Making things

I started on the new wine packaging by researching wine packaging... There were tonnes of designs that were intriguing and aesthetically pleasing. However I came across some simplistic designs whereby the label had lines for the user to write on the bottle and interact with the packaging, I decided to take this into account when designing my own label. I thought back to the chocolate bar wrapper and its prescription label, I decided to adapt this to the wine and reuse this (for consistency). In relation to the prescription label I also created a first aid box from red and white card for additional packaging. I was pleased with the outcome.

I decided that If I was to continue with this party scene idea as opposed to a kit, some cups would accompany the bottle of wine well. I thought back to the pharmaceutical notion and continued this by creating white paper medicine cups with divorce stamped on them. It was difficult papering these to make them look authentic but I finally got there.

When making the tissue box I instantly thought about those wipes you can use in hospitals and the packaging that they come in. Although this design would have suited the medical packaging that has dominated the other packaging designs, I had to assess the use for tissues during divorce. From this I concluded that a medical labelling would only accentuate a divorced woman's anguish (they would perceive them self as lesser than a married woman). So I decided to create something that was a little light hearted. I researched tissue boxes and there were frequent designs with crying faces on the packaging, I like the idea of packaging demonstrating its use however this was still quite pessimistic. I looked into 50's animations, for the humorous side of things and came across Ernie Pintoff. I like his simplistic style and started using paper illustration to create a crying face that was slightly humorous after many 2d attempts I created a 3d face. The nose was the place where the tissues were pulled from, which accentuated the humour. I also custom stamped each tissue with facetious messages such as marriage is grand but divorce is 100 grand. I enjoyed making this and was pleased with the outcome.

I booked a day in screen printing to customise the blank voodoo doll, this was a tricky process as I was working with a 3d surface which is something i haven't done in screen printing before. I printed of a list of things a divorced wife usually thinks or says about their ex husband, they were very American phrases, however this saved me time in making a list myself. I printed each quote in a random place onto the doll. The doll looked great, all I needed were pins and a box...

I researched voodoo doll packaging, as I wasn't sure how people would buy them? (Boxes,bags or alone) I decided that a box would be most appropriate, because I enjoyed making the tissue box so much I wanted to create a similar packaging for the Voodoo doll. Vodou has come to be associated in popular culture with the lore of Satanism, zombies and "voodoo dolls". While there is evidence of zombie creation, it is a minor phenomenon within rural Haitian culture and not a part of the Vodou religion proper. Such manifestations fall under the auspices of the bokor or sorcerer rather than the priest of the Loa. It has its origins in African (Haitian) tribes. So I wanted a box that conveys this. I started making African voodoo doll heads from paper. These were ruined during the leak that happened in my home 1 week ago, so I tried to replicate this in a box form using the red and white colour theme for consistency. The end product was fun and doubled as a storage box for the doll rather than one that is disposed of. The doll is removed from the mouth which is open, so the box isn't destroyed when the doll is taken out.