Tuesday, 7 February 2012
A sense of place continued
For this project I have decided to design a costume for the patients in the mental hospital from the story 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest' by Ken Kesey. From my primary research I let the shape and structure of a fence inspire me as well as what it represents.
A fence can represent feeling trapped or controlled by something or someone. Or it can represent protection and security which is symbolic as quite motherly and loving. The idea of something being unpleasant close up but from a distance be quite soft relates to clusters of pins. Pins are classified as 'dangerous' and look almost evil close up. However, when put in clusters and looked at from a distance they look soft, fluffy and very beautiful. I decided to use this idea in the costume design combined with the fence idea.
A fence can represent feeling trapped or controlled by something or someone. Or it can represent protection and security which is symbolic as quite motherly and loving. The idea of something being unpleasant close up but from a distance be quite soft relates to clusters of pins. Pins are classified as 'dangerous' and look almost evil close up. However, when put in clusters and looked at from a distance they look soft, fluffy and very beautiful. I decided to use this idea in the costume design combined with the fence idea.
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| Photo collage - using pins to show how they look elegantly beautiful in clusters as opposed to looking sharp and unpleasant |
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| Knitwear being used to represent the idea of a fence |
A sense of place
For this project I was given a location and through primary research such as photography, drawing and textile work I recorded the location. The idea of this research was to investigate new and innovative shape, pattern, texture and colour combination.
From this research I took an interest in the amount of fences around. I loved the shapes they created when looking at them from different perspectives. But more importantly I was interested in what they symbolised. On one hand, one might look at them as symbolising feeling trapped and controlled as they are a way of keeping something in like animals. On the other hand they could symbolise security and protection which represents motherly behaviour.
I took this analysis and related it to the story 'One Flew over the Cuckoo Nest' by Ken Kesey. The link between the patient's feelings and the fence analysis are quite similar so I decided to design a uniform that the mental patients would wear in the hospital inspired by fences.
From this research I took an interest in the amount of fences around. I loved the shapes they created when looking at them from different perspectives. But more importantly I was interested in what they symbolised. On one hand, one might look at them as symbolising feeling trapped and controlled as they are a way of keeping something in like animals. On the other hand they could symbolise security and protection which represents motherly behaviour.
I took this analysis and related it to the story 'One Flew over the Cuckoo Nest' by Ken Kesey. The link between the patient's feelings and the fence analysis are quite similar so I decided to design a uniform that the mental patients would wear in the hospital inspired by fences.
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