My thoughts and Reflection of the assessments
My partner carried out my design on myself as I designed it to work with my hair type, I rsearched both Elizabethan ladies in waiting and i picked Anne Vavasour and Avant Garde style and mixed both Elizabethan style with a contemporary influence, where i got my design. I wanted my partner to make the most of my hair and what it can do, it is manageable, long and coarse, therefore I wanted my hair big and bold, and when he put into practice this worked well.
At first with my design I wanted my hair buns to be big and neat with the use of a hair net but straight away decided not to as I looked into Avant Garde style which made me adapt my design to a more contemporary look with free moving, frizzed buns, but I still wanted to add pearls within the hair to give it an Elizabethan style still.
Even though my partner didn't carry out my design on myself fully during practice, he did break down certain sections but I would of liked to of seen the full creation during these sessions. however during the assessment I was happy with the result he gave me.
However, there were a few parts I wasn't sure about, as the buns were uneven and not as big as I imagined them to be and the quiff wasn't as big either, as he could of really worked the crimp and back comb in my hair to really make it stand out in a modern Elizabethan way, giving it a bit more edge which I desired.
I found my partners design interesting but I never got to practice his design on his model, as there was an odd number in our class and his models never turned up, so this was a disadvantage to me; as I was constantly practicing on my katie doll, therefore I was nervous on the day to of final created this design on the model and luckily it turned out well as I had practiced the techniques and design many times in order for myself to master the design on the model.
I found the project interesting, when relating to both Elizabethan period and relating it to fit a modern day audience, this was a fun task, getting inspirations from books websites etc. If I did this again I would of developed my techniques further in order to add more plait work which I struggled with in order to create more texture in the hair. I also enjoyed swapping designs with my partner, it was a challenge but I overcame and worked well under pressure.
