A workshop with Seema Chopra

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Today was a very productive day.We got to really experiment with ideas and textures.Seema Chopra came in today to help us with our ideas for 'Wild Kingdom'.Here are a few of her work and a few of mine from today.

 This look is fab!!and really inspirational for a tribal look.the wig looks like its been made from felt and glued onto a hair band around the head.

I also really enjoy the paint on the body the way it looks more like pottery than a body.

Another fabulous look by Seema. Im really enjoying the feel of a larger than life hair style.

 
This is what i created at the Seema Chopra workshop.Feeling inspired by the works of Seema i wanted to created something big!I started by wooding out the hair and gradually adding more and more wading the hair was just getting bigger and bigger!!
I really like the look of this but my model began to feel uncomfortable as the weight was so heavy.
However the shape is something i do like i just need to work on the comfort of the model.
My model had shorter pieces of hair at the front so i decided to braid them to one side which worked out rather nice as the model had blonde bits and black bits working through her hair which actually worked out really pretty.

my original idea came from this image of a zulu tribes woman.I liked the idea that u could make the round pot like shape out of hair.After speeking to Seema i feel this could be acomplished if i used wire to create the round shape then gradually adding the hair.

Here is the process of creating the big hair!!