Hindu Gods and Goddesses

Looking at the festival of Holy, i then came across this picture of the famous Bollywood actress sporting a bindi, In the Indian culture bindis are very popular for both men and women. Bindis vary from a very tiny jewel to a large headpiece. the gold and red goes very well together.

High Fashion African Hair

These five has got to be my favorite, i think it is bold, big very textured. Just the way that they have over exaggerated the plait in the last image just makes it so different and high fashion. Some of these hairstyles look so effortless but a lot of work has been put into them for example the plait that has been wrapped round in a top bun. I am really inspired but the last picture with the massive plait i think it is very tribal and it brings fashion into culture.

I researched into african hairstyles and was really inspired to use this style for one of my final images, i also have not ever attempted to create this sort of style so i think this will be challenging for me but also i believe that i will learn a lot from it. Looking closely at these hairstyles this are everyday hair that are practical and easy to wear, also what really inspired me is the texture of the braids because i want my hairstyle that i create to  be really textured as this also comes through in the images. 

Moodboard

This is my mood board for my first look, my first look is inspired by the Maori tribe. I research into traditional maori tribe images which originated from New Zealand. Nowadays Maori tattoos have become vey popular and a lot of people are sporting Maori tattoos, I looked at both men and women and the different tattoos on them. In this mood board I have incorporated a few designs. I will use a female model. This mood board portrays the designs that u will use, also includes an image of hair.

Festival of Holy

I have been researching into the festival of Holy, I am really fascinated by this festival as it is so colourful. I thought this would be a great festival that the Indian culture celebrate to incorporate and interpret into my catwalk image. The reason I chose this for my catwalk look instead of me editorial is because I think you can go crazy with the colour and it goes not need to be so precise, therefore this would be much better suited with catwalk. The festival of holy is celebrated by Hindus mostly in Neal, it is the festival of colour. The festival is so unique because it is celebrated with such enthusiasm and goes on for 3 to 16 days. Great colours of gulal and abeer fill the air with a rush of excitement from all who are celebrating and playing with colours. People take turns to throw coloured water at each other. I really want to depict this festival in my image and I think it will be very interesting to work with so much colour.

Maori on women's chin and lips

 These are traditional Maori women, they had key significant jobs. They could not have full facial tattoos or fight in war, they were seen to be very sacred because they would provide their tribes with generations to come. The women were not allowed to be near the carvers or carve at all because of their menstrual cycle. Women played a key role int he Maori culture, the Moko tattoos on women were mainly on their chin but if she had them on her nostrils on in between her eyebrows she was very important.
The more tattoos you had the higher rank int he tribe you were, they told your story, where you were born, what tribe you belonged to and what you did.

 

Maori tattoos - The Legend

The precise history of the Maori tattoo is rather vague, but we do know the legendary source. According to legend, ta moko came from the underworld:

When Mataora, a young warrior, fell in love with Niwareka, the princess of the underworld, she agreed to come aboveground to marry him. When he mistreated her, however, Niwareka went back to her father’s kingdom. Eventually, sick with guilt and with his face paint smudged, Mataora made his way down to the underworld to try to win her back. He succeeded, and Niwareka’s father taught him the art of Maori tribe tattooing as well! Mataora brought ta moko – Maori tattoos - as well as other skills he had picked up in the underworld, back with him, and the ideas caught on.

Traditional Maori Symbols - the symbols are referencing their social status within the tribes.The word tattoo comes from the Tahitian word Tatau, All high ranking Maori were tattooed and those who were not were seen as persons of no social status. Tattooing commenced at puberty, accompanied by many rituals.
The tattoo practice marked both rites of passage an important events in a persons life.

The full face tattoo was very time consuming, and a good tattoo craftsman would carefully study a persons bone structure before commencing his art. The women were not intensively tattooed as men, their upper lips were outlined in dark blue and the nostrils were very finely incised.
The chin Moko was always most popular, it was a symbol of identity for example like a identity card. It showed the rank and status,the power and authority could instantly be recognized 

Maori Symbols

Maori is the people of New Zealand who originated from Eastern Polynesia, when they immigrated to the new land they bought along the unique Polynesian cultures and art Ta moko or custom tattoos.  
Ta moko arts are visual symbols that are used to convey the tribal identity, ancestry, spirituality, social status and family ranking.
For people who did not have Maori symbols are deemed to have no social status. Traditionally the Maori tattoos designs are sported on the face on the face, thighs and buttock for men and for women usually on the chin and lips. The symbols signify  bravery, sacrifice and respect.

Design in lesson

This is a design that I did in lesson, I followed a pattern and did it free hand. On my final design I want to create a tattoo on the model so I'm going to gather a lot of different images of tribal tattoos.

Another picture from vogue and this caught my eye because of the head pieces which are very tribal but look very modern . This image influences me to create some sort of head piece because it makes the hair also look more creative

I am really excited about this project as I believe that it is going to be quite challenging but also that I will learn a lot from it. The thing that I am looking most forward to is actually doing the two shoots because it is going to be interesting to put all the research over the couple of weeks into the final piece and finally constructing the final piece. I am particularly looking forward to combining elements from the different tribes into one look. overall i am really looking forward to get started and create my final images :) 

Vogue 2012

This image caught my eye because of the tribal influence, they have incorporated tribal references into high fashion editorial. The strong bold colours stand out and reinforce the tribal theme.