Personal Evaluation

Looking back at when we first got the brief and started the course I didn’t think my skills would get as far as they have done. I am confident in what I have achieved and overcome throughout this first term.

When I was partnered with George I was nervous on what I was going to be able to achieve due to the shortness of his hair. However, I am really glad I was partnered up with him as we have worked tremendously well and I feel my skills on working on a male have enhanced greatly as I had never had the chance to work on a man before.

The difficulties I found I have overcome are the basic sectioning of the hair, making sure the the 'rats' have been put in the right place and getting the whole look even, I did seem to struggle with this at the beginning, but found that after practice and confidence in myself building that I have achieved this; through my work I have shown the skills that we have been taught. 

It was hard at the begging also when partnered with George, as I feel that he wasn't confident enough and got a bit stuck in his head but, however, its nothing that couldn't be sorted, we always communicated so if there was a problem we would try and sort it out then and there so we understood each others doubts and fears. I feel this has also helped in the long run as the end result for both of us have I think been great.

It has been brilliant learning new techniques working on different hair types and getting the traditional looks we have researched and creating something new from our imagination; just through the means of research and testing them out in the class.

If I could do anything again with my design it would have been to try and stick to my original idea of using a larger ship instead of using two small ships as an accessory; I have no other changes I would make to the actual hair design as I feel very confident on how it looked and how it kept the traditional feel of Elizabethan beauty. 

Overall, I am happy with the look that I had created and how George portrayed this in my hair and vice-versa; we overcame our fears and struggles and managed to create two beautiful new looks for the New Elizabethan era.

My Design

Georges Design

Final assessment me as Artist George as Designer

Timed Assessment

As it was time to change roles, for me to be the artist and take on Georges design it was quite nerve raking to be under so much pressure to get he design on point as he wanted. I then new how he felt when doing my hair.

When George showed me his design I was quite taken aback, due to the amount of things he wanted done and as he had such short hair I didn’t think I could do it. However, George went a brought hair extensions to add the the piece so I could have something to work with.

As we had test runs to go though his design to found what we could and couldn’t do, I feel that helped me hugely when I had to do his hair.

The main difficulties where trying to get the hair extensions in the right place and to make sure there was enough of his natural hair to cover the clips. It was also difficult to add the hair extension at the back of his head as there was a lot of gel to stick his normal hair down but also intertwine it with the hair extension. Was a bit of a nightmare for me.

However, as we did a test run the night before I found it boosted my confidence in his hair design. We laid out all the things I found difficult and then worked on them until we got it all right. He gave me clear instructions about the process which in the end result, I hope shows this.

Two Final images