Breathe:
Adaptation Cloak:


The second cloak I needed to produce was to be made from a fur coat that had been provided to the Breathe club already. I had to adapt this coat so that it would fit in with all the other cloaks that were being produced as part of the 'Hunters' collection.

As I had already made the first cloak the second cloak was a much quick process to reproduce. The shape of the original cloak was exactly what was wanted from the design that I was given so the first thing I concentrated on was the surface decoration. The same decoration was used on this cloak as the others so that all the cloaks would link together as a collection yet still retain the individuality of each of the makers.

From the design I had to change the decoration slightly. In the design the netting was only in one section, however when it came to adapting the coat there wasn't enough fur to cut the fur and put in the netting in the middle. After discussions with Kate we decided to add to parts of netting decoration, so there was less fur on the cloak than was originally designed. From an aesthetic point of view this was the only way to make the design work.

On the same way as I did on the first cloak, I used a embroidery foot on a domestic machine to create  circles on the fur to attach the decoration. This was a lot more difficult on this cloak than on the first because the fur was so much thicker so got caught up constantly on the foot.

Another problem with this cloak was the fact the fur was so different and shinny and new it took a while to blend in the two different textures of the netting with the fur. To over come this idea of just a block of netting then a block of fur, I carried on the circles  to decorate into the fur. This with the barnacles added onto the surface made the cloak flow a lot better.

After all the cloaks have been produced as a group we will come together to break down all the final costumes even more to really give the feel of weathered sea hunters.

Second Cloak finished: