Elise Holden

STATEMENT

- FASHION , ANIMATION AND PAINTING

• The theme I have chosen in response to movement is Irish dancing .

• I began by looking at Irish dancing on a physical level through muscle movement and this progressed into looking at Irish dancing as a whole rather than just body movements .

• This decision helped me with creating art for each of my disciplines as I could focus on different aspects of Irish dancing that ment more to me .

• These aspects were the dance itself and the costumes .

• I explored the fabrics in my own costume and sashes and also the shapes and sounds created by my dancing shoes .

• At times it was definitely a struggle due to lack of resources but I think choosing something that means something to me definitely kept me motivated.

This is my full 6 look line up .

All outfits are inspired by Irish dancing from both men and women’s costumes .

I wanted to try and include a range of clothes for everyone- feminine, androgynous and masculine because there is specific requirements for men and women’s costumes in Irish dancing and I have never seen anything outside of that .

This is my finished PowerPoint for my pitch bible for animation

These are the last few pages I have made for my pitch bible plan . I am now going to put it into a PowerPoint to present it properly

These are the first few pages I have made for my pitch bible .

I am going to use these to create a PowerPoint and summarise the writing when I’m finished planning it .

Final look

Look number 5

Look number 4

Look number 3

This is my second look apart of my 6 look line up

This is my first look from my 6 look line up

It was inspired by the shape of an Irish dancing dress and the embroidery in my own costume .

This is a drawing I did of one of my sashes from an Irish dancing feis .

I also edited a white sash and messed around with the saturation to bring out the different colours in it as it would have been difficult to draw a white sash on white paper .

I tried painting it with acrylic paints and I like the result but the colours are not an exact match to the photograph .

I feel it would work a lot better with oil paints and if I had the proper amount of time to do it more justice .