These are a couple of my final fabric manipulation and construction samples. When I looked at the nutcracker on a large scale I found myself exploring the repeating lines of the nutcracker head, initially I looked to create this effect using fabric pleating, but found un-flattened pleats to be far more rewarding! Although I worked with the big scale nutcracker components I also chose to utilise and repeat the simple oval shape too, through out all the pieces of work.
