Window Display

Today we set up the window display to scale in our classroom. Our teacher had market out an area with a sheet of the measurements that the window would be. We tried out different ideas of our display but eventually settled on one. We chose to use recycled materials also in our display as our theme is sustainabilty. As its Easter we though flowers sould be nice and summery . The tin cans were stuffed with shredded recycled paper. Having practised the layour we are now able to go down to the Concern store and put our display up quickly without being in the shoppers way.

We wrote a statement today that will appear in the window of the Concern shop on North Main St. It will allow us to explain to people who are passing by why we did the project and our thoughts about it.

TY CLASS

ST ALOYSIUS SCHOOL

SHARMAN CRAWFORD ST

CORK

As part of our transition year we decided on doing a project in Art class. We decided to base our project on the concept of up cycling, which is using old clothes to create new fashionable outfits. This is a great concept as not only is it a good idea to save some money, but it is an individual, eco friendly concept.

Up cycling is all about sustainability, an idea that although many designers are embracing, large corporations are not. This is very important as the fashion industry generates an extraordinary amount of waste and needs to become more eco-friendly.

The fashion industry is often regarded as a really glitzy and glamorous business and the general pubic are often unaware of some of the ethical issues behind it, such as sweatshops where child labour issues are a big problem. The cotton crisis in Uzbekistan affects millions of people, especially school children who have to work in the cotton fields instead of going to school. We recommend up-cycling to everyone as not only is it fun and enjoyable, but it is making an effort to fight a wrong that can be easy to ignore.

Window Display Design

Today we learnt about window display. We will be displaying our upcycled work in the window of the Concern Charity shop in North Main St, Cork. We were shown lots of images by our teacher of different shop windows from around the world to inspire us when we are thinking od a design. These images catch the peoples attention when they are passing the shop and act like advertisements of differetn products. We will use our display to advertise our clothes and to get people to up-cycle more.

Final Up-Cycling Garments

Today we finished our up-cycled garments! We are very happy as they all look so different and unique , and we have put a lot of time and effort into them. We took photos of them and the next step is to make our window display for the Concern shop where they will be displayed!

Up- Cycling

Today we worked on developing our upcycled clothes.....they are coming along well!!

Sustainability

Today we started a new project on Sustainability. We learnt all about why you should re use and recycle items especially we learnt about the importance of recycing clothes. Our teacher showed us a DVD of 'White Gold' whihc was very sad. We learnt about the cotton indusrty in Uzbeckistan , and saw pupils and teachers of our own age being forced to work in cotton plantations in very poor conditions. Here are some of the visuals that we saw.

This is a clip of 'White Gold'

At lunch time our teacher set up a DVD of a film called 'China Blue'. This was really interesting and showed the life of a young girl who works in a chinese factory making jeans. This gave us an idea of what life is like for gament workers and taught us the importance of doing our new project of up-cylcing , whihc is to make old clothes into new clothes.

Light Graffiti Part 2

Today we had another light graffiti class. This time we knew what we were doing more and so could get better results. We were put into groups again and supplied with a variety of lights. The class took place in the gym this time and we took the pictures behind the stage curtain where it was really dark and we had lots of space. The class was good fun as we knew the technical aspects of taking photos this time and we could set our shutter speed as we wanted. These are some of our photos this time!

We then expeamented with motion photography but in daylight. Using the ideas we has learnt from light graffiti we created some interesting results, some of them look like ghost images!