'What's the use of stories that aren't even true?!'- Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie

The Story:

Haroun Kalifa's father Rashid is the greatest story teller in the land, the Sha of Blah, and is the only source of joy in the sad city that has forgotten its name. But when Rashid is overwhelmed with sadness he loses his ability to tell stories. Haroun sets out to the  find the Sea of Strories, the place where the stories water comes from that gives his father his gift of the gab. He finds a number of fanatical friends along the way but he also meets a great foe. Khatam-Shud rules over the dark side of the moon and plans to pollute the story water with bad stories and thus control the stories. Haroun must stop Khatam-Shud and find the happy ending for himself.

The Brief:

Research and design eight characters from Haroun and the Sea of Stories, with fabric samples and technical drawings.

                                                             

Fat suit!! (expressing character through body shape)

 Building a realistic looking fat body using thick wadding cut in contours and stitched to a t-shirt 

Voyage

So... I got into Edinburgh college of Art and forgot to update this blog but I've decided I ought to continue. Below are pictures of the introductory project where we worked together in groups of both art and design students to create an object for a voyage.

My group decided on a steampunk time machine and bonded over a love of Vivienne Westwood, particularly the armour ring from which we got the shape. 

We covered the outside in salt crystals and then spray painted over the salt with resulted in a rusted, bubbly effect. 

 

The pieces were displayed in the sculpture court at the end of the two weeks.