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I chose this project because I love the narrative and meaning behind
the theme and the history from it, the memory in the pages from the
botanists many years ago. There’s also a beauty to the beginning of
something especially the flower where scientists have devoted time
and effort to searching the landscapes for these beautiful creations of
nature and studying them to learn more about them. My project
started out with two main ideas, book pages and flowers, I liked them
both and the way they worked together but I needed to figure out a
way to link them. My research into books
and flowers led me to the discovery and
research of flowers by botanists. I used the
book pages to represent the findings and scribbles in journals from
botanists in the 18th century all the way to today. The flowers represent
their findings and research of different plants and species. I aim to create
beautiful pieces of work inspired by the artists I’ve studied and the
flowers and pages I’ve collected.
In her piece pictured here, I admire the way she has blended
the flower into the page and almost made it look like it
should be there. The loose threads add to the unfinished look
of the piece and adds a narrative by adding to the story
already on the page. The flower almost weaves through the
page as though it’s a part of the story. Pepper uses books as a
material to work with in many of her pieces. She enjoys using
materials, which have been carelessly discarded and show
sadness through their need to be rescued. Pepper uses
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stories, poems and memories to inspire her work. She loves re-using materials, especially textiles
because she feels as though they have lived a little and add their own story to the new narrative
with the signs of ageing and mistreatment. I love the way her work tells a narrative and I think her
use of re-used materials and books is really inspiring.
Georges Hobeika and Valentino also inspired my work as I used them as fashion
inspiration for my developments into fashion design as they both design beautiful
pieces that are both elegant and interesting. They also use flowers strongly in
their collections and it relates to my project theme and the photos I took.
Georges Hobeika is a Lebanese fashion designer of haute couture and ready-to-wear fashion. He
presents his collections every year in Paris Fashion Week. He focuses on romance, femininity and
elegance in his works of beauty. The way he creates flowers as though they are climbing up or falling
down the dress, as though the flowers are growing in and around the fabric. The level of detail in his
work has inspired me to try replicate the effect his embroidery has
on the outcome of the dress in my work. I will use my findings to try
incorporate Hobeika’s creations and techniques, along with my other
artist’s in my work. I have made a mood board based on his work
with a fashion design of my own and sample based on his
embroidery. I found his focus on elegance and beauty very inspiring
for my work, especially with the use of
embroidery and fabrics.
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idea came from Valentino, specifically this look from his Pre-Fall 2015 collection. The way his flowers
are all singular inspired me with my sample.
My next sample was based off a picture of a group of flowers. The aim for
this piece was to make something 3D, so to look more outstanding on a
garment. I was inspired by this Georges Hobeika dress from his fall 2016
Haute Couture collection. I made it by ironing a thin fabric to a page using
bondaweb. I then glued it to wire in the shape of the petal to make it hold
its shape. The middle part is made using stitch and slash, a technique I enjoy
but didn’t think suited my project. I liked the 3D effect of the flowers and
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My final pages in my sketchbook are my final piece designs, I used what I had experimented with to
draw my designs. I decided on making a garment very early on as it suited my project theme of
beauty, flowers and pages well. I drew the designs and painted them with watercolour and fine liner.
I made smaller samples to show my ideas better and show what I meant. Throughout my designs I
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used colour palettes from previous photos and photos from my photo
shoot page at the beginning of my sketchbook. In my first design I used
the bondaweb background with embroidery to make a corset style
bodice, I made panels for the pieces because the paper and fabric
background wouldn’t bend and mould to the mannequin. The skirt
represents the falling and trailing flowers I used in my last pages. In my
next design I used the same panel feature but on the skirt and used
sheer embroidery for the top part, similar to Valentino and Hobeika’s
work. The next design was my effort to
create a more 3D design, the top shoulder
part is similar to the falling flowers of the
first design. The belt is a photo of trailing
flowers and the skirt is similar to a paper
dress in my sketchbook that I liked. The next design also has a shoulder
part keeping with the 3D feature of the last one, this piece is based off a
picture of bright flowers pictured here. The skirt is bunched white poly
chiffon with embroidered flowers cut out, similar to the samples based
on Betty Pepper previously.
I am pleased with the outcome of my final piece especially with how beautiful and elegant it looks
and with how well it fits the meaning of my project. My research and experiments carried out helped
me achieve the techniques I wanted to use. I think it has a story like Betty Pepper’s work and
portrays the message of beauty I wanted to get across. I have learnt a lot on garment making and
the affects that can be achieved using different fabrics. I have also improved my machine
embroidery skills a lot with this project and I believe it was successful and am very happy with the
outcome.
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Bibliography
• Betty Pepper’s Website http://www.bettypepper.co.uk/
• Betty Pepper’s collection on Made by Hand Website
https://madebyhandonline.com/collections/betty-pepper
• Georges Hobeika Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Hobeika
• Georges Hobeika Website https://georgeshobeika.com/
• Valentino Website https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentino_(fashion_designer)
• Vogue Collection Archives, Vogue UK Website https://www.valentino.com/en-gb