This week I focused on
the idea of entrapment. Some words I thought of when thinking about
objects or people trapped were restricting, tied up, struggling,
claustrophobic, reduced movement and restrained. I then researched
into straitjackets as they are a garment that's purpose is to physically
restrain a person.
http://cantonasylumforinsaneindians.com/history_blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Straitjacket.jpg
The
original designs of straitjackets have a very haunting and heavy
appearance. I like the weight the fabric and the buckles have, and the
leather used to make the straps. I also
look at how straitjackets have already influenced the fashion world with
designers like Burberry and Asher Levine using them as clear influences.
http://images.wikia.com/ladygaga/images/b/b7/Asher_Levine_Strait_Jacket.jpg
Asher Levine's straitjacket dress for Lady Gaga
Burberry Boots
By
seeing how other designers have taken inspiration from straitjackets I
can see the different extremes they have taken the influences too. Asher
Levine's dress has kept a lot of the physically restricting element
from the straitjacket as well as the visual features.
I also used this week
to explore further into the structures of the spider webs I had
photographed. By zooming in, enlarging and editing my photos into black
and white my photos became
a lot stronger and more visually impacting then the original photos. I think black, white and grey would be a strong colour palette rather than using natural colours. The
way the web is taking over the hole reminds me of Chiharu Shiota installation. The installation reflects a web like fabric taking over a room and connects with my ideas of my knitted fabrics growing, spreading and taking over. The photo has both dense, heavy qualities combined with light and delicate areas which is something I would like to translate into my fabric samples and drawings.
https://files.nyu.edu/jp1961/public/images/shita.jpg
Chiharu Shiota installation
