Great Expectations

For my final project at university I have chosen to use Mr Charles Dickens as the starting point for my theme. As 2012 marks the 200th anniversary of the writer i felt that it would be fitting to adapt one of his famous novels. I chose Great Expectations as the book my set would be based on. Every time I have readthe story ,the house belonging to Miss Havisham; "Satis House" has always struck me as a setting full of mystery and a place that would be fascinating to explore. I therefore felt that recreating Miss Havisham's wedding reception room on the day that Pip revisits her would be interesting and allow me to explore a wonderful setting and era.

I began research and looked into timelines and what Dickens based the house on, once i had collected information i began designing and made a 1:25 scale model of my set.Wallpaper design and colour way

1:25 scale side wall

Curiouser and Curiouser Props

The flamingo table was made from a variety of plastics welded together

included the vacuum formed flamingo bodies.
The wonderland key was made with resin then painted and aged.

The cake was a fruit cake with currents cut up then placed onto the surface

with tweezers. The cake case was cut from cardboard with a scalpel, the words "curiouser and curiouser" wrapped around the sides.

The bottle's label was a parcel tag with the words "drink me"

written on it in black ink.

A page taken from my folder