Record Breaking Sculpture

An incredible artist called Zheng Chunhui, who is a Chinese wood carver, created this 40 foot wood sculpture. It took him four years to complete and it is all carved from a single log. It features beautifully carved houses and boats with incredible detail. It even includes 550 little human figures. It has recently been awarded the longest wood sculpture by the Guinness Book of World Records.

Neckpiece

My design for my current brief includes a neckpiece made out of animal bones.  

To create it, I drew a shape I wanted on pattern paper. I then added a 1cm seam allowance all the way around.

I cut two of muslin and one out of light weight interfacing. The interfacing was ironed on to one of the fabric pieces.

I then sewed the two fabric pieces together and bagged it out. This got me the base to sew the bones on.

Portraits

I have been practising drawing people. I mostly draw famous people but have also drawn family members.

Taylor Swift

                                                              Benedict Cumberbatch

Bradley Cooper

Johnny Depp

Lady Gaga

Matt Bomer

Kris Holden-Ried

Henry Cavill

Zooey Deschanel

Finished!

I have finished making the bodice of for my sustainable brief. 

Manufacture of Final Design

I started to manufacture my sustainable garment. You can see the design for it on my previous blog post.  I chose to use to different fabrics for the panels, a cross-weave cotton and a muslin fabric. The panels that were in the muslin fabric were also pleated. In the picture above I have pleated the fabric before cutting the pattern piece. This made it easier and allowed me to make them curved and slightly wonky.  After assembling the panels I cut a strip of the cross-weave cotton and gathered it on one side. This became the frill at the bottom.

I placed a concealed zip in the back and the construction of the bodice was complete. 

To finish it of I did put stitching around all the raw edges and on top of the frill. 

I created a spec drawing for the bodice.

Final Design

 

This is my final design.



To create the bodice I made a basic bodice out of calico.

I then made it fit a mannequin and cut it to the shape I wanted.

I drew on the panels and numbered and notched them.

I cut up the panels and traced them on to pattern paper and added a seam allowance.

Neckpiece

I have decided to create a neck piece out of animal bones. I experimented with how to arrange them.



 

 

I think it looks better when they are more clustered together.