All dolled up and no place to go

dc.contributor.advisorJoseph, Frances
dc.contributor.advisorIngs, Welby
dc.contributor.authorTrussardi, Gabriella
dc.date.accessioned2008-04-18T01:11:48Z
dc.date.available2008-04-18T01:11:48Z
dc.date.copyright2007-12-11
dc.date.issued2007-12-11
dc.description.abstractThis body of work is the result of practice based research, culminating in a collection of five garments featuring pictorial prints, created through digital sublimation printing¹. The accompanying exegesis examines the place of my work within the contextual framework of related knowledge. The exegesis explores two main contextual notions. Firstly, the position of dolls' clothing play as a hegemonic tool in the process of learning to construct identity through self-presentation. This reflects on the practice of enculturing in girls the ability not just to do, but to observe oneself whilst doing. Secondly, the role of garments and fabric as liminal² markers at the transitional space between interior and exterior, domestic and public, self and not-self. My analysis is centered on the creation of original pieces of clothing. The garments are questioned by the issues explored in this exegesis. The research makes an original contribution to the body of knowledge by the nature of the creative work, and its analysis involving contemporary theoretical debate on the nature of fashion. ¹ Sublimation printing is a method of chemically bonding ink to a polyester or acrylic surface such as fabric, using extremely high heat and pressure. In this research project I am bonding images of photographs to polyester and acrylic fabrics. ² In this exegesis I use the word liminal to describe an occupying of an ambiguous space, on the threshold between one thing and another.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/91
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectDolls
dc.subjectButtons
dc.subjectFashion
dc.subjectSublimation
dc.subjectCultural identity
dc.titleAll dolled up and no place to go
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.disciplineSchool of Art and Designen_US
thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.levelMasters Theses
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts in Art and Design
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