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.

PRESENTATION WEEK

THIS WEEK INSTEAD OF A TUTORIAL WE HAD A PRESENTATION OF OUR WORK SO FAR. I FELT IT WENT OKAY AND BY CREATING THE PRESENTATION ALLOWED ME TO SEE WHERE MY WORK WAS AND WHERE IT WAS DEVELOPING TO. I'M QUITE A NERVOUS SPEAKER SO IT WAS DAUNTING TALKING IN FRONT OF A CLASS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT GAVE ME PRACTICE IF I EVER HAD TO DO THIS IN THE FUTURE. 

IN MY FEEDBACK I GOT TOLD HOW THEY LIKED MY IDEAS OF MANIPULATING MATERIALS AND FABRICS TO CREATE MORE 3D WORK. I ALSO WAS TOLD I SHOULD MAYBE HAVE MORE SAMPLING TO GO ALONGSIDE MY RESEARCH. THIS HAS MADE ME THINK ABOUT MY OUTCOMES AND HOW I NEED TO START DEVELOPING MY PRINT COLLECTIONS MORE PROMPTLY AND ONLY CARRY ON WITH PROCESSES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO MY WORK AND WITH BENFIT IT. THEREFORE I FEEL THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL AS I AM NOW MORE FOCUSED TO DEVELOP IDEAS AND CREATE SOME INTERESTING OUTCOMES.   

PRINCESS PLEATING

AFTER WANTING TO EXPERIMENT WITH PLEATING I GOT AN INDUCTION ON THE PRINCESS PLEATER, ALLOWING ME TO CREATING KNEAT FOLDS AND PLEATS WITHIN FABRIC. I REALLY ENJOYED LEARNING THIS PROCESS AS I FEEL IT COULD REALLY DEVELOP MY WORK AND COMBINE TEXTURE AS WELL AS LINE QUALITIES. THEREFORE I DIGITALLY PRINTED SOME FABRIC TO SEE THE RESULTS. 

I LIKE THE TEXTURES IT HAS CREATED, AND THE MOVEMENT AND FLOW OF THE FABRIC. HOWEVER I FEEL ASIF I AM NOT ABLE TO REALLY DEVELOP THIS PROCESS MUCH FURTHER. IT CREATES STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS I WANT BUT YOU ARE LIMITED TO SIZE AND FABRICS, THEREFORE I FEEL AS IF I AM GOING TO LEAVE THIS PROCESS AND FOCUS ON OTHER AREAS IN MY WORK. 

CHANGING STRUCTURES

AS MY CONCEPT IS ABSTRACT STRUCTURES, MY THOUGHTS WENT TO HOW CAN I MAKE A STRUCTURE ABSTRACT. I PREVIOUSLY LOOKED AT MANIPULATING MATERIALS JUST AS THE CUTAWAY, BUT HOW COULD I EXPERIMENT IN OTHER WAYS. THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW I COULD CHANGE A STRUCTURE. LEADING ME TO FREEZING WATER; TURNING IT TO ICE, THEN I BREAKING IT UP. LEAVING FRAGMENTS OF ICE AND SHARP EDGED LINES. I THEN DROPPED INK IN TO THESE AND PHOTOGRAPHED THEM. 

THE PHOTOGRAPHS PORTRAY REALLY INTERESTING TONES ASIF THEY ARE ALMOST LUMINOUS AND GLOWING. THE REFLECTIVE LIGHT REALLY ADDS TO THE VISUAL, AND I LIKE HOW THE DIFFERENT SHAPED FRAGMENTS ALL CONJOIN IN TO ONE, RE-CONSTRUCTING IN TO A NEW SHAPE.I FEEL ASIF THESE COULD BE PRINTS IN THEMSELVES, HOWEVER I REALLY WANT TO EDIT AND MANIPULATE THESE IMAGES AGAIN AS I FEEL THEY WOULD CREATE REALLY ABSTRACT, GRAPHIC DIGITAL PRINTS.   

3D

FENDI SPRING 2015

I SEEN FENDI WERE USING LASER CUT TECHNIQUES FOR THEIR SPRING COLLECTION, YOU CAN SEE THE 3D CUTAWAY ELEMENTS IMMEDIATELY GIVE THE GARMENT SOMETHING EXTRA. I LOVE HOW THE FLOWERS LOOK LIKE THEIR COMING OFF THE DRESS, ADDS TEXTURE AND EMBELLISHMENT TO THE GARMENT.YOU CAN SEE THE FABRIC USED IS THICK, THEREFORE TO ACHIEVE THIS I MUST USE THESE SORT OF FABRIC OR MY DESIGNS WILL NOT LOOK 3D.

NOA RAVIV

I FOUND THIS DESIGNER NOA RAVIV WHO ALSO USES 3D TO CREATE ARCHITECTURAL/STRUCTURAL SHAPES. HER DESIGNS ARE VERY CONTEMPORARY AND FASHION FORWARD. SHE USES LINE TO CREATE STRUCTURE AND MOVEMENT WITHIN HER DESIGNS, AND USES MINIMAL COLOURS, SOMETHING I WANT TO KEEP WITHIN MY LINEAR WORK.