After my tutorial with Julian we talked about how I would capture the finished pieces. I’m pretty set on images (because I need them for my portfolio). My statement of Intent says that I want to capture the performance of a garment, and I think I can do this through still image as well.
We also talked about “props” that would add to the storytelling element so I made these things:
When I made the fingers I was thinking about how it would be difficult to get out of the other top I made (not pictured yet) because its closures are bows. and the feet were supposed to make it hard to move. I’m really interested in exploring how uneven power dynamics can be shown, and I hope these will add to the narrative.
The top I made for myself because this is a two person thing, and honestly I just needed a garment for the photos. I did all of the quilting on both of the garments by myself, and I liked the clean look to the front of this piece where I left the quilting open.
I’m planning to do the shoot soon, and I think I’m going to do a shoot WITHOUT the painting first because the garments look so clean and nice. Then I’ll experiment a little bit more with color.
Samantha's RCA Process 