Catch up!

This post is really just to catch up with where the current fashion project has got to, before I go back to college tomorrow and do a load more stuff on it! So here are some photos to show where things are. It's coming towards the end of the project now really, so I'm beginning to think about my final 'bookwork'. This can be anything that combines text and images, along my chosen them, and can include but doesn't have to, work that I've done already. Last Tuesday we did some work on paper folding - origami and pop ups. I LOVE pop-ups (I know capitals means I'm shouting but that's how much I love pop ups!) So here is an idea I had for using a pop up in my final piece.

Cat walk pop up with the caption 'Life is a catwalk... who is your designer?

 I've already started my final version, which I decided to make an as eye shadow compact, using chalk pastels and acetate on the top. So here it is.

 So what is my book work going to be? Pretty much all along I've been thinking of making a wardrobe and having things hanging in it with images and writing on, but as my project has changed direction this needed a rethink. My target audience suddenly came into consideration - I'm aiming this work at young women, 15 - 25, new Christians and those who have been Christians a while. So what do they want? After doing the origami I started thinking gift bags - ladies of all ages love getting a freebie gift bag with stuff in it. There's something about it which makes you feel special and valued. So I decided to make a gift bag.

My first attempt at a gift bag, and a photo of the gift bag given out at the last CCK(Church of Christ the King in Brighton) women's day. I embellished mine, but loved getting it!

The next decision - what to put in the bag? I'd already got the eyeshadow pop up idea, and my tutor suggested a mini-magazine using some of my images. I'd seen some little scrolls in Cloth, Paper Scissors magazine that looked great so I decided to use some quotes from one of my favourite books, Captivating by John and Staci Eldredge. I tried hand written quotes but they didn't look right so I photocopied the pages, painted white acrylic over the bits I didn't want to highlight, painted the pieces of paper pink, then added extra drawings and scribbles in red and silver. I then assembled the whole thing to be like a lipstick. The one you see here is the prototype - the proper one is much prettier, with a burgundy and gold case. I'll try and post some pictures of that with the entire finished article!

Waiting for the pink paint to dry on my chosen quotes

The handwritten scroll - just not quite what I wanted.



Prototype lipstick case



It's in the bag!

Onto my mini- magazine, the first thought was the cover. I looked at some magazines and came up with 4 ideas.

Based on the idea of negative letters - my favourite

Based on Glamour magazine

Using another piece of work with cut out letters

Based on a magazine called oh comely, which had a very handwritten cover.

I've chosen the first cover as the one to use, although I might need to adjust the image a little, and I'm going to use a white background, not pink!
So we're in the home stretch with this project, and I'm so thankful that Adrian has been giving me ideas and helped me get back on the right track. I'm also grateful to Fran (my lovely daughter in law who is very much part of my target audience) for having a look over the project and giving her opinion. The next part is choosing images to mount on the A1 board, and cutting accurate mounts for them - not a strong point for me!