FINALISED DIGITAL PRINT COLLECTION 1

THROUGH VAST REFINEMENT THIS IS MY FINALISED PRINT COLLECTION 1. THE COLLECTION REFLECTS MY THEME OF ABSTRACT STRUCTURES, TAKING BOTH MY DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS AND COMBINING THEM TOGETHER, TAKING RANDOM SECTIONS OF EACH TO CREATE VIBRANT, BOLD ABSTRACT DESIGNS. USING BOTH PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTENT AND DRAWINGS ALLOWED ME TO CREATE CONTRASTING DEPTHS IN MY DESIGNS, WITH UNIQUE TEXTURES AND TONES FROM MY DRAWINGS ALONGSIDE THE POWERFUL STRONG COLOURS AND SHAPES FROM MY PHOTOGRAPHS. I FEEL THE MIXTURE OF MORE MINIMAL PRINTS TO THE MORE CHAOTIC PRINTS CREATES VARIETY AND FLUIDITY WITHIN THE COLLECTION. THE SELECTION PROCESS WAS TIME CONSUMING BUT NEEDED, AS I FEEL IT HAS ALLOWED ME TO PICK DESIGNS WHICH BEST REFLECT MY THEME AND ALSO MY TARGET AUDIENCE/MARKET. I CHOSE TO PRINT ON TO THE FABRIC SINGLE GEORGETTE, AS IT IT A NATURALLY LIGHT WEIGHT FABRIC, EMPHASISING THE FLUIDITY OF MY COLLECTION. KNOWING WHAT WEIGHT FABRIC WAS NEEDED, AGAIN WAS THROUGH EARLY ON RESEARCH IN TO MY SPECIFIC MARKET.  

BY CREATING FLATS AND FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS HAS ALLOWED ME TO VISION MY COLLECTION WITH A MORE FOCUSED CONTEXT AND MARKET. BY RESEARCHING IN TO MY MARKET EARLY ON, LOOKING INTO STORES/BRANDS SUCH AS ZARA AND WHISTLES ALLOWED ME TO CREATE PARTICULAR GARMENT SHAPES AND STYLES WHICH REFLECT MY MARKET/AUDIENCE OF THE HIGHER-END OF THE HIGHSTREET, GIVING MY DESIGNS AN EXTERNAL FOCUS. MY FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS HAVE ENABLED ME TO PLAY WITH THE IDEA OF PLACEMENT PRINTS, AND THE POSITIONING OF MY DESIGNS. EARLY RESEARCH ON PRINT DESIGNERS SUCH AS PETER PILOTTO AND CLOVER CANYON ALSO HELPED INSPIRE THE PLACEMENT OF MY PRINTS ON GARMENTS/BODY, ENABLING MYSELF TO DESIGN ILLUSTRATIONS TO PORTRAY MY IDEAS AND VISIONS CLEARLY.

  

DESIGN INSPIRATION // MARKET RESEARCH // COLLECTION 1

MY FIRST COLLECTION WILL BE SOLEY DIGITALLY PRINTED FASHION FABRICS, I WANT MY DESIGNS TO BE UP MARKET BUT AT THE SAME TIME AFFORDABLE. THEREFORE I HAVE TAKEN PRINT INSPIRATION FROM DESIGNERS SUCH AS PETER PILOTTO, KENZO, MARY KATRANTZOU AND CLOVER CANYON TO ENABLE MY DESIGNS HAVE SIMILAR STYLES AND PROCESSES, GIVING THEM A MORE HIGH END EDGE. HOWEVER TO KEEP THEM AFFORDABLE AT THE HIGHER END OF THE HIGHSTREET I HAVE RESEARCHED BRANDS/DESIGNERS SUCH AS ZARA, WHISTLES, FRENCH CONNECTION AND REISS WHO ALSO USE PLACEMENT PRINTS AND ALSO USE SIMILAR FABRICS AND GARMENT SHAPES I WOULD PRINT MY DESIGNS ON TO. 

RESEARCHING DESIGNERS SUCH AS CLOVER CANYON//PETER PILOTTO HAS INSPIRED ME TO CREATE PLACEMENT PRINTS, EXPLORING HOW A DESIGN CAN BE SUITED TO A PARTICULAR PART OF THE GARMENT/BODY AND NOT JUST AN ALL OVER PRINT. THE IDEA OF USING ENGINEERED CONTRASTING PLACEMENT PRINTS TOGETHER ON A GARMENT ALSO APPEALS TO ME, THEREFORE I AIM TO EXPLORE MY COLOUR PALETTE THROUGH MY DESIGNS.

BY RESEARCHING BRANDS/STORES SUCH AS ZARA AND REISS ALLOWED ME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT STYLE OF GARMENTS MY PRINTS WOULD WORK ON. I PREFER THE SIMPLE, OVERSIZED SILHOUETTES THESE BRANDS TEND TO SELL, ALSO THROUGH IDENTIFYING MY PREFERRED STYLE OF GARMENTS ALSO ALLOWS ME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF FABRICS I WOULD EVENTUALLY PRINT MY COLLECTION ON TO. THEREFORE I NEED TO THINK ABOUT USING LIGHT WEIGHT FABRICS WHICH CAN CREATE NATURAL DRAPES AND FOLDS.  

VISUAL RESEARCH // ABSTRACT DRAWINGS

TO DEVELOP MY DESIGNS FROM THE PRACTICE UNIT I BROADENED MY VISUAL RESEARCH OF STRUCTURAL SHAPES, TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF FLORALS AT UNUSAL ANGLES TO GIVE MYSELF MORE INTERESTING SHAPES TO WORK WITH. BY PHOTOGRAPHING THEM IN THIS WAY ALSO REFLECTS AND FURTHER EXPLORES MY THEME 'ABSTRACT', THEREFORE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS OF FLORALS WOULD BE DIFFERENT TO THE USUAL CONVENTIONAL EVERYDAY FLORAL IMAGERY WE SEE ALOT. ALSO USING FLORALS HAS OPENED UP MY COLOUR PALETTE TO BE MORE BOLD AND VIBRANT GIVING ME MUCH MORE VARIETY.BY MAKING MY DESIGNS ABSTRACT ALLOWS THEM TO BE SEASON-LESS, THEREFORE I AIM TO CREATE MY COLLECTIONS FOR AW/SS 2016.

TO FURTHER DEVELOP AND REFLECT MY CONCEPT OF 'ABSTRACT STRUCTURES' I CREATED A3 DRAWINGS TAKING SECTIONS FROM MY FLORAL PHOTOGRAPHS FOCUSING ON PARTICULAR SHAPES AND COLOUR WITHIN THEM, CREATING UNUSAL AND INTERESTING IMAGERY THAT CONTRADICTS USUAL FLORAL DESIGNS. EACH DRAWING IS UNIQUE AND UNKNOWN FROM ANOTHER, ENABLING ME TO GO ON AND CREATE A COLLECTION OF PRINTS WITH DEPTH AND VARIETY. USING A COMBINATION OF WATER COLOUR, INKS AND PASTELS ALLOWED MY DRAWINGS TO HAVE A RANGE OF TEXTURES AND TONES WHICH I NOW CAN EDIT AND USE WHEN MAKING MY PRINT COLLECTIONS, WHICH I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CREATE THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS AND DIGITAL PROCESSES ALONE.  

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. 

TEST LOOK BOOK SHOOT

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A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM MY FRIST TEST SHOOT FOR MY LOOK BOOK IN UNIT X. I COLLABORATED WITH MY FRIEND RUBY ROBINSON WHO DOES PHOTOGRAPHY, ALLOWING EXPERIENCE TO WORK WITH SOME ONE FROM ANOTHER ART COURSE, ENABLING ME TO BENEFIT SKILLS FROM SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DOING. I REALLY LIKE THE IMAGES ESPECIALLY THE TOP ONE AS IT LOOKS PROFESSIONAL AND COULD IMAGINE IT IN AN EDITORIAL SHOOT IN A FASHION MAGAZINE. I LIKE THE COMBINATION ON BLACK AND WHITE IMAGES ALONGSIDE MY BRIGHT PRINTS AS I FEEL IT GIVES A NICE CONTRAST. 

IN UNIT X I WILL DO MULTIPLE TEST SHOOTS WHICH WILL ENABLE ME TO PRESENT MY WORK FULLY IN MY OWN WAY THROUGH STYLING, LAYOUTS ETC.