Change of Essay...?

After starting to research for my object analysis essay I think I will need to slightly change the subject for it as I cant really find much on Suzanne Lee and her work other than the information I already had from the trash fashion exhibit. I think I will start my essay with the same focus, why we need to be sustainable in fashion and the effects the consumer culture we live in is having on the world but then instead of just looking at Lee's bioculture work I will look at designers who use nature as either inspiration or material to create more environmentally friendly fashion. So far I have managed to find information on bio jewellery, creating jewellery using human bone, David Anderson who uses a material like plastic but made from corn and creates beautiful clothes with it and Donna Sgro who uses creatures such as butterflies and peacocks and the way they shimmer in the light as her inspiration to create fabric which doesn't require the use of water and polluting dyes. By investigating these designers I hope to see how we can return to nature to create garments instead of using man made and synthetic materials and also investigate other possible natural sources of fabric for garments. I will also use the essay to ask questions such as is it possible to create such large volumes of clothes that we buy today using natural sources or do we have to change our whole consumer culture?