Storytelling through Wearable Art
For our newest project you will be creating a unique article of clothing or adornment that tells a story through its design and decoration.
First: We will spend time writing about a particular event in your life where you felt seriously challenged (emotionally, intellectually, or physically) but you figured out a way to succeed despite the odds.
Next: In your sketchbooks you will illustrate this event as thoroughly as possible. From this illustration you will isolate some key visual elements, symbols that could stand alone to represent the event as a whole and your triumph.
Then: You will decide on a design for an article of clothing or adornment that you will create. We will look at various examples from history and other cultures for inspiration. You could look at Japanese kimono, Ghanaian Kente cloth, Indian sari, Tibetan pulu, etc. Or you can come up with a non-traditional form of clothing: a cape, a space suit, leg warmers, etc. Be as creative as you like.
Finally: You will create the piece from the cloth samples and then decorate it with your symbols of strength and triumph.
