So far I've really enjoyed some of the effects that lace give. I've vacuum former, cast and photo copped it. I am planning to explore screen printing with it as well as vacuum forming it round words, which is something I have tried before but never with lace.
I believe the contemporary way to look at the emperor's new clothes is the way the heads of the fashion industry (taylors/ charlatans) create this illusion (lie) of there products. They convinced the rich and wealthy (emperor and ministers) to buy in to the product and the public can only inspired to own such things. This is despite the emperor, the ministers and the people knowing the truth that these items are made in sweat shops by people who don't even get paid a living wage.
I was surprised that despite some of the fashion house claming there ethics policy's there parent company's don't share. Vivian Westwood is an environment activists yet her company has no environmental policy or any way to source materials. Stella McCartney is against the use of fur in fashion, yet her partner company gucci not only use fur but have no way to track where it is sourced meaning it could have been illegally poached.
I plan to look at the translated story, then consider some different illustrators that looked at this story and produced work on it. I will also considered the various messages that could be taken from the story such as moral, Marxist or political. I will look at how artists approached the story as well.
The emperor's new clothes is the new brief we have been given. This brief gives me the opportunity to do experments with material in the vacuum former, which is something I have wanted to try for a while. I am really interested in how different knitted designs will appear especially the likes of cable knit and argyll jumpers. I would like to try lace as well as I have recently been experimenting with lace on other work. I am curious as to how different styles of stitching will look too
Some experiments that lead me to think about creating my own business.
