CREATING HAIR. . .

21th March

As well as researching different methods on styling hair for my avant-garde shoots, I have been trying to think of how I can push my skills to create something that hasn’t been done really before which will bring that extra spark to my looks. In first year, we were taught how to create different hairstyles by incorporating hair props and one material that we used was crepe hair.

During our practise, we used the crepe hair in its natural form after pulling it apart from the plait that it comes in so it is more like a ball of frizz, but I wanted to see what other effects I can create by applying heat to it. As demonstrated in my pictures, I experimented with flattening and ironing the crepe hair to try and create sheets of hair. By process of elimination of using too much/too little hairspray to set the hair and ironing one of both sides of the tracing paper, I learnt the best method of creating sheets of hair which is a process I will definitely use for my final shoots, for which one I am not sure yet but will definitely keep this method in mind.

After I had a few samples to work with, I had a play with folding and bending the hair to create a wave effect and also pinching the middle to gather the hair. This resulting in a rose like shape and I think if I continue to do this process with different colours and attach them all to the hair once styled, can create an interesting and diverse design. Also I have thought about creating a large sheet of hair and shaping this to make a veil of hair which could cover half the face and on or both of the eyes, depending on what sin I use this method for.