FINAL GARMENT AFTER DESTRUCTION

So as promised I am finally getting round to posting my images of my final garment after destruction. I have to admit, it was a lot harder to destroy it than I thought it would be! I didn't really want to ruin it in the end haha! However I think it turned out quite effective and I am pleased with the final outcome.

I decided to take my destroyed garment photographs in front of a more grubby, dirty background. I thought the silk screen wash room in my college would be a good and effective place to take the pictures in because of the contrasting black, dark background and all of the paint splats in the background which added a strange bit of colour and went well with the colours in my dress surprisingly! Once again my lovely friend was kind enough to model my dress for me and she did a fabulous job as per!

I used rusty metal, gel flex and stapling to destroy my dress as I thought these were three of my favourite and most effective techniques I have been using throughout this project. However, I decided to make two small tops so I could use more of my techniques, they are both in my exhibition as well which is next week! exciting!

I noticed how she wore black jeans before destruction against the white background and lighter white jeans after destruction against the darker black background, I love this contrast that we created by accident!

I attached strings to the arms so the gel flex would cling to it and it would look as if it was dripping down her arm.

As I have previously said, the red gel flex represents the blood of animals, my work will hopefully make people think more and feel uncomfortable when looking at it.

I asked her to look down and pick at pieces of the dress to show of the details more as some of them are slightly hidden if you don't look closely enough.

I love how you can still see the beautiful patterns underneath which took me so long, I didn't want it to be completely hidden.

I found a chunky piece of rusty metal near a skip (yes I went searching round a skip) and I thought it looked great as a statement piece around the neckline!

Even the pretty silk bow was destroyed!

I thought I'd zoom into some of the details and some of the steps I did before it was finished.

I created a scrap metal necklace last minute as well which I eventually dipped into the gel flex, this is attached to one of the tops in my exhibition.

The exhibition for everyone's work starts next week and I am so excited to see what everyone else has been creating for their final major projects! I hope to take lots of photos so I can show you all! 

Thankyou for reading, 

Love from Georgia

xxx