Week Four.

Week Four

 

This week in pattern cutting I have learnt a lot. We started off by cutting out our skirt blocks and labelling which part is what, for example darts, hip line, centre front/ back. I found this helpful as I have never heard these terms before, and didn’t know where they would go. We also went over to what these would mean if they were shortened down- C.F means Centre Front- this was useful as now it will be easier to make quick notes and decode what nots my tutor jots down on the board.

We also looked at different types of skirts and how to draw them in a pattern flat, I’m glad we got shown how to draw a fashion flat because now I know the level of detail which needs to be included. I learnt about which designs decisions we could add to our pencil skirt; where we place the seams, zip position, length, depth of waist band. I have been taking these into consideration when drawing and designing my fashion flat, for example I have added 2 inches in length into the original skirt block.

In Pattern Cutting we also made mini blocks to cut out onto pattern page, I found this helpful as it made me understand it more as I found it easier to navigate the pattern when I could see it all in front of me at a smaller scale unlike the full-scale size twelve pattern.

I also learnt how to how to cut a kick for the bottom hem, for example folding and cutting the pattern paper or using a pattern wheel to trace the line on the back of the paper so you know where to cut. We also got shown how to cut Mitre Corners to make a vent, this was good as I have chosen this for my pencil skirt.

In our second lesson of Pattern Cutting, we cut out our plackets and waist band. I learnt what a placket is and what it is used for comfort against the zip so it’s not up against your zip, also its good as it ensures the zip won’t get caught in your skin.

At home I drew more fashion flats so that I am more confident in how to draw and identify them. Doing this I learnt how to draw different clothes and not just skirts, this will be good for in the future when we more on from skirts.

We also learnt what a layplan is and how to place our pattern pieces so we get the most out of our fabric so we save money.

 

In textiles I learnt how to shadow draw, I really the way this turned out as it looked like I traced the flower, even if it was hard to keep the torch and flower still when holding it in the air for the other person to draw around the shadow.

           

 

 

I also continued mark making drawing a home.

We also learnt how to Gelli Print, this is when you roll out ink or acrylic evenly with a roller and then roll that onto the Gelli plate, after you put the leaves onto the Gelli plate over the ink and place your material over both- e.g. paper. When you peal this off the plate if takes the ink of the plate revealing and ink background with the outline and shape of the leaves bare. We also used the inky leaves to print onto the materials which left a print of just the leaves, once we took the leaves of, we also used remanence left on the Gelli Plate to print, this left a light background with also the details of leaves left over. I really like Gelli Printing as I got to learn a new technique and find a new way to print which related to my brief about Liberty.

In Computing we learnt how to use photoshop and how to add grids and guides which will be useful when using the rule of thirds. I’m glad we went over this is as even though I have used photoshop before I only have a basic idea of how to use it so this will help when I use it more in the future. We also learnt the rules of design which will help my designs be more developed and work together better.

In photography we continued in the Dark room making photograms.