Development of my final design...

For my final design i really want to create a big shape on top of my head using a hair rat underneath to help keep it stable. Because i have long hair that very thick i wanted to really use this to my ability. I really like the idea of crimping the hair to add texture, i then want to create the shape you can see in the first image. i think this is a contemporary twist on the classic heart shape itself, however it is still very Elizabethan. I like how it sits on top of the head but slightly slanted, i like the looseness of the hair and i think this also adds a further contemporary edge and is inspired by beachy bohemian hair which is very modern.

These following 3 images are me experimenting with what to do with the bottom half of my hair as i only needed to use the top half of my hair and this was more than enough to create the shape and height that i wanted. Therefore i experimented with what i could do with the bottom half to add further contemporary influences.

Hendrik Kersten...

Hendrik Kersten is well known for the portraits he creates of his daughter. When looking at these images you can see extremely strong connotations to the classic Elizabethan portraiture of the 15 and 16 hundreds. I really like how he creates the image with an almost dullness across them as if they are the aged paintings we see when looking at images of the Elizabethan people. I find them really inspiring as images and they are something i find interesting.

photo found: http://sannehavinga.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/hendrik-kersten.html

viewed on: Wednesday 20th November 2013

 photo found: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/144748575495620605/

viewed on: Wednesday 20th November 2013

photo found: https://www.pinterest.com/katyalev/h-kerstens/

viewed on: Wednesday 20th November 2013

Experimental work- Sketches into practise- classic hearts...

With this idea i was inspired by the classic elizabethan heart shape. However i wanted to add a contemporary twist by putting the heart slightly on to the side of the head. However when i created the classic heart onto my head, i felt it didn't really suit my face shape and so this is what lead me to create the shape of my final hair design.





The sketch:

The application:

Health and safety- hair diseases...

 Alopecia

Photo found: http://www.homeouniverse.com/alopecia/

Viewed on: Tuesday 1st October 2013

Alopecia is a a form of balding, where the hair will fall out in chunks from various patches of the head. As a hair stylist working on someone with this condition, you would have to be aware of how gentle you must be when attempting to style the hair. If for example a certain type of hair style is desired but the hair on the model is not strong enough or there isn't enough of it to create the desired look you can work with wigs to create a style. This condition although may be slightly shocking more so on women is not hard to get around and easy enough to come up with some form  of solution to cover or hide it.

Dandruff

Photo found: http://www.medicinenet.com/image-collection/yellow_dandruff_picture/picture.htm

Viewed on: Tuesday 1st October 2013

Dandruff is what occurs when the skin on the scalp is dry and begins to flake away, but due to the hairs on the head, dandruff gets stuck to these and it creates lots of pieces of dead skin that become visible. As a hair stylist firstly you would need to be aware of what products you are going to be using on the model as any of these could causes more dryness to the scalp of the model. Also you will need to work on a hair style that is going to show as little of the scalp as possible as this is where dandruff is mostly visible. This condition will not stop you working however it will limit you as to what you can do.

Psoriasis

Photo found: http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/scalp-psoriasis-pictures

Viewed on: Tuesday 1st October 2013

Psoriasis is caused by your immune system. It is usually very red and inflamed and causes big patches of thick white skin to form and eventually flake off. It can also be very sore to touch. As a hair stylist the best way to approach this would be to ask the model a. if they feel comfortable enough for you to work on them and b. if it is painful. If the model is finding it to painful to have there hair moved about etc then the best thing would be to work with a wig. Also when working with such a diseases much like the dandruff you must ensure you are careful with the products in which you are using.

Different textures...

In these images i was experimenting with different texture that i could use for my final design. 

The first was to keep my hair straight and this is the most contemporary of them all, Although i liked this i just didn't feel it created the look i was after it was still missing something and it would have made it far harder for my partner to have got my hair into the shape i wanted (see image 2) because it would have been far slipperier and could have effect her timings during the timed assessment. 

The second image is using crimped hair and combing it out to make the hair far bigger. This is my favourite texture of the 3 and i feel it worked really well, it held itself in the correct position and it made it far easier for my partner to produce the look and manipulate my hair into the correct shape.

In the third image i curled my hair and put it up, however due to the heaviness of my hair when i attempted to curl it, my hair would only hold from the mid to bottom sections and stayed straight or immediately dropped out of the root and top area of my hair, and so to create texture my partner would have had to double my hair back on itself to get the curled texture. This will make the application far more complex

I feel as though I'm going to choose the crimped option to add texture to my hair and this is whats going to hold itself well, be easily manipulated and make things far easier for my partner.

Shakespeare poetry...

Sonnet 132: Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me

Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying me,
Knowing thy heart torment me with disdain,
Have put on black, and loving mourners be,
Looking with pretty ruth upon my pain.
And truly not the morning sun of heaven
Better becomes the grey cheeks of the east,
Nor that full star that ushers in the even
Doth half that glory to the sober west
As those two mourning eyes become thy face.
O, let it then as well beseem thy heart
To mourn for me since mourning doth thee grace,
And suit thy pity like in every part.
Then will I swear beauty herself is black,
And all they foul that thy complexion lack.



Information found: http://www.litera.co.uk/william_shakespeare_poems_on_beauty/

Figure of 8...

During this lesson we learnt how to create frizz using a figure of 8 around a geisha pin.

Step 1: Create a clean section of hair

Step2: Then with a geisha pin begin to wrap the hair in a figure of 8 monition around both prongs on the hair pin ensuring you keep pushing it down to the bottom to keep it tight.

Step 3: You then secure it by putting a grip through the centre of the 2 prongs of the pin to hold the hair in place

Step 4: Using hair straighteners you then push these down onto the hair in the grips to manipulate the hair into the position you have put it

Step 5: Once it has cooled you can under the hair and you will be left with a shape similar to the section of hair on the right in the picture below. 

Step 6: To create afro like frizz as you can see on the section on the left you then use a pin tail comb and begin to brush and back comb the section and it will create a similar texture.