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Hussien Chalayan - Graduate Collection - 1993.
"The Tangent Flows"
ayan combines textiles with the process of oxidation, for example when iron reacts with oxygen and changes to rust. His collection consists of garments that appear to be decomposed and rotten, showing earthy stains in a rusty red shade. He buried his garments with iron fillings, the material of the garment was silk and it was underground for six weeks. He took the garments out of the ground just before his show.
My Experiment
My Experiment
Using Iron Fillings - Buried for three weeks and watered every day.
These pages are from my sketchbook showing inspiration for my shoot.
Abandonment
Abandonment
I took these pictures on my daily walks, looking for peeling, rotting and overgrown things to capture and to further manipulate.
Inspiration for final shoots.
Inspiration for final shoots.
Mark Borthwick
Mark Borthwick
Mark's photography is often very minimal but crisp and blown out in terms of colour and saturation. His work really catches my eye, as I love the big pop of colour he uses to create a mood. The work of this photographer has given me a lot of ideas and inspiration for my final outcome for this project. I love the use of bright and vibrant colours and the way he uses the large pieces of cloth to cover most of the model's body. I felt as if Mark's work linked really well with my initial idea of placing clothes on chairs or hanging them on a wall without using a model, which is what I have been researching into.
Dyeing Garments With Rust
Dyeing Garments With Rust
With these items of clothing, I dyed them with rust but in different ways. The first garment I dyed was a response to a contextual artist who buried his clothes in soil filled with iron filings. I applied the same process; I first soaked the top in water before covering it in rust so that the process was quicker, everyday I watered the soil that was above the garment to make sure the process was working. It was buried for about two weeks before I took it out of the ground and covered it in more iron filings to get the best effect of rust and reburied it again for another two weeks. The results were amazing and I was really happy with it.
The other two garments I dyed with nails; this process was definitely my least favourite, as it wasn't as effective as the iron filings. I soaked the two tops in water and I then started to weave the nails into the garments. I then put them in a bowl with half white vinegar and half water and left them outside in the sun for a few days. The colour was not as strong at my other experiment but it did dye the entire garment a different colour instead of just the parts where I placed the nails.
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