TEXTURAL SURFACES

AS I PREVIOUSLY STATED I WANTED MY TWO COLLECTIONS TO CONTRAST WITH ONE ANOTHER, FIRST COLLECTION BEING VERY PHOTOGRAPHIC AND ABSTRACT, I WANT MY NEXT COLLECTION TO ALSO KEEP WITHIN THE THEME ABSTRACT BUT HAVE MORE HAND DRAWN QUALITIES TO IT. THEREFORE I TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF INTERESTING SHAPES AND TEXTURES THEN EDITED THEM ALL TO ENHANCE THE COLOURS FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO DRAW AND DISSECT AREAS FROM THEM TO BECOME ABSTRACT. I FEEL ASIF THIS COLLECTION WILL DEVELOP AND ENHANCE PREVIOUS TEXTURES I HAVE LOOKED AT WITHIN THIS PROJECT AND IMPROVE MY COLLECTION.

LIVE BRIEF - TEXTILE FEDERATION - CHINESE WHISPERS

THIS HAS BEEN THE FIRST LIVE BRIEF I HAVE SEEN SO FAR THIS TERM THAT HAS APPEALED TO ME AS THE WINNER GETS THEIR DESIGN PRINTED AND SOLD ON ASOS, WHICH WOULD BE AMAZING FOR ME AS I SHOP ON ASOS REGULARLY AND AS A PRINT DESIGNER THAT WOULD BE IDEAL ALSO. 

FOR THE BRIEF CHINESE WHISPERS, I GOT MY INSPIRATION FROM ORIENTAL FLOWERS AND TRADITIONAL BRUSH STROKES. I CREATED MY DESIGN WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS TO PUSH MY SELF AND KNOW IF I WAS IN A JOB AND THEY NEEDED TO SEE SOMETHING IN A DAY OR TWO I WOULD BE ABLE. IT WAS QUITE A CHALLENGE JUST THINKING OF IDEAS BUT THROUGH MY DRAWINGS I WAS ABLE TO CREATE 4 PRINTS. 

I ENJOYED PARTAKING IN THIS LIVE BRIEF AS IT ALLOWED ME TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF AN EXTERNAL BRIEF, GIVEN BY A REAL COMPANY. I FEEL I WOULD DEFINITELY ENTER MORE BRIEFS LIKE THIS AS I AM GENUINELY INTERESTED IN THE COMPANY AND WOULD LOVE TO WORK FOR THEM POTENTIALLY IF THAT WERE TO BE EVER POSSIBLE.

MORE DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL PRINTS

I REFINED MY PREVIOUS PRINT SAMPLES BY TAKING A SEGMENT FROM THEM THEN LAYERING AND DEVELOPING THEM IN TO THE ABOVE USING PHOTOSHOP.I FEEL THE PRINT IS VERY ABSTRACT AND TRUE TO THE TITLE OF MY PROJECT ABSTRACT STRUCTURES. I LIKE HOW THE PRINT HAS ELEMENTS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC AND STILL TEXTURAL. I FEEL ASIF I WILL KEEP THIS AS AN OCCURRING THEME AND LEAD THIS IN TO ITS OWN PRINT COLLECTION.

I THEN BEGAN TO PLAY AROUND WITH MY INITAL NEUTRAL TEXTURES, INFLUENCED FROM STONE IN ARCHITECTURE. THE PRINT IS STARTING TO LOOK VERY PHOTOGRAPHIC LIKE MY OTHER COLLECTION, I WANT A CONTRAST WITHIN MY COLLECTIONS, MAYBE MORE HAND DRAWN QUALITIES. I FEEL ASIF THE NEUTRAL TONES WILL ALL FADE IN TO ONE, THEREFORE I FEEL ASIF SOME MORE VISUAL RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO DEVELOP MY SECOND COLLECTION. I NEED TO EXPAND MY TEXTURES FROM JUST ARCHITECTURE, AND USE ANY FOUND INTERESTING TEXTURES AND SURFACES TO GAIN A WIDER VARIETY BETWEEN THE TWO COLLECTIONS.

JULIES FASHION AWARENESS WORKSHOP

JULIE'S FASHION AWARENESS WORKSHOP ALLOWED ME TO THINK WHERE IN THE FASHION WORLD MY PRINTS WOULD BE, HIGHT STREET, HIGH END? IN THE WORKSHOP WE HAD TO RESEARCH FABRICS AND CONTEMPORARY STYLES OF CLOTHING. THE RESEARCH ALLOWED ME TO GAIN A MARKET FOR MY WORK, I BELIEVE MY WORK SITS IN THE HIGHER END OF THE HIGH STREET IN SHOPS SUCH AS ALLSAINTS, REISS AND ZARA. 

THROUGH RESEARCHING CLOTHING TRENDS AND SHAPE, ALSO HAS ENABLED ME TO CHOOSE WHAT KIND OF STYLE CLOTHING I AM DESIGNING FOR, I FEEL MY PRINTS WOULD BE BEST SUITED TO QUITE BAGGY STRAIGHT FITTING CLOTHING, A TAILORED STYLE. THROUGH THIS HAS ABLED ME TO REFINE MY DEVELOPMENT AND DIGITAL PRINTS AROUND THIS RESEARCH TO ENSURE I HIT MY PREFERRED TARGET MARKET.

DEVELOPING PRINT COLLECTION

DEVELOPING ON FROM MY ICE PHOTOGRAPHS I STARTED TO DISECT THEM AND CREATE SOME ABSTRACT/GRAPHIC SAMPLE PRINTS. 

I LIKE THESE PRINTS BUT I FEEL AS IF THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PARTICULARLY INTERESTING TO THEM. I FEEL ASIF I NEED TO GO BACK AND REFINE THEM AND CREATE PRINTS THAT ARE MORE PLACEMENT PRINTS, SUCH AS FROM MY PROJECTIONS, WHERE YOU COULD PLACE AREAS OF A PRINT ON A PARTICULAR AREA OF THE BODY. I FEEL I ALSO NEED TO REFINE MY SCALE, MAKE PRINTS LARGER AND NOT CRAM EVERYTHING IN TO AN A3 SIDE. 

INITIAL LASER CUT SAMPLES

I FEEL THESE HAVE BEEN MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN I ACTUALLY ANTICIPATED. THE SHAPE OF THEM FITS PERFECTLY AROUND THE BODY AND THE CUT AWAY AREAS OPEN DUE TO THE SHAPE OF THE BODY. I FEEL THE BLACK IS MORE SUCCESSFUL AS IT IS MORE BOLD, AND THE WHITE FABRIC LEAVES BURN MARKS ONCE LASER CUT. I FEEL THE COTTON FABRIC I USED HAS WORKED WELL CONSIDERING IT IS NOT PARTICULARLY A THICK FABRIC. 

I STILL WANT TO EXPERIMENT WITH MORE DESIGNS AND FABRICS, AS I REALLY FEEL THIS PROCESS FITS WITHIN THE STRUCTURAL SHAPE AND LINE ELEMENT I WAS LOOKING FOR WITHIN ONE OF MY COLLECTIONS, AS I WANT ONE TO BE MINIMAL LINEAR/STRUCTURAL SHAPES AND I FEEL THE LASER CUTTER CAN POTENTIALLY ACHIEVE THIS. 

TO DEVELOP THIS PROCESS FURTHER I MUST REFINE DESIGNS AND FABRIC SELECTION TO PRODUCE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOMES.