on princesses and fairies. Perry embraces dressing up as an adult, since it allows him to explore his feminine side, however it is

Knit Happens – Repeat Pattern

To make a repeat pattern I made an arrangement using the black and white drawings of my samples. I also added a couple of drawings of a starfish and octopus to increase the variety of ocean life. This is the block as a standard repeat pattern. I wanted to be able to show the process

Futures – Artists (part 2)

A major part of play for me as a child was clothing and dressing up, so I wanted to explore how artists have used clothing, costume and accessories to bring out our childish or playful side. Grayson Perry’s transvestite persona “Claire” is often seen in statement dresses. Perry uses Claire to explore femininity, and her

Futures – Artists (part 1)

I wanted to look at how artists have used space to create a place that can be interactive and invoke a sense of play. Some are more of an imagined space or world, others are ones you can physically explore. Do Ho Suh creates rooms and places from his life by stretching silk or nylon