Street artists

Street art is art, specifically visual art, developed in public spaces — that is, "in the streets" — though the term usually refers to unsanctioned art, as opposed to government sponsored initiatives. The term can include traditional graffiti artwork, sculpture, stencil graffiti, sticker art, wheatpasting and street poster art, video projection, art intervention, guerrilla art, and street installations. Typically, the term street art or the more specific post-graffiti is used to distinguish contemporary public-space artwork from territorial graffiti, vandalism, and corporate art.

Artists have challenged art by situating it in non-art contexts. ‘Street’ artists do not aspire to change the definition of an artwork, but rather to question the existing environment with its own language. They attempt to have their work communicate with everyday people about socially relevant themes in ways that are informed by esthetic values without being imprisoned by them.John Fekner defines street art as “all art on the street that’s not graffiti.”

(images below by banksy,Morley and unknown)

Visits doctors and my views on cosmetic surgery

During my fmp I've had to take a few trips to my doctor due to pain in my chest, I found it quite difficult to even have a female doctor examine my chest through my shirt never mind half naked I began to think people having cosmetic surgery aren't as weak as i thought they are brave and confident to be able to walk into and office and say I want this type of surgery to improve my looks they see what they believe is an error and have the motivation to change it, honestly I'm not a fan of cosmetic surgery but you have to admire the confidence it takes to get it done.

Sewing machine safety

When using a sewing machine you must follow instructions for your own and those around to keep safe
1. Tie back your hair
2. Take off jewellery ( necklaces, bracelets etc) so they don't get caught in the machine
3. Once setting the machine up ensure all wires are out of the way so not to be tripped up on.
4. Never leave the machine on when your not in use
5. Do not distract others on the machine.
6.keep your hands away from the machine needle and keep the presser foot down when sewing.
7. Alway put the machine and accessories away in an acceptable manor
8. No running near a sewing machine in use or not
9. Keep food and drink away from the machine

Fabric properties - bandages

When choosing fabric you have to check the properties and if the match those of the garment you plan on constructing

Durability- the bandages are very durable I researched this by wearing a bandage around my hand for a full college day and checking to the damage done before leaving the college premises, the bandage was still intact with only minor pulls in the thread

Elasticity- being a stretch bandage they had a lot of elasticity which worked well with fitting the curves of the body.

Sewing - sewing on the bandages was quite difficult but the end result looked just as I hoped.

Fabric properties - White cotton

When choosing fabric you have to check the properties and if the match those of the garment you plan on constructing,

Durability- the white cotton fabric I chose was very strong and difficult to fray and rip

Elasticity- the White cotton was very strong and didn't have much stretch which was perfect for me to construct a body fitting corset.

Sewing - the cotton was easy to sew on and worked really well with the machine.

Tie dye health and safety

Health and safety is always important with any activity or task you wish to complete.

1. Lay newspaper on a large flat area to prevent staining tables or surfaces
2. Handle all powders and substances with Care keeping the away from skin and faces
3. Always wear protective clothing such as an apron and gloves
4. Have and older person to supervise if it is your first time completing the task
5.handle hot water/ kettle with care so not to scold or burn yourself or others

Karl lagerfeld

In 1955, at the age of 22, Lagerfeld was awarded a position as an apprentice at Pierre Balmain after winning second place, behind Yves Saint-Laurent, in a competition for a coat sponsored by the International Wool Secretariat. He told a reporter a few years later, "I won on coats, but actually I like designing coats least of all. What I really love are little black dresses." Yves Saint Laurent also won the contest for a dress award. "Yves was working for Dior. Other young people I knew were working for Balenciaga (Spanish Basque fashion designer and the founder of the Balenciaga fashion house), whom they thought was God, but I wasn't so impressed," he recalled in 1976.

In 1958, after three years at Balmain, he moved to Jean Patou where he designed two haute couture collections a year for five years. His first collection was shown in a two-hour presentation in July 1958, but he used the name Roland Karl, rather than Karl Lagerfeld (although in 1962, reporters began referring to him as Karl Lagerfelt or Karl Logerfeld). The first collection was poorly received. Carrie Donovan wrote that "the press booed the collection". The UPI noted: "The firm's brand new designer, 25-year old Roland Karl, showed a collection which stressed shape and had no trace of last year's sack." The reporter went on to say that "A couple of short black cocktail dresses were cut so wide open at the front that even some of the women reporters gasped. Other cocktail and evening dresses feature low, low-cut backs." Most interestingly, Karl said that his design silhouette for the season was called by the letter "K" (for Karl), which was translated into a straight line in front, curved in at the waist in the back, with a low fullness to the skirt.

His skirts for the spring 1960 season were the shortest in Paris, and the collection was not well received. Carrie Donovan said it "looked like clever and immensely salable ready-to-wear, not couture." In his late 1960 collection he designed special little hats, pancake shaped circles of satin, which hung on the cheek. He called them "slaps in the face." Karl's collection were said to be well received, but not groundbreaking. "I became bored there, too, and I quit and tried to go back to school, but that didn't work, so I spent two years mostly on beaches – I guess I studied life."