Further Artist Research

After my visit to the V&A Museum, I decided to look into some paper garment artists, to link with my research on the fan and ruffled collars. I initially found Michael Cepress, an artist who has created a series of paper collars. I recreated the three collars in 2D in my sketch book.

Following on from this I created my own 3D collar to develop further ideas on ruffled edges and different papers that could be used to create garments.

I also found Mauricio Velasquez Posada during my paper garment research. This artist creates oversized origami dresses from plain white paper. I started with 2D origami shapes influenced by one of his dresses, leading in to looking at full garments in different coloured and printed papers.

I liked the big paper tutu created by Mauricio Velasquez Posada, which inspired me to develop my research towards creating a paper tutu for my final outcome, as it would link into my dancing theme as well as showing off various artist influences. I started to look at different materials and pleating techniques to get an idea of which papers etc. would look best as a tutu sample.

 

I tested book paper, calico and a mix of both in small tutu samples. I liked the sample with two layers of calico with a layer of the paper in between, as it looked more multi-media as well as being more structurally sturdy. I then did a few 2D fashion illustrations with pleated tutu skirts on to get an idea of whether the idea would look good.

I finally looked at Peter Clark's paper tutu as a 2D design. I liked the messy look to this style of working, and feel that adding something like this to a 3D tutu could add more texture and interest.

This research has influenced my direction for my final outcome. I like the rough look to the ruffled papers seen in Michael Cepress and Peter Clark's work, as well as the oversized look to Mauricio Velasquez Posada's work.