Bacteria baby....Bacteria!!!

Would you say I was nuts if I told you that I'm incorporating bacteria into my garment design for my new brief?......I think I'm flipping bonkers!!! Last week saw me in a creative block...Absolutely nothing was coming from my creative brain, It was like somebody has disconnected the plug and I just didn't work anymore. Well I'm pleased to say I'M BACK IN FULL WORKING MODE 🙌🙌🙌 Whoop Whoop.

I really must Thank my studio buddy, Chelsea. She sat down with me, took my work and wrote down all the things I couldn't see and helped me to look at my development pages differently, expanding on what I had already got and thus..Unblocking me (to  a certain degree!)...I've been kinda flowing ever since.

So Yeah, Bacteria!

There's a little bit more to it and some extra processes involved but in a nutshell..I'm not going to be using 'Live' bacteria but It's been the catalyst of inspiration for me. Today I got my hands dirty in Ceramics and did some hand building. On a side note...Is anybody watching The Great Pottery Throw Down? It's so bloody good, even Ryan stays up to watch it and I've taken an interest in learning that craft. My tutor Jo has her own studio so I'm hoping to get involved there over the summer. I'll be throwing jugs in no time. 

In my research development I had highlighted and identified magnify bacteria, enlarging bacteria so with clay I created my own magnified bacteria colony on a petri dish (It may not be scientifically correct but It's all my own work) Take a look:- 

In the first instance they don't really look like anything but I made these clay moulds to use down in the 3D department (I'm really enjoying collaborating with the other departments) on the heat form Vacuum machine thingy (Can't quite remember its correct name)...I'm made a slow motion video of it in action.

And Heres the finished press....

I'll be working into these a lot more to really bring them to life! I'll reveal in a blog later on in the week. I'd love to know what you think so far? 

Abi xxx