Collection Research and development:

I am predominately using my dissolvable experiment and the dissolvable textile itself to inform the collection

Looking at the idea of a textile changing form through a process – such as applying water or heat to create a 2^nd garment.

Heat Manipulation:

Water Manipulation:

Dipping garments in silver -

Viktor and Rolf - garments that become sculpture:

After working with the dissolvable fabric i have had ideas of creating garments that have a 1^st and 2^nd garment life - these could be different forms, different feelings or different colours.

Other ideas for sculpture and creating shape....

http://www.kingmanstudios.com/pages/art_scene/sculpture.htm

I found this great site - http://beautifuldecay.com/2009/04/11/lucy-mcrae-bart-hess/

which has a lot of interesting works...

Lucy Mcrae and Bart Hess:

This film is a great way to show how different materials interact with each other. It is a simple but effect way to demonstrate the effect at the time...

Chlorophyll Skin from Lucy McRae on Vimeo.

Using the dissolvable as a 2^nd layer or adhesive for the undergarment – once the fabric is moldable it will stick to the undergarment and takes a shape permanently like a sculpture.

I still would like to carry on with the research I did previously into Mass graves-

Either looking into the community and continual garment aspect or the idea of having an undergarment and overgarment - the overgarment being quite systematic and bleak and the undergarment being something that represents the wearer, having secret compartments and hidden meaning to each piece.

However I’m not sure whether adding all these elements that I have attached myself to this semester is the right answer… this could make the collection messy and over-designed.

It would be nice to have a continuation within the works without the physical connection, or there was a connection at all it could be an accessory or drawstring which is quite subtle?