My Sample Page

It was time to start playing around with materials and create three samples that would offer a different take on my subject of fish and there qualities.

Sample1

My first sample was punk, green and blue sequins sewn onto canvas. I covered all of the material and the end result was a patch that looked very much like fish skin. I choose thees colours as not only do they resemble the colours of some of the pink fish I have previously taken photos of but Issa had a gown which i have shown previously that reassembled fish and thees colours were similar to those used. I feel this sample was very effective and a realistic take on the idea of scales.

Sample 2

My sample 2 Incorporated ideas of the fish rather than recreate them. I used the idea of repetition and the material itself used had a slight sheen to them which was yet another interpretation of the fish. I feel that this sample worked in the sense that you can see the links between my idea however i feel that the execution of it was not as good as my first. To improve i would use carefully cut shapes to give it a more finished look. Having said this i feel that it does resemble Balmain new collection as it uses desert tones and has a much more rugged finish.

Sample 3

Sample 3 was my simplest yet. I repeated a hexagonal shape in a n array of coloured string. Again the idea of repetition was involved however i moved away from the stereotypical shape of a scale and instead used the hexagon to see whether it made a more interesting design which I feel it did. Overall i liked this design very much as I felt that its simplicity did not distract from what its purpose. If i were to improve it I would have used better quality string and a different material to sew into.