I decided to carry on with the idea of creating a piece from my collections. I decided on this as I found from the umbrella and dress which I created, it worked really well and was an idea I wanted to pursue further. Baring this in mind I decided to carry on experimenting.
Receipts…
Using a collections of receipts I have collected throughout the year so far, I decided to use them to create a piece of clothing. I wasn’t sure how well they would sew together as they aren’t like fabric like the make-up wipes so decided to buy a cheap top from a charity shop and use a glue gun to attach them to the top. I hoped this would create a piece which would hold and still look effective.
In a way the top produced the effect I wanted, my receipts made into a top … however they look just stuck on which to be fair they are. Although it was an easier way than attempting to sew them and hope they hold together, this piece doesn’t have the same effect as the dress I feel. Maybe this is due to the less effort that went in as there wasn’t the sewing and the measuring the right shape and attaching it all together to work, I already had a t-shirt to attach to. All I had to do was stick them to the t-shirt. I feel that this is too obvious and doesn’t give the same effect that the dress did. It doesn’t hold the shape the same or actually look like material made into clothing. Another factor perhaps is that the receipts don’t have the same abject feel like the wipes do? Is this more what makes the dress more successful than this piece? Maybe I do need a really peronal link portraying me and creating the abject feeling to the viewer to really fulfil the effect of the creation?
