So my FMP is going to start after the Easter break and it's fair to say I'm a little nervous about it. I'll be going to uni in September where the work will be full on, so this is my last project at college and not a practice for my foundation year! So my work really has to be of a distinction level standard, otherwise I'll be a bit disappointed :/ A merit would be okay, but I'm striving for higher than that. Anyway, on to my ideas for fmp!
I've started by typing "FMP in textiles" into google and it's not really brought much up apart from pinterest pages, which are just images of things people have connected to their FMP research. Might be a good idea for me to do that too actually... but otherwise there's nothing to really help me.
First off, I want to do something related to tailoring. I know that much! Obviously there's not a massive timescale so I can't go making a whopping great wedding dress or anything like that, maybe after uni...? So it's been suggested that I make a mini collection of garments, this will use less fabric and I'll be able to use a range of techniques. I want to have a sketchbook full of designs too, and one full of techniques and experiments.
But I need a theme and some depth to my work! ugh I don't know what to doooooo D:
okay okay lets start by researching fashion collections and themes
I've tried to make my work really deep before but it's hard to do because I tried to not be literal, but I ended up with a dreary garment which I didn't like in the end. So I don't want to fall into that trap again, but my work does need contextual depth...oh god I'm so confused!
looked on these websites and found some ideas for what my theme could be based on:
http://www.vogue.it/en/shows/show-themes
http://officeneeds.sulekha.com/top-10-highly-creative-fashion-show-themes_599962_blog
My theme could be on a colour, a fabric, a style, an era, a certain item of clothing, a season, a body shape, an animal, a place, a book, a film, any sort of object or thing! The possibilities are literally endless.
I know in the future I want to own my own boutique making bridal gowns, bridesmaid dresses, prom dresses etc so I'm like what do I do because I cant make mini wedding dresses!
Okay so I've been on pinterest and google and I've got a few ideas (after having a little breakdown!)
- white: a theme based on white so my garments can resemble / be the starting point for wedding dresses, but be simple. That way I could look at different materials and the way they react with different techniques, such as cotton contrasted to satin, which works better as a draping fabric? White is also pure and delicate, so maybe I could change that perception of the colour or work to / with it.
- decay: would be really cool to try and breakdown fabrics, maybe by burning or tearing? I'd like to make decay look beautiful, "A Beautiful Decay"
- something to do with beauty is pain? corsetry, high heels? distortion of the body
I'd quite like something that uses play on words as a title, like something contradictory.
- "uncovering the naked"
- "visually opaque"
- "Ugly beauty"
- "Plain Fancy"
- "Mindless Dreams"
- "Thoughtless Dreams"
- "Sleepless Dreams"
my boyfriend just gave me the BEST idea!!!! (He studies science so he's smart...haha) I said I wanted a title that contradicts itself because I don't want to have a boring title for my project. He suggested the title "Intrinsic Outsider". In biology, an intrinsic protein crosses a membrane, meaning it's an outsider that has crossed the barrier. The outsider is within. SO my work could be the inside of garments on the outside, which would show the techniques I have used and the way I have done things, therefore I can see where I've made mistakes and what would need to be changed.
Basically I'm going to treat each garment as if it's a person and how they could open themselves up to another person, showing how they expose themselves. I could link this to different feelings and emotions, like how you would look if you had exposed yourself to someone who had broken your heart? This could include decayed fabric (linked to my earlier idea!) and the fabric could be loosely held together, broken, breaking, thin fabrics.
YES I'M HAPPY WITH THIS IDEA YAY!
Soooooo
Theme: Exposure- emotions, feelings, insides, biology
Title: "Intrinsic Outsider"
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