The culture I have chosen is Kosovo, especially the fashion aspect of it. I have chosen this because it is my culture and I want to look deeper into Kosovo as I want to connect more with my heritage. My theme for this project is the clothes that are worn on special occasions in Kosovo and how they represent the country. I have generated ideas through looking at artists who use different textures and colours in their art that surrounds the creation of clothes.
Artists I’ve researched are Pajtim Osmanaj and Buron kaceli. Osmanaj mainly works constructing clothes and blending his art into fashion in contrast, Kaceli depicts figures wearing traditional clothing. I want to look at other artists too that link with Kosovo not specially to fashion since there are a lot of talented people. Another form of research I’ve done is collecting primary and secondary images to construct mood boards. I plan to use more materials that you can find at home, such as scrap paper as well as paint, spray paint and more want to experiment a lot with my ideas through producing many outcomes and drafts of my final pieces using different techniques and colour combinations. For my final piece I’m thinking of making a piece of cloth that can be a reenactment of traditional clothing worn in Kosovo, maybe even manufacture and design making a large item.