The Photographs

I have been into the studio to take photographs of the garment. John (technician) was very busy but still had enough patience to provide various different lighting sessions for the garment. It is all quite scary now because the hand in date is fast approaching. 

I have chosen two images - one front and the other side view that capture the essence of my idea.  The Japanese Gampi tissue  night gown will not be worn but the possibility that it could be  creates an absence. And by showing this I hope that the garment will allude to the issue that when emotional damage happens through loss, it is so often worse at night, but also, it is the time when thinking can occur and a beautiful repair can happen within. 

The use of light helps to capture this mood but also illuminates the design. 

And to work along side, the hand made book that is a record of peoples physical responses to damage but also the emotions that we can all feel.

Thank you to everyone who has helped with the making of the book.

A perspex hanger has been designed and waiting to be laser cut in plastics along with a perspex bracket to hang the garment for the summative assessment. A tube light will illuminate the work from behind and hopefully this will help to create a similar effect that I have achieved in photography. Now I just need to think of a title for the work.