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My final major project is an exploration of the concept of evil through femininity and spirituality. Influenced by iconography, occultist symbolism and comedic horror. Through illustration I will be exploring this idea of evil femininity showing powerful and ambiguous feminine figures/creatures, along with symbols of death and hell derived from occultism/iconography such as dancing figures and fire. My second method of exploration is dyeing directly onto fabrics, my own personal take on spirituality. Dyeing processes act as a ritual with cathartic intention and reflect the imperfect beauty of nature. My third process of exploration is digital print, through photography and video I play with test samples through light, water and physical manipulation.
TESTING FILM - DREAMS, LIKE DISTURBING NOTES
Visualising my process through film, presenting it as a cathartic ritual and setting intention into my creations much like a spell or curse.
DYE DEVELOPMENT - RITUALS, CREATING 'SHROUDS'
I am interpreting my dye methods as rituals, forms of manifestation and therapy. The outcomes will be presented as Shrouds, originally symbols of Christianity, my Shrouds represent the process of self development and the female struggle.
FASHION ILLUSTRATION DEVLOPMENT
Building lines and colour to form the body, working to develop colour palette
DIGITAL DEVLOPMENT
Drawn figure digitally edited, intended for digital print
VIDEO/SAMPLE DEVELOPMENT
Projecting over dyed samples to create layers
DYE DEVELOPMENT
Dye experiment ritual on latex, experimenting with colour and scale
DYED DEVELOPMENT
Still from video of moving latex over light
PRIMARY RESEARCH
Test dye and screen print samples with projection of female face over, demon pen sketch edited in digitally
PRIMARY RESEARCH
Photographs of a female body cover in a white suit with projections of sketches curving over and around the body, I will use these images to influence my artwork and pattern repeats
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