COLLECTION 2 IS MY COMBINED PROCESSES COLLECTION INCLUDING DIGITAL PRINT, ETHOS EMBROIDERY AND LASER CUTTING. MY OVERALL THEME ABSTRACT STRUCTURES SURROUNDS THE COLLECTION, HOWEVER THIS TIME I ALSO BROUGHT IN DRAWINGS/IMAGES OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, FOCUSING ON ITS INTRICATE DETAILS. THIS COMBINED WITH PREVIOUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF FLORALS, CREATED REALLY INTERESTING ABSTRACT SHAPES TO USE AS PRINT DESIGNS. I WANTED THIS COLLECTION TO CONTRAST WITH MY PREVIOUS BOLD, COLOURFUL COLLECTION 1, THEREFORE I HAVE USED A MONOCHROME COLOUR PALETTE. FOR ALL DESIGNS OTHER THAN THE LEATHER LASER CUT ONES, I CHOSE TO USE THE FABRIC CREPE DE CHINE AS IT IS STILL A LIGHT WEIGHT FABRIC BUT HAS A MORE CLEAN AND SOPHISTICATED FINISH, WHICH I FEEL REFLECTS MY HIGH END MARKET. EARLY RESEARCH IN TO THIS HELPED ME GREATLY WHEN DECIDING.
DIGITAL PRINT
DIGITAL PRINT
AS PART OF THE COLLECTION I WANTED SOME TO BE SOLEY DIGITAL PRINT, WITH MORE FOCUS ON A MINIMAL LINEAR/GRAPHIC STYLE, CONTRASTING ALONGSIDE MORE LAYERED, CHAOTIC DESIGNS BUT STILL PORTRAYING AN ABSTRACT AESTHETIC. I FEEL BY USING THE MAGIC WAND TOOL ON PHOTOSHOP AND SELECTING RANDOM PARTS OF DRAWINGS/PHOTOGRAPHS HELPED ACHIEVE THIS PROCESS, CREATING VARIETY AND UNIQUE DESIGNS.
ETHOS
USING THE ETHOS EMBROIDERY MACHINE HAS ALLOWED SOME OF MY DESIGNS TO GO FROM 2D TO SLIGHTLY MORE 3D. USING THE ETHOS TO ADD DETAILS TO DIGITAL PRINTS HAS CREATED INTERESTING LINEAR QUALITIES AND ADDS TO THE MORE GRAPHIC STYLE I WANTED. THE STITCHING IS BOLD, AND REMINDS ME OF COLOUR BLOCKING, EMPHASISING MY MONOCHROME COLOUR PALETTE. CREATING DESIGNS SOLEY EMBROIDERY ALSO ADDS TO THIS, I LIKE HOW THE LIGHT REFLECTS FROM THE STITCHING, GIVING MY COLLECTION A MORE POLISHED FINISH.
LASER CUTTING
FROM USING THE LASER CUTTER IN MY PREVIOUS PRACTISE UNIT, I KNEW IT WOULD BE A GOOD PROCESS TO SHOWCASE THE INTRICATE ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS FOR THIS COLLECTION. THROUGH THIS I WAS ABLE TO CREATE DESIGNS QUICKLY, KNOWING WHAT WOULD WORK BEST. BY USING LEATHER APPEALS TO MY HIGH END MARKET, ALSO GIVING ME VARIATION TO PLAY WITH PLACEMENT ON A GARMENTS AND THE BODY, SOMETHING I WILL CONSIDER WHEN DESIGNING FLATS AND FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THIS COLLECTION.
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