My body sculpture was heavily based on armour and machinery. The whole piece took eight days to make and consisted of two separate parts; a corset piece and a hanging chain jewellery piece. I created the chains out of wire by manipulating it to get the desired shape, which I then attached using copper rods that I had spot welded to make a ladder shape. The corset/torso piece was made from strips of card that I had spray painted silver to give a more metallic appearance.

I was able to model my own work in the fashion show which allowed me to show off the full effect of the piece and the drama it created to an audience. The show, show cased four small collections of the combined work of myself and my colleagues. The collections were geometric, delicate, origami and machinery.

These images are photographs taken from the fashion show . Some of the photos include the stage design and lighting which I had designed and built. Our theme was machines and mechanisms; hence the cogs and coils.

This is one of the first life drawings which is made up of six continuous line drawings on an A1 sheet using pencil, each taking five minutes. Working at this speed meant that mistakes had to be included which very much helped with the task.

This development work is on an A1 sheet and was created as a starting point for a personal brief based on reflective materials. The page consists of artist research (Vorticism), drawings, photographs and sampling. The samples were made using spot welding and borax on both thin and thick copper.

At the beginning of my Art Foundation course I was put into a group to create an installation based on a visit to M.O.S.I. This continuous line drawing, that was created using only a fine liner, was drawn from that installation. We had fabric draped which created lots of shadows, highlights and dimensions.

One of the drawings I created from the installation was this A1 drawings. I did this using fine liner and a variety of other black felt tip pens, paired with water. The water was very useful for creating depth, texture and shadow. We purposefully created the installation coming out at the viewer to create depth of field, perspective and shadow. In addition to this, there were several spot lights on the piece from different angles to make layered shadows. 

As part of my course I will receive a drawing award. For this I was required to create 40 drawings using at least 16 different techniques and materials. The size is A1 but the drawings themselves are 8x8cm. The techniques I used are: line (pen and pencil), continuous line (pen and pencil), pointillism (pen and needle), negative space (using graphite powder), stitch, watercolour, tonal, fine liner and water, wax resist, cross hatching, mixed media, ink, tea staining, coffee staining. 

All of these illustrations are approximately A4 in size and created using mixed media. By creating these drawings I was able to try a large variety of processes to find the best way of working.

All of the illustrations are approximately A4 in height. They have been created using mixed media containing materials such as ink, watercolours, tip-ex and biro.

This body sculpture was made on a female figure. I made it using calico and silk. I dyed each fabric using blue and teal brusho dyes to create an ombre blend; I got the idea from researching Elie Saab’s Spring/Summer 2015 collection. I then screen printed patterns onto the fabric which I had created from my drawings of water. Next I cut the fabric into strips, folded the fabric down the middle vertically and stitched into it creating a channel. Wire was then pushed through the channels, ruched, placed on the mannequin and hand stitched together. It was completed in 12 hours. 

For my current work I have been creating patterns from my drawings of churches and religious buildings. These are some of the original drawings I did from churches in Wigan and Whelley. I used a variety of materials to create these. Respectively they are (Left column): tonal, cross hatching, layered acetate; (Right column): continuous line, ink using a skewer, line. All of the drawings are approximately A5 in size. 

These drawings from my current work have been drawn from photographs that I took in Lanzarote and Gran Canaria. All of the drawings are approximately A5 in size. The materials used on the top row of drawings respectively are: negative space using graphite powder, pointillism, ink with a skewer. Those used on the bottom row respectively are: line using fine liner, line using pencil, continuous line using fine liner. 

All of these samples are A3. They have bee screen printed based on patterns that I made using Photoshop. Some are white paint on brown paper, black on white paper and grey on white paper.

For further experimentation within my current project I developed more into screen printing and with colour. The two samples that are brown paint onto white paper are A3 in size. The other three images are approximately A4 in size. They are foiling samples which I chose to do in a copper colour to link to my original images while also adding texture.

I chose to develop some work further to see other possibilities that the pieces could go into. This led to creating and adapting fashion illustrations in stages which were heavily inspired by Louis Vuitton’s Spring/Summer 2011 collection. The work I had produced was a set of three stitch pieces based on my own designs from oriental backgrounds and cultures. Due to this I used artist research that posed a strong link. I began by creating a basic female figure in pencil, then outlining this in pen and adding the clothes, creating a bold outline, then finally adding the patterns. 

The final designs for my extra development work are shown here. All three original stitch samples are approximately A3 in size. The stitch pieces were completed within twelve hours and were sewn onto dyed calico/paper with home-made dye from fruits and vegetables plus other ingredients. I was able to scan in my illustrations and use Photoshop to transfer the photographs of the samples onto the drawings. This gave me an idea of what could have been created from the stitch pieces if I had had time for further development and creating a garment.