Accessories Week – Consumption

This week for accessories week we looked at sustainability. Reusing rubbish to create are final piece. Looking at the theme of consumption, the good and bad things that we put in our bodies. For my final piece I wanted to create a shoulder piece which then progresses up the neck. This implies the consumption of it going into the mouth as it concentrates around the neck. I really like how the spoons have layered around the neck, I wanted them to be at different lengths to show the unbalanced food in which we eat. However, when I came to layering the cutlery onto the shoulder, I first had a great difficulty trying to attach the cutlery together still capturing the shape of the shoulder, until my tutor gave me the advice to have something underneath such as a base so that the cutlery has something to stick to. After, creating the base I found it quite easy to then stick the cutlery on. However looking at the detail of the shoulder piece, I wish that the cutlery going around the shoulder looked equal between each of them. Next time, I could look at sticking them with tape to hold them in place so that I can see what they look like before properly sticking them down. I was really inspired when I found the balloon canisters because I have not used anything like this before and I wanted to experiment! The canisters where successful when it came to sticking them onto the cutlery and stood up really well considering the weight of them. Having tested them before I knew that it would of been a success. In addition, I really wanted to explore with the cutlery further and create a bag. I really like how the cutlery creates its shape when crossing them over making it clear that its a bag shape when looking at it. I also really wanted to play with colour and tested with spray painting the canisters to make it look fun and hallucinative, like when you consume the drug. By looking at the colours it instantly attracts my eyes to the shape so that it easy to identify. Overall, I feel that it has been a problem solving success being able to look at my designs and testing then creating a final garment from my initial ideas.