Initially for this project I had proposed to produce 8 to 10 illustrations summarising the female role in each decade over the last 100 years. However, with the 8 images task I realised I had partly answered that proposal so I was starting off where I thought I was going to end. To explore that concept a little further I thought about how I could expand it by illustrating a modern females reactions to the outdated roles. For example, what they might say or do if they were told that they were now expected to wear corsets and be modest in every aspect of their life or that they weren't allowed to have their own career. I would do this by handing out questions to peers and asking them to write down or draw their response.
However, since I would really like to make some kind of educational and interactive publication creating something like a paper doll might be a better place to start. I would design outfits, props and perhaps scenes using key motifs from each era/decade. For example, the Victorian clothing and props would include bloomers, bonnets and corsets - a stark contrast to the outfits that could be made for an 80s collection. If each collection comes with little cards explaining the outfits and props then it allows the user to make decisions about what they want their paper doll to represent or to even create some juxtapositions.
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