Final Major Project Proposal

So my title and theme for my Final Major Project (FMP) is Hair through the ages! Sorry I havent blogged about this before I have been busy with my Portfolio!
So my plan for this project at the moment is to research Hair styles through the ages. Find different styles, like the elizabethen Wigs, Kitch and Sink dramas with women with curlers in their Hair, the Afro and other different styles.
With this project I want to include drawing, as I really enjoy drawing with continous line. I also want to include Humour.
Writing this I realise I'm writing what I have already written in my Project Proposal, so below are my 500 words for this project.

Hair Days

Progress and Achievement

This foundation course has developed me into a stronger and more confident person in relation to my work, broadening my whole prospective. I think about the use of stitch and placement more carefully and I feel the pieces I make are more interesting and unique.

Context

Throughout all the experiences of my foundation course, Vis-Com, 3D or Fine Art, Textiles has been the one I excelled in. The positive outcome of stitching through a bright red tomato encouraged me to pursue textiles with a twist. I wish to develop this in my final piece, through a mix of multi media pieces.

The idea of looking at hair in different eras came from my young cousins cutting their own hair. This got me thinking that hair styles are always changing, as you can see in the pictures below. I want to explore different aspects of hairstyles, and maybe bring them together in different ways. I feel I can be quite playful with my colour palette. This idea came from something quite humorous and I would like to keep that feel in my work.

Project Proposal Aims, Methods and Realization   

For this project to be successful I need to do a lot of research. I’d like to find an old Barber shop and find inspiration there. I want to look at photographs of hairdryer drums, the red and white Barber sign and other equipment. I would like to research more an exhibition at the Royal Academy, Aware; Art Fashion Identity, which I visited in December and they had headpieces knitted from women’s hair. I’d like to play around with hair in different ways, by knitting, weaving and use of the heat press.

There are many different eras to look into so I need to narrow my project down to maybe two to three eras. To add the sense of humour I’d like some quirky facts to inject into this project.

The use of materials will also be key. I’d like to explore hair extensions and the different properties I’d be able to buy. Different colours, maybe dye them myself and different thicknesses. The style of the hair being curly for the 1950’s and 1960’s eras, volume for the Afro in the 1970’s and height in the Elizabethan era.   

My aim for this project is to start with a huge body of research to guide me in the direction I enjoy most. I intend to inject humour, maybe with a different material to the other part of my piece to make it stand out more. I’m really looking forward to starting and sinking my teeth into this project!

Evaluation

I will use the help of crits with my peers and tutorials to guide me with fresh new ideas. I will record all this in my reflective journal and update my blog with the most important ideas to remind me, but also for my idea changes and solutions for things that didn’t go to plan with this project.