UNIT X

FOR UNIT X I AIM TO CREATE TWO FASHION FABRIC COLLECTIONS, 1 COLLECTION SOLEY DIGITAL PRINT AND 1 BEING A COMBINED PROCESS COLLECTION SUCH AS; EMBROIDERY, LASER CUTTING AND DIGITAL PRINT. THESE COLLECTIONS WILL BE DEVELOPED THROUGH MY CONCEPT OF ABSTRACT STRUCTURES, REFINING AND DEVELOPING MY PREVIOUS WORK WITHIN THE PRACTISE UNIT. I WILL DEVELOP THIS CONCEPT BY CREATING NEW IMAGERY USING PHOTOGRAPHY AND MY OWN DRAWINGS TO CREATE NEW DEPTHS AND DETAILS IN TO MY DESIGNS.

TO VISUALISE AND BRING CONTEXT TO MY DESIGNS I AIM TO CREATE A LOOKBOOK; HARDCOPY AND ALSO ONLINE COPY. IN THE PRACTISE UNIT I CURATED A TEST SHOOT FOR MY LOOKBOOK WHICH WAS VERY MINIMALISTIC, HOWEVER FOR UNIT X I AIM TO MAKE MY SHOOT FOR THE LOOKBOOK MORE FOCUSED ON MY CONCEPT AND USE THE THEME OF ARCHITECTURE AND STRUCTURES WITHIN MY LOOKBOOK IMAGERY. 

MY PORTFOLIO AT THE END OF UNIT X WILL PORTRAY 2 FASHION FABRIC COLLECTIONS CONSISTING OF DIGITAL PRINT AND COMBINED PROCESSES SUCH AS LASER CUTTING AND EMBROIDERY AND A LOOKBOOK (HARD COPY/ONLINE COPY).

EVALUATION

IN THIS UNIT I FEEL MY WORK HAS PROGRESSED QUITE ALOT AND I HAVE IMPROVED IN VARIOUS SKILLS, SUCH AS MY FASHION VISUALISATIONS, DIGITAL PRINT AND ALSO I NOW KNOW HOW TO USE THE LASER CUTTER. I FEEL AS IF I HAVE CHALLENGED MYSELF IN CREATING 2 DIGITAL PRINI MINI COLLECTIONS AND A COLLECTION OF LASER CUT SAMPLES AND ETHOS SAMPLES. I ALSO DID VAST AMOUNTS OF RESEARCH AND LAYOUT PLANNING AND TEST SHOOTING FOR UNIT X, GENERATING IDEAS FOR MY LOOK BOOK AT THE END.

I FEEL I REACHED MY GOAL WHICH WAS TO CREAT TWO DIGITAL PRINT COLLECTIONS, ONE PORTRAYING PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS OF ABSTRACT STRUCTURES THROUGH THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND FOUND TEXTURES. MY OTHER COLLECTION TO REPRESENT ABSTRACT SURFACES, WHICH I FEEL I ALSO ACHIEVED BY RE-C0BSTRUCTING MY OWN DRAWINGS TO CREATE ANOTHER ABSTRACT COLLECTION WITH  HAND DRAWN ELEMENT. MY OTHER AM WAS TO CREATE A COLLECTION THROUGH LASER CUT AND ETHOS SAMPLES PORTRAYING THE STRUCTURAL LINEAR SHAPES WITHIN ARCHITECTURE, WHICH AGAIN I BELIEVE WAS ACHIEVED. 

I ALSO FEEL MY COMMUNICATION WITH THE EXTERNAL FASHION WORLD IS IMPROVING AS I ENTERED 3 COMPETITIONS; 2 FOR TEXTILE FEDERATIONS AND 1 FOR NEW DESIGN BRITAIN. FOR THE CHINESE WHISPERS COMPETITION FOR TEXTILE FEDERATION, ONE OF MY DESIGNS HAS BEEN SHORTLISTED AND WAITING TO HEAR BACK, GIVING ME CONFIDENCE IN MY WORK AND EVEN IF I DO NOT GET ANYWHERE ELSE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE ACHIEVED SOMETHING JUST BEING SHORTLISTED, AND IT FEELS NICE TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR WORK YOU HAVE DONE. 

THROUGH IMPROVED SKILLS IN MY FASHION VISUALISATIONS I FEEL MY DESIGNS ARE MORE IN CONTEXT AND ABLE TO SEE CLEARLY HOW THEY COULD BE MADE AND USED WITHIN THE FASHION INDUSTRY,

AT THE BEGINNING THIS UNIT STARTED OFF VERY SLOW AND I COULD NOT GET IN TO IT. BUT NOW AT THE END I AM REALLY ENJOYING IT AND EXCITED TO PROGRESS IN TO UNIT X AND DEVELOP MY IDEAS FURTHER AND HOPEFULLY CREATE INTERESTING WORK FOR THE DEGREE SHOW. 

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LASER CUT AND ETHOS FINALS

COUPLE OF EXAMPLE OF HOW THROUGH THE USE OF MY FABRIC DEVELOPMENT TO LEATHER AND REFINING MY DESIGNS I WAS ABLE TO CREATE INTRICATE DETAILS WHICH I GENUINELY COULD SEE AS PART OF A GARMENT. CREATING THESE VISUALISATIONS ALLOWS YOU TO SEE HOW THE COULD BE WORN OR PLACED ON THE BODY.

I WANT TO EXTEND MY LEATHER KNOWLEDGE AS I HAVE BEEN RINGING COMPANY GH LEATHERS ENABLING ME TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AS TO WHAT LEATHER I WOULD PREFER, AS THEY HAVE ALREADY SENT ME SAMPLES PRIOR TO THIS. IN UNIT X I ALSO WHAT TO DEVELOP MY DESIGNS FURTHER AND BE EVEN MORE CREATIVE WITH THE LASER CUTTER AS I FEEL IT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN BRINGING STRUCTURAL LINES TO MY WORK. 

AN EXAMPLE OF MY REFINED AND DEVELOPED ETHOS SAMPLES ON THE BODY. SINCE MY PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS I HAVE REFINED MY DESIGN MAKING THEM MUCH BOLDER AND EMPHASISING THE ARCHITECTURAL INFLUENCES WITHIN THE DESIGNS. 

IN UNIT X I WANT TO DEVELOP MY DESIGNS WITH THE ETHOS AND MAY INCLUDE DIGITAL PRINT AND LASER CUT WITHIN THEM. I FEEL ASIF I AM READY TO KEEP DEVELOPING IDEAS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT OUTCOMES AT THE END OF UNIT X AND FOR THE DEGREE SHOW.