More drawings for Carmen Miranda project

Apart from the fruit head dress being associated with Carmen Miranda, I also decided to look at the how she always wore so much jewellery and beads, not just around her neck but covering much of her upper body.

Last year for a fashion project, I produced a beaded top, so I decided to draw from this as further inspiration for my project.

Initial drawings for Carmen Miranda project

For the first lot of drawings I did for my project on Carmen Miranda, I put together a bowl of fruit inspired by the head dress she often wore. Below are the drawings I produced and some photos.

My muse - Carmen Miranda

For my next project, I have to base it on my muse. When first given the brief I really didn't know where to start as I have never really thought about having just one person who inspires me.
After having a brain storm with my Mum (the first person I go to when I need ideas!), I decided to look at Carmen Miranda.
Born in Portugal she moved Brazil as a child. She started of her career as a singer, for over ten years, before she went on to star in a show on Broadway in New York and then went on to star in Hollywood films.
In 1946, she was Hollywoods highest paid entertainer and made a total of 14 films between 1940 and 1953. She was well known for her hat of fruit she often wore, and was nicknamed "the lady in the tutti-frutti hat.".
Below are some images I found that I will take inspiration from for my project. 

2nd year exhibition at Chelsea College of Art and Design

For the end of our first project this term we had an exhibition of all our work. These are some pictures of my exhibition space and the work I presented.

 

 

 

Panels for Made.com

For my current project we are working with the website made.com who are also working with a South African company called Monkey Biz, who make beaded products. As part of our project we had to produce mood boards. Made then selected one person and their mood board from each rotation; stitch, knit, weave and print. A photo of each one was then taken and sent to South Africa where the women beaders would produce 4 panels for each board, inspired by the shapes, textures and colours.

Each person on our course then has to produce their own collection of four 40 by 40 cm panels, to be shown in an exhibition at the end of term.

These are the four panels that I have produced, inspired by my research into the beach huts and boats in Bournemouth and Poole.

Lou Dorfsman @ Kemistry