Paper, Layers and Pleats, oh my!

The first day I felt as though I didn't have enough big shapes so I cut out some more bigger ones for.  I started getting more interesting forms on the mannequin than I had on Monday.

I pleated the top parts of these pieces before pinning them on.

 I added more layers of pleated pieces on for more volume.

 

 I also tried adding more layers of smaller pieces on top.

It was really interesting to see how different the shapes become when placed on the mannequin in different ways.

Fashion-Shapes!

This week I began the fashion elective!  The first day we had to take shapes from our previous work and select two to work with.  I choose two shapes quite different to each other, one is a long skinny shape and the other a more wide shape.  We had to scale the shapes up to a number of different sizes and cut them out on brown paper.  We then started to pin them onto dress stands to experiment with the different ways they could be placed on the body.

On Tuesday we had knit but I haven't taken any photos from that work yet so I'll include it in another post.