FIRST OF ALL MY TOP WOULDN'T FIT ON THE MANIKIN SO I HAD TO CUT IT UP THE BACK JUST TO GET IT ON THEN I TRIED HANGING THE BONES I HAD ON THE STAND; I DID THIS USING STRING WHICH LOOKED SO MESSY AND TANGLED. WHEN THE BONES WERE IN PLACE I PHOTOGRAPHED THEM (LOOK BELOW FOR IMAGE)
TO GET A REPRESENTATION OF THE POSITIONING I WANTED THEM AT. AS I LOOKED AT THE GARMENT I REALISED HOW BARE IT LOOKED SO I TOOK ALL THE BONES AND STRING OFF AND RESORTED TO GLUEING THEM TOGETHER SO IT WOULD LOOK LESS COSTUME AND MORE MQUEEN-ESQUE. THIS ALSO FAILED. I GOT A PLASTIC BAG AND COVERED THE MANIKIN THEN HEATED UP THE GLUE GUN AND STUCK THE BONES ON CLUMPED TOGETHER TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. IF YOU FOCUSED ON JUST THE BONES IT LOOKED OKAY BUT IF YOU IMAGINED IT AS A WHOLE PIECE I JUST COULDN'T SEE IT WORKING EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SUGGESTED I MAKE A CORSET AND SEW THE BONES ON BUT IF ONLY ANONE COULD UNDERSTAND HOW BAD I WAS AT PRODUCTION THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND WHY A CORSET PATTERN DID NOT GET DRAFTED THAT AFTERNOON.
SO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD I WENT STILL TOTALLY STUCK ON HOW TO CHANGE MY DESIGN AS I DIDNT WANT LITTLE BONES ON THERE I WOULD SAVE AFTER I ATE A PIECE OF KFC. AFTER A WHILE OF PONDERING, SLASHING AND PINNING I DECIDED TO CALL IT A DAY AND HEAD TO THE MAC WITH ADAM TO CALL WHAT SEEMED LIKE EVERY ABBATTOIR IN THE COUNTRY AND BEING OFFERED A HUMAN SKELETON FOR A FEW GRAND I FINALLY STRUCK GOLD WHEN 'DAVE' ANSWERED THE PHONE AND VERY KINDLY OFFERED TO GIVE ME THE BONES FOR FREE!
MY MOM LOVES THE IDEA OF ME BRINGING A COWS CARCUS HOME OF COURSE AND IS ENCOURAGING ME TO BOIL THEM IN HER BEST POTS AND PANS...
I CAN'T WAIT TO START EXPERIMENTING WITH THEM NOW SO HOPEFULLY I CAN MAKE THE WHOLE THING PURELY OUT OF BONES AS MY BEAUTIFUL ORGANZA TOP COMPLETELY FAILED! I DID TRY AND GO TO THE MARKET AFTER COLLEGE TO SEE IF I CAN GET SOME LEATHER STRAPS TO FASTEN THE BONES TOGETHER OR GET SOME MESH BUT IT WAS CLOSED SO BETTER LOOK NEXT TIME?
I THINK MORE RESEARCH IS IN ORDER BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTION TOOK TAKE IT IN.
THIS PROJECTS TESTING ME.
MY IDEA OF 'SLASHING' THE TOP TO RESEMBLE A RIB CAGE. I AM AWARE IT LOOKS LIKE A RIP OFF GARETH PUGH, THIS IDEA WILL BE DISSGUARDED.
SO I TRIED SEWING THE BONES ON ASWELL BUT THE ORGANZA WAS TO WEAK TO HOLD THE WEIGHT..
You could try drilling wholes through the bones and then threading string through or sewing them on that way. If you make a lning for them to be sewn on. Maybe??x
ReplyDeleteyeah, iv'e got to drill through them anyway to get rid of the bone marrow so there lighter. I think i may make a corset and sew them onto that or just make something entirely out of bones? i was speaking to adam and he said i could get leather strips from the market and to look at different types of knots so i'm keeping that an option. I went to the abattoir today and the man gave me a few sheeps heads and a massive bone so i also told him i wanted smaller ones so i'm going back on friday and getting some more, i think it's going to have to be an 'experiment on the stand' thing.
ReplyDeletei'm going to saw the skull in half and make it into a mask, i didn't know weather to make an eye patch aswell?