Overall I'm not too happy with my final piece as I originally felt it was too flat when it was just cream and brown, although I liked the pattern I'd created with the small pieces of paper. But looking at my research on morpho butterflies, the cocoons are green so I decided to add some texture and colour to the cocoon bodice by glueing kitchen roll to the paper and painting it with watercolours. This gives a stiffness to the kitchen roll and makes it really textured. The kitchen roll soaks up the watercolour and the colours blend really well. I stippled over the whole bodice with brown and green acrylic paint also to give the colour some depth.
If I was to redo the garment I would probably paper mâché around an actual person, as the mannequin I paper mached around was a strange shape when I tried it on myself. I might also build the shape up a bit more and create a more angular bodice like the angular cocoons. I probably would add more blue for the wings too and maybe create this in a more delicate style, possibly with a satin fabric :)
I'm happy with all the research I've undertaken and the skills I've learned / developed, however I wish I'd had more time to put these skills into a better final piece.
