WORKING ON THE STAND

BEAU SCARLETT-PITT 12/09/14 (Modelled by Niove Louca)

BEAU SCARLETT-PITT 12/09/14

I was really looking forward to working with the stand as I feel that I work quite well with 3-D. We were all asked to cut out a shape from our sketchbooks. I chose the shape of a reflection from my necklace. Then we were given our first task. It threw me off a bit as we were asked to work with someone else's shape. I think this was because I didn't really understand where the shape came from so I didn't exactly know how to use it. However, this turned out to be a blessing as it allows for fresh eyes and new ideas to be interjected leading to a new perspective. 

My least favourite activity was the seam modelling. As we had to cut the paper into tiny strips, it was incredibly flimsy to use and keep ripping when I would do too much of a dynamic shape. But reflecting back to it, I am now grateful as it is an extremely useful method in order to determine seam placement on the body. I think I need to practice this technique in order to get the not out of it in the future. 

Overall my favourite task of the session was working with the dot and cross paper doing 3-D construction. The beauty of it was that I started off making a shoulder piece with no ideas of what end results I wanted and it turned into a headpiece that I'm really proud of. I would definitely like to develop this piece further to the point where a sample is made. Overall it has been a successful learning process.