So after looking at carnival head dress i started looking at other headdresses. I gained inspiration from figures such as Lady Gaga who was famous for her out-landish wardrobe. I found that the designers used similar materials to what i had previously worked with like feathers.
I wanted to make something quite geometric as i had an idea to do something with a cardboard box (at this point i didn't know what) to wear for sew hat so i needed it to complement that. i came up with a a simple design of squares around a headband but i knew it wasn't going to be quite so simple to actually make.
My original plan to make the headdress was to make the base out of wire then to wrap cotton thread around the wire. The wire base was relatively easy to construct, minus the scratches. however, wrapping the cotton around the wire turned out to be quite a lot harder and time-consuming than i'd first antisipated so i needed to come up with a new idea to get the colour on the frame.
My first alternative was to wrap the wire in masking tape then colour it. it started out well but when i eft it for the night and came back to it in the morning it had started unravelling. so it was back to the drawing board.
After the light disaster I decided that i'd find some art straws, cut them to size, colour them with the desired colour then cut them up the centre so they were unwrapped. I then wrapped them around the frame and glue gunned them on the back so they were securely attached. this thankfully worked and was quite secure.
After looking at some of Lucy Mcrae's work i got an idea to see how paint could be dripped off an object for later use in a costume. i started with two maniquin heads to experiment with. i added PVA glue to acrylic paint in hope that it would thicken the paint and stick easier. At first, it looked promising...
then a little, tiny disaster happened. the paint was not thicker, it almost slid right off and didn't cover the heads as solidly as i wanted. it was far too opaque to what i envisioned.
if i wanted to make a consume with this 'technique' i needed to think of a way to really thicken the paint.
And then i did.
Thickener. this was the answer and it was in its own name.
I got my cardboard box, painted it white, cut it to shape and started dripping paint off of it. This time i mixed acrylic paint with a little PVA glue and a bit of thickener.
yes it still dripped off of it but this is the style of drip that id wanted and designed for my box.
But when it dried i felt it was a just a little bit boring so i added my favourite thing to jazz something up: GLITTER.
The glitter really did make it look ten times better and i was extremely pleased with it.
my original idea was to make this into a dress to wear from the neck down. But i accidentally made the hole too big so that it fell down my shoulders. For it to hang off my hips as a skirt i needed to make some simple braces. this was relatively easy to do with the box being quite stable.
The finished outfit ready for sewhat:
Sewhat selfies:
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