I forgot to take pictures of my progress but I cut pieces out of the plastic bags and wound it up into a ball.
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Since Fashion Month has finished this week with Paris Fashion Week and most of the shows were virtual and posted online, I decided to watch some of the shows for my experience post. I watched the Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Dior, Miu Miu, and Versace shows. I really enjoyed seeing all the outfits. It made me think of new ways that I might use my crocheting techniques. Knitwear is getting big in fashion right now and I may try to incorporate that into my work. Also, the colors of next season were very interesting to see. I saw a lot of continuation of earth tones including greens, browns, white, and even like an icy, light blue. A lot of the bags I get are similar to this color scheme and I was thinking I may incorporate color blocking techniques into my piece to integrate more color into my work. This way I can just play around with color more and I can try to use it in a more purposeful way.
Fashion Merchandising
Fashion Merchandisers work on product development and production, promotion of products, and purchasing materials from suppliers. Usually, fashion merchandisers work for retail stores or a textile manufacturer. This job requires you to analyze many things including upcoming trends and how long they’ll last and balancing budgets to satisfy the company you work for. They attend fashion shows and do independent research to predict trends. They also have to have collaborative marketing skills such as knowing the consumer, designing appealing campaigns, price merchandise, creating a budget that their team must adhere to, negotiating with suppliers, and coordinate with their design, sales, and merchandise teams. To obtain a career in this field you should have at least a bachelor’s degree in fashion merchandising or a related field. But since this field is very competitive internships or volunteer work is also very necessary. Some schools highly recognized for their programs are FIT, Iowa State University, Auburn University, Kent State University, and Colorado State University. Usually these schools have resource centers to find internships but if you can't snag one of those other experience may include sorting through donations at Goodwill or second hand shops or running a Depop/Poshmark shop. I crocheted the first chain, a row of single crochets, and I'm almost done with the first row of loops. Those are my foundation and are expected to take the longest amount of time.
I cut up all the plastic bags and looped them together. Then I rolled all of the plarn into a ball so it would be easier when I crochet.
I watched Eileen's Art Talk with Ashley Hawkins of Studio Two Three. It was really interesting hearing about careers in art and how she started her own nonprofit. I thought it was really interesting how she said how when you become an artist you become an entrepreneur. I feel like that part of the creative industries isn't talked about as much. I thought her advice of being willing to make work that sells and getting an education in business was interesting and very insightful. I also found it really interesting that when she was talking about how even though she doesn't necessarily find enough time for herself to make her own art, she still finds a creative outlet in her problem solving and just being surrounded in the studio itself.
I did two figure drawings each took about an hour each. I ended up taking the second one for my portfolio. It was a little difficult to find a willing model in my household.
I started my sculpture project but I stopped and started to work on two pieces for my portfolio. I ended up doing the watercolor in one sitting (a long sitting about 5 hrs because I didn't know what I was doing).
I laid out the arrangement for how it will come together. I still need to crochet the pieces and figure out what texture will fill up the other holes.
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Hanna NgaiHi, I'm a senior at Maggie Walker in Art 5 and I'm an installation sculpture artist that turns plastic bags into art. Archives
May 2022
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