Developing my ideas

The photographs I had previously taken of skin trapped beneath fabrics were not as impacting as I had hoped. I decided to revisit my idea of trapping skin beneath materials, but I will try using materials that have more flexibility, this will mean I can trap the skin tighter. This will also enhance my concept of restricting the skin as well as helping to exaggerate shapes made by the skin.

I first began experimenting with clingfilm as it has a rubbery skin like quality, as well as having the ability to confine the body.

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Christina Ledang SS13

Latex

I also explored electrical tape, a material I had previous experimented with in my initial samples, that also has a skin type texture.

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Marina Hoermanseder SS14

 The forms created when the tape was wrapped tightly around the skin has given me shapes that I can replicate in my samples. The drawing I created in electrical tape has provided me with more structured shapes with less fluidity then the ones in the photograph, but by combining the two will allow me to create contrast and diversity in my fabrics.