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Look at the Buddhist tradition in Tibet called the 'sky burial'. Once a person has passed, they place their body on the mountains (closer to the sky to make their passage to paradise easier), exposed to the elements to be eaten by animals & birds, mostly vultures, as a way to give back to the environment. They believe that by doing this, they relieve the dead of sin. It's a very organic process of mourning which combines 2 of our themes very well.
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- Look into the McQueen collection where he made birds look like they were flying away with the models' hair & clothes (could relate it to how the vultures fly away with parts of the body)
- Research into wildlife in Tibet, take inspiration from the nature around the burian sites for patterns & prints. Could even look at recreating some of the plants & animals out of our collected materials, bridging mechanic with organic by using mechanic materials to produce organic-looking outcomes
- McQueen inspired people to 'see the beauty in ugly things', which we would also be doing by using 'waste' materials to create beautiful outcomes.

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John Garrett is an artist who weaves unwanted unconventional materials to create interesting hangings, quilts, baskets & a range of other outcomes. His work recycles beads, tyres, plastic flowers & hardware into vessel forms & inspires people to look at things with a fresh eye. Although these aren't necessarily fashion outcomes we could take inspiration from the way he weaves unconventional items together to help us combine our themes - could think about using organic materials like flowers & sticks & combining them with mechanical parts. A lot of his work includes using metal wire to help bind together larger objects such as the tyres.

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•could think about incorporating safety pins in a similar to how Alexander Wang has created this, as an element of mechanic

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•could think about incorporating safety pins in a similar to how Alexander Wang has created this, as an element of mechanic

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•could think about using pressed flowers within the garment, this links to the organic mechanic theme and would mean that we could be experimental with layering of the flowers
•this may have to be layered with out her materials, could be layered on top of a sheet material to cover certain parts of the body
•also links to the birth and mourning through the use of flowers which have ‘lived their lives’ technically

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•Interesting use of unconventional materials, thinking about joining of materials in this example
•the hard nature of ceramics makes the garment almost like armour and protective
•this kind of material could give a lot of interesting silhouettes within a garment which could be quite unusual
•the ‘smashed’ apart pieces could link to the emotions within birth and mourning and the entire concept links to birth and mourning through creating something from ‘ruined materials’
•creating a garment with ‘ruined materials’ could be something that we explore to link it to our themes

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Kabiru is an artist from Kenya who specialises in making eyewear from trash. He began doing this from the age of 7 since the neighbourhood he lived in was often used to dump waste which inspired him to 'give waste a second chance'. He would walk the streets & collect pieces of litter along the way which he would then bring home & challenge himself to create beauty from the unwanted objects. I like how he is able to add value back to items that were seen to no longer have a purpose or any worth.

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Upcycled art created from unwanted household waste. All of her work is directly inspired by nature, giving it an extremely organic look despite it being made from man-made found objects. Her process includes taking photos of nature & recreating the textures using a range of mixed media. It could be interesting to follow this up by working with the idea of camouflage to combine 'organic' with 'mechanic' - using mechanical materials to create organic outcomes as Jazmic does.

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These 3D-printed resin-coated shoes inspired by the 1980's movie 'Alien' morphs human & mechanical forms together. The shoe features a biomorphic spine which snakes around the heel & wraps around the sole, combining with the front platform of the shoe which is shaped to look like either an alien's mouth or the insides of its rib cage. I like how McQueen was able to combine fashion with fantasy to create a unique design concept which appears gruesome & dark but still somehow remains feminine. The sci-fi theme of this piece fuses nature with technological innovation, fitting quite well into the 'organic/mechanic' prompt.

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SCULPTURAL TRASH - THE HORN OF PLENTY AW 2009

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Fitting in well with our theme of 'unconventional materials', this show had a concept of recycling & renewal - featuring set design & headpieces made from props from his previous shows which had been spray painted black to give them more of a brutal aesthetic. This work was a continuation of McQueen's exploration into the battle between humans & nature, blurring the lines between couture & cheap household items.

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'Oyster dress' is made from hundreds of layers of silk organza, boning, tulle & chiffon arranged to reflect a 'poetic rendering of a disaster at sea'. It was a part of the collection 'Irere' which translates to 'transformation' in Amazonian. The purpose of the collection, which followed a shipwrecked theme, was to signify the beginning of a new era for Mcqueen - the oyster dress played an important role in this as it was made to represent the pearl & good fortune that would come for the designer. It's interesting how McQueen was able to arrange sand-coloured fabrics in a way which replicated the texture of a deconstructing oyster 'caught up in violent waves'. I love the organic appearance of the dress, especially the skirt which has layered circles of chiffon arranged along the bias to create the illusion of it being the mille-feuille ridging seen on an oyster's surface.

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Could take a fantasy-based approach & focus on creating garments that'd fit within the proposed environment such as a wasteland, overgrown civilisation or futuristic setting etc. We could use 'unconventional' materials that might be 'found' in these settings - such as scrap metals & aged objects in a wasteland-type world or textiles inspired by nature & greenery combined with broken-down industrial aspects for an overgrown civilisation world concept. What might the people who live in these areas wear & how may they use their resources to create garments? These concepts could easily be applied to a lot of the suggested themes.

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ALEXANDER MCQUEEN INSPIRATION
interesting and unique silhouette
could try to recreate by knitting and weaving unusual materials- like wires and strips of paper to give a new and innovative look
find materials that can give a voluminous shape like this- makes the garment more interesting and more of an art piece like the brief is based on
organic/ round shapes

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ALEXANDER MCQUEEN INSPIRATION
lots of layers of tulle- kind of looks like paper so this could be a way of experimenting with unique materials (we could use newspaper)
the shapes within the garment remind me of rings of a tree- links to the organic/mechanic theme
the dark colours contrasting with the light tulle fabric links to the juxtaposition themes that we have

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ALEXANDER MCQUEEN INSPIRATION
links to the organic/ mechanic theme, could also link to the birth and mourning theme as butterfly life cycle (caterpillars becoming cocoons and then butterflies)
use of nature within the work
could take inspiration from the layering of fabric and materials and then use unusual materials to layer and make our own shape/silhouette of a garment