A presentation explaining my ideas to creating a final piece, my criteria is Design- Fashion in 3D form

1. Kilve
-Fashion in 3D form
Zohar Levi

2. Photographs taken at Kilve
I really liked the hill slopes
showing the different types
of layers and colours
I collected
lots of
materials
from the
beach that I
used in some
of my
artwork.

3. Fashion in 3D form-Brief
• I’ve been asked is to design a collection of 5 garments based
on the location of Kilve in Somerset. These collections will be
viewed in the fashion gallery at the V&A. I need to explore of
ways I can take natural forms and landscapes into my designs.
• I looked at Alexander McQueen’s work and here are some of
his work
• I am really interested in his garments, of the way he uses
natural forms as an insight to create something exceptional on
a figure.

4. Artwork from Kilve
These are some of the artworks I
created at Kilve, in the woods, and at
the beach. I did an illustrated study of
a fossil, giving me a starting point
before creating an imprint of a fern.

5. Andy Goldsworthy
• Before visiting the woods, we had a look at some of
Andy Goldsworthy’s work. I was really inspired by
his artwork and experimented of ways I can create
artwork out of natural materials in the woods. I’m
really inspired by his saying that nature is in a state of
change and the change is the key to understanding,
each work grows, stays, decays.

6. Prototype 1
For prototype 1 I decided to
created an imprint of fern on the
large pebbles I picked up at the
beach. Instead of printing the
fern straight onto the stone I
painted the fern onto the stone.
This was very effective. I
decided to take this experiment
further into a design idea for the
garment shape by having a
collection of imprinted leaves,
sticks etc onto the giant pebbles
with an over layered effect to
create the bottom half of the
dress. For the top of the dress,
The shirt would be loose with a
sky looking effect and as for the
waist gathered material would
create the waves in the sea.
‘Where I got
my design
inspiration
from’

7. Prototype 2
In the second design, I decided to take
inspiration of the cliff. I wanted to take
the idea of creating different types of
layers with different textures on fabric, in
this case I decided to use netting as the
base fabric. I used several materials such
as card, pebbles and tissue paper to
create different surfaces and then
applied paint. I then tried to peal the
netting off the paper and the imprinted
effect created by the netting was really
surprising and effective. I took this
further into a design by Illustrating a
cape that would be the netting with the
different materials and then having an
under layer of the solid imprint of the
netting. For the skirt, I liked the idea of
using shibori to create waves.
‘Where I got my
design inspiration
from’

8. Prototype 3
‘Where I got my
design
inspiration
from’ For the third design I started off
with painting several scattered
stones that I took an image off. I
then stuck dried seaweed that I
found at the beak onto the black
netted material. I wanted to create
a 3D effect to the design by
uplifting the netted, seaweed
material, this had given a different
perspective to the eye as you can
see the pebbles through the holes.
When thinking about different
materials I could use to make this
an interesting design, I could use
materials such as chicken wire for
the over layered fabric.

9. Prototype 4
‘Where I got my
design inspiration
from’
For the fourth design I experimented
with ways I could incorporate the
sticks I collected at the woodlands
and the pebbles at the beach. I
really like the previous fossil print I
painted onto the fossil and
prototype 1, and this links with my
other design ideas made. When
experimenting with ways I can
arrange the stone and twigs
together, I realised that each pebble
created a puzzle effect and really
wanted to take this further into a
puzzle effect garment. I’ve
illustrated the pebble puzzle effect
across the shoulders to the hips and
each piece would be held together
using lots of twigs. I then designed
repetitive prints on the skirt of the
fossil, pebbles and stick.

10. Prototype 5
‘Where I got my
design inspiration
from’
For my final design idea I
experimented with the
dried leaves I collected at
the woods. I wanted to
create a layered effect
with the leaves over
lapping each other. I
aimed to use the same
technique I experimented
with onto a draped dress.
After looking at ways
Andy Goldsworthy takes
nature into another
element ,, I explored his
style when visiting the
woods.
The dress would need to
have an under layer so
that the leaves can get
attached on, as they’re
over layer each other. The
size of leaves will differ as
it fits onto the body.

11. Final Decision
• I have chosen to go ahead with prototype 4,
as it’s the closest design to my brief that
shows a real close eye of fashion in 3D form.