Final outcome

For my final outcome I wanted to design something that Incorporated my Turkish culture, and the symbolic Turkish evil eye that I have used for inspiration throughout my project. Warm greens, blues, and yellows have also been a constant colour theme throughout my sketchbook, and are representive of the Turksih culture, so it was important for me to incorporate this into my final outcome.

My designs throughout my sketchbook have been focused around the oval shape of the Turkish eye, which I extracted and turned into a large exaggerated shape. This shape has reaccured through each week, especially throughout design week where I used it to design huge collars and sleeves. 

For my final outcome I wanted to use this shape to form something unusual and exaggerated in the style of an accessory. Accessories week was the one i most enjoyed, and I loved the wired shoulder piece I made. I wanted to develop this by making an extended version, in a "body armer" style. 

To inspire my idea, I looked at accessories designer Iris Van Herpen, who is known for designing really beautiful jewellery in the form of costumes or body pieces. I made a mood board of some of her really eccentric pieces where she has used circular shapes. I loved how the shapes she uses interlock with eachother, and that was an idea I wanted to take further. 

To began by working on the stand to develop my idea, as I find it the best way to see how something is going to look on a bodily form. I cut out the circular shapes I wish to use for my design, and interlocked them into endless variations of ideas for my outcome.

I particularly liked the way the shapes naturally fell around the bodice, so that had me more confidence in my idea to make a body piece.

I already had the skills to make my piece, as I used the same materials and processes as I did for accessories week. The wire itself is really lightweight, and is easy to manipulate so I enjoyed using it to form my shapes. 

Joining my final outcome together was a little but of trial and error, because although I was focused on the overall shape I wanted to form, I also found it more interesting to let the shapes interlock quite freely, and this gave more of a delicate look overall which I love.

I do feel however, that the way the shapes have been interlocked took away the visibility of some of the initial ovals. I feel as though the angelic shapes got lost within the joining of the piece, and perhaps making the gaps between each shape bigger could have over come this. 

Final Photoshoot