Week Nine.

Blog Week Nine.

 

In pattern cutting this week, we started by making poppies for Remembrance Day. We did this by gather fabric to create a circle shape and adding a black button. When cutting out our patterns for this, we thought about how to cut them out to be more sustainable and cost effective. I liked doing this as it made me think about how I can successfully conserve fabric when cutting out, this will also help when we complete group projects so we as a group can place patterns in a way that wastes less fabric.

 

We also learnt about different types of pleats; knife, inverted box and box pleats. I also learnt about yokes and where to find them. I found being taught how to construct these techniques helpful as I have never constructed them before. I found making these into a pattern complicated, but once I thought it through and thought about the shapes of what I was trying to make I was able to make a successful pattern.

This week we made designs for our liberty skirt which mine is inspired by plants. We started by creating a mood board, which I include my own photos to show what I wanted to make out of reflection of what skills we had already learnt and how I can develop them. I wasn't happy with my first mood board as I feel it dint work well together as the images where far apart and didn't link too well.

 

For my designs I focused on designing gored skirts with godets, this is because I feel like this is a smart looking skirt which I feel link s to the liberty clientele. When designing I made sure to experiment with the lengths of my skirt and godet, the number of panels, and adding pleats. This was because I wanted to make sure I was sure of which skirt I wanted to make by experimenting with small design changes.

In photography this week, we learnt about lighting and how to use positioning to create darker and lighter photographs which reveal more or less of our models. I think this was great to learn how to do because the way you position your model you can enhance the model and make the lightning just on them. This could make the only think you see be the model and your garment making the focus just be on that.

 

In textiles this week, we created patterns with dye and varnish. I liked creating my designs as I like creating multiple layers and seeing how the colours interacted with each other. I liked how the varnish blocks out colours so they stay the original colour because it means you can clearly see the contrasting colours I created. I focused on created marks that looked like you would see on insects. I also tried to replicate their shapes. I think this worked well as my designs are inspired by drawings I have previously created.

 

We also experimented with using better quality cartridge paper to see if that made a different result. I preferred the higher quality paper as less ink was absorbed making the page dry quicker and feel stronger which will be useful for when I want to develop my designs, e.g. free machine embroidery.  When completing this I also created a few designs inspired by fruit for my fabric designs. I think this worked well as it made me able to start thinking about colours and shapes I want to include in my designs.

I also experimented with ink and bleach to create patterns and I like how this turned out because of the sharp lines created by the fountain pen and how using more or less bleach varies the colours on your page. I will repeat this digitally developing my skills from CAD.

In CAD, I learnt an alternative way to create repeated patterns, I like this method of making your pattern a swatch because it means that you can quickly replicate your designs. It also means you can make your pattern into any shape and then repeat that.

 

In stretch this week I further researched the history of ‘The Winters Tale’ and completed my mood boards. I am enjoying this stretch project as it is challenging me to think about design aspects which are needed to allow the dancer to move freely. I enjoyed making my costume designs for my three chosen characters as I made sure each dress has a different style.