Week 5 - Accessories

Prior to this week I had little interest in accessories mainly because I don't wear much myself. However, at the beginning of the week we were shown a presentation and I really took a liking to big statement pieces. Immediately, I knew I wanted to make a big statement neck piece for my final piece at the end of the week.

We were told to bring our special objects in from our research and draw from them, photocopy it etc. I brang in a necklace and earing that had sentimental value and drew from them, till I was able to get patterns from them. We then had to make stencils out of these patterns....

In terms of time management, I felt there was a LOT to do during this week. We were not only given the task to draw our ideas onto paper fashion models and to make stencils and put on mannequins but to actually make the accessory within a week. It did slow me down and I remember having to catch up, but when my accessory was finished I was pleased with the result as I felt it looked good. I used wire as I liked the fact that wire was malleable. I feel like I played it safe using wire as I have used it before but if I did it again, I would definitely choose another material.

Below, are pics of the stencils of final piece ideas as well as the final piece itself:

 Final Piece: (constructed from wire)