A level, Unit 1: Wearable Art

 For this unit I decided to look at capes and necklaces as a form of wearable art. This involved looking at different ways of creating necklaces and making them part of another accessory to create a new garment.

Urban inspired necklace; Using the Mercedes symbol with scrunched up bits of newspaper and rings of plastic, connected with coloured wire

                                                                              

Fireworks inspired necklace; Beads stuck onto a  PVC base using a hot-melt glue gun

Psychedelic inspired necklace; Separate pieces created using gutta and dye on thin fabric to maintain bright colours and then threaded onto jewellery wire

Because this project was based on wearable art I ignored the traditional, delicate concept of jewellery and intentionally created large, dramatic, statement pieces which would obviously be the focus.    

In the final piece for this project I remained with a psychedelic theme and made a corresponding lining for the cape which matched the necklace. I designed the lining, based on psychedelic patterns I had researched and I liked the idea of using recycling materials for the necklace and so used cans to form the necklace which I pinned to the cape.

This project challenged my concepts of design because it did not follow a conservative form of jewellery and I enjoyed experimenting and thinking of materials I wouldn't normally use.