Imaginarium Clare Williams

Imaginarium

Following on from my research into "The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus" I decided to make a mock up of a box with a drop down flap, like the wagon in the film - only without wheels!  

I made a simple box and then added an upstand.

Front flap open

I realised that I would need some means of holding the front flap up when the box was closed.  I thought of a swing catch that I'd used before on a corset, these catchs came from Vena Cava.

Then I had to think of the decoration on my Imaginarium so I thought of various things that had stirred my imagination:
Lord of the Rings
Alice in Wonderland
The Arthur legends (Avalon)
Narnia books
Winnie the witch

Then I drew some symbols inspired by the above list.

Then I started thinking about the background for the symbols.  I found a picture I had taken of Brighton Pavilion, the designer of which must've had a marvellous imagination! I love the look of the Pavilion but wanted a more colourful look to my Imaginarium so I used some the effects in Photoshop to achieve this fabulous red colour.  The colour was inspired by the interior of the Mad Hatters Tea Room in Margate.  Here is a photo of the altered photo stuck to the front of my mock up.

Now on to a bit of sewing!