Final Experimentation Process

I was planning on buying synthetic hair extensions but wanted something i could practice with in the mean time i thought about using wool as it was similar to hair and i could work with it in the way i would have done with my extensions, i created the structure similarly to in my initial design image and recreated the different colours within the plaits to see what effect this had. although i wool wouldn't stand up by itself i had to add cardboard to the back, i like the textural effect this has and i worked well in allowing my to gain a better understanding of how the other components within the hair style would work with the head band in the middle.  

When testing the front section i took on board the comments sema gave me when choosing my final design about how i would create the triangular effect at the front rather than the more rounded structure i had created when testing initially. I tried to tease the hair into a triangular shape using pins and a sock stuffing the tights so one end had more in creating a similar shape, as i couldn't get hold of any foam which was the material sema suggested i use. I would like to experiment using foam as i think this would hold and stay allot better as the sock seemed to be quite heavy in the hair and i had to use allot of pins to hold the prop up, furthermore i need to make sure that in my final hair charts it is clear the prop has to sit further forward neither to the ear and hair line as otherwise the headband will not sit properly.

When testing the back styling of the hair i had initially in my practice plaited lots of sections of the hair and wound them around although this created a textured look i felt it looked to messy and it was quite heavy and falling down. I improvised with the hair and found french plaiting the hair within this way created a lovely textured plaited shape, but still looks neat and tidy unlike my previous practice this also was very time efficient for my partner laila to do in our final assessment. 

I love the texture with the hair plaited and the woolen plaited head band, they work well together. and think that when my extensions arrive i want to experiment with the colour to look similar to the colours within the wool i used.