Fen Barr - Mr and Mrs Noah Final Designs

Noah and His Wife - Final Designs 

I played with colours and patterns, altering the colours of stained glass windows to look like arabic fabrics, I really like what Keri has done with similar patterns in her designs. I toned down the colours in the tunics so Mr ad Mrs Noah matched one another better. I liked Steph's idea of the tunic/maxi and think possibly the same (or similar) patterns in different colours/fabrics could could work for most of the characters. I personally like the married women with covered heads, like in Keri's drawings as it's a bit more accurate to the geography and time period. 

 I chose to go warmer in General with Noah and his wife picking out some contrasting colours within the patterns of some of the items of clothing so at a distance they look almost one colour but close up it can be seen that it is made up of lost of different colours. I kept the heavy feel of the cloths and think scarves and drapes could be made from adapted pashminas etc. as the intricate patters may be too hard to create. 

Some of the patterns I kept the same, more simple patterns. I liked Steph's designs with the splattery dyed fabric and feel I could incorporate similar dye techniques into Noah and his wife. I liked the pink on noah with the gold concentric circles, which remind me of ripples on water, and the red with gold glowy dots for Mrs Noah. 

I think these may work in batik but could work better painted in bleach onto the fabric. I think a fabric with a sheen would look really good something silky but stiff and opaque such as a rayon to give an almost metallic texture to them adding to the heavy/solid nature of the costumes of Noah and his wife to contrast with some of the other characters who wear more floaty fabrics.