Jekyll & Hyde

For my Final Major Project of my Art and Design foundation course, I chose to centre my project on Victorian literature, demonstrated through the subjects of photography and fashion and textiles. I explored various Victorian literature before deciding to focus on Jekyll & Hyde. The project explores a female alternative of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, creating a final costume piece captured through different methods of photography. 

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I used different textile surface techniques to create the costume which depicted the two personalities of Jekyll and Hyde. For the good side, I used fabrics such as lace and explored various techniques with it such as lace printing with a heat press and dissolvable vilene creating delicate panels in the sleeves. For the evil side of the costume, I used fabric distressing techniques such as slash and burn to suggest a more brutal characteristic.

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I experimented with different photography techniques to capture the final costume using both modern and Victorian cameras. A Victorian brass field camera was used to take still shots of the subject sat down to represent traditional Victorian photoshoots, whereas a digital camera was used to be able to show the details of the costume and the character moving around in it. 

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The final costume and photographs were displayed in an exhibition open to the public.