Just An Update

ive bin at home wrking on my collection . Its going on need to go to the pleaters to get my bfabrics pleated and i also need to re -draft on of my patterns cuz it seem that i didnt pick it up on friday or either i have lost it . will add pics lata

Thoughts.......

Mmmh haven't really been on i awhile ........been quite stressed try to get my toile finish for the photoshoot. Mt first attemps were terrible the pleating wouldnt hold and it truly pissed me off to the point where I wanted to just throw it in the bin. But try to stay positive i re-worked with my pattern to find another way to use my pleating. My toile looks ok I'm happy I got it done I think in my final fabrics it would look alot better. Im using leatherette , blackout lining and refelective strips. If i buy my leatherette tomorrow I can make two of my skirts which i know i can do :) .

Flats

These are the flats i have done on adobe illusatrator of my collection. I think they have turned out quite good , my skills on using illustrator are improving as i progress with using the program :)

Fabrics II

Today ive spent alot of time going to fabric shop looking for white fabrics :

Blackout linen
chiffon
georgettre
satin back dupion
microfibre
satin based panama
cotton drill
leatherette
panama
knitted nylon & cotton satin stretch

Theses are all the fabrics i have looked at questioned weather to use in my collection some were fabrics i used just purely to sample with , to see how i work with white.
I was unsure of what fabrics to use i really liked the blackout fabric , thats became my favourite.
Speaking with lorna she help me to decide which fabrics are best for my collection- cotton drill , blackout
Ive also with the link that emily posted been able to find a couple of manufacturers on the UK which stock scotchlite
www.williamsmith.co.uk/index.cfm
www.spandex.com/uk/
and emailed them about 3m the reflective fabric which they have replied sending me there price books.

Collection + Flats

Just finish re-drawing out my final collection , i have start to work out my flat for them there not offically finish i need to put more detail on them which i will finish tomorrow. Im sleepy it time for bed lool x

Add pictures in the morning cant find my lead lool

Template

Mmmmh I've been try to create sum templates I dont particular like them but oh well its apart of the progression lool . Im gna bring one of my magazines in tomorrow so that I photocopy some of the images out of in order to re-start again with this template thing, cause i know im not about to cut up my magazine espically how im trying to collect each issue :)

FMP Songs 2

Tiga - Move Body (Boys Noize Remix)

FMP Songs 1

Boys Noize Oh! ( A-Trak remix)

Coventry Transport Museum

Today I visted coventry's transport museum with my nephew. I was amazed to see all the different types of vechicle from cars, buses , bicycles etc. I werent able to do alot of drawings buti was able to take pictures of the different types of transport. I will upload the pictures lata .

Mmmmh is questioning what to name my collection. Any ideas ?

Fabrics

Following the talks from our crit on thursdays im going to see how it goes with doing an all white collection.

To day I went to get some fabrics :

• Leatherette
• Chiffon
• Panama
• Knitted Nylon & Cotton Satin Stretch

I wanna have a mix of light weight and medium weight fabrics. I also been looking online for perspex and reflectivce fabrics.

I have sent emails to a few compaines and are awaiting reply . There was one place I found were I could buy a roll of reflective tape for 0.50 put the posting n packaging on that was an ridiculous price for something that so cheap. And i ent paying that price for one little thing. KMT.

Tomorrow in my lessons going to BANG out loads of samples - take some fabric to tamekas pleater to get pleated and maybe start my pattern cutting, i would of went to college and done my sampling today but I ent really feel to good :(

Escher

Escher is a dutch graphic artist. He is known for his mathmatical inspired lithographs, woodcuts and mezzotins.They feature construction of architecture and tessellations.


Tessellation - is when something is repeated over and over again without any gaps or overlaps.


If I had luked at escher's work earlier on before I did my codatrace for my print i would of been inspired to use his methods of tessellation to create my print.Looking at the equations that are behind how a certain image is mapped out for a print. I find escher work inspiring an maybe if I have a chance if possible I could use my screen that I have and block out certain areas to recreate a tessellation print.

Pleating

Pleating is a type of folding- doubling fabric back on itself and securing it in place.It can be used in clothing and upholstery to gather fabric to a narrow circumference.

Types of Pleats:

• box pleat
• accordion pleat
• fluted pleat
• fortuny pleat
• cartridge pleat
• honeycomb pleat
• rolled pleat
• organ pleat
• plisse pleat
• watteau pleat
• knife pleat

Gareth Pugh

SPRING 2009 RTW

FALL 2008 RTW

Mmmh All white

Today we were doing group crits in which i talked about my progression with my sketchbook and where i plan to take it , aswell as getting feedback on other things i should look at .Here is the list of notes emily wrote down whiloe talking . I also have a photo of the white board where other notes where made.

Jorney to and from town
repitition of the journey
escher -repitition of prints
samples
pleats please- issey miyake
gareth pugh a/w 2010
lots of prints
what do people say? - use their words to inspire print
white leather
reflective fabrics maybe on colour

From this i know i werent exactly happy with the colour scheme i picked and was finding it hard to find a certain colour scheme which would connect with my journey , so there is a thought of doing an all white collection which i like but i just dnt trust myself with wwhite fabric loool . So tonight im fabrics sourcing white fabrics and reflective fabrics as well as going into more detail of pleationg - looking at different types of pleats. As i progress with my research tonight i will update my blog.

:(

Okay so ive been desinging but im not exactly happy with what i've designed everyhting looks seperate , it does look like a full collection. Maybe i need to combined all these different elements in order to get this contemporary collection that i want. After cal's lesson im goin to spend 1hr re-working my desings . So that i come up with my final 4 , which i then can begin to pattern cut.

Furniture

Designs

This weekend I plan to do all of my designing so that when I am at college in monday i can pick my final for garments and begin patternm cutting them.No distractions need to stay on top of my work , the fashion show is what lesson den 5 weeks asay . :)

12 Inches Taller

Romanian "shoe architect" Mihai Albu latest creation , heels will help increase the wearer's height by 12 inches.They cost up to £1000 and are made up of leather , peacock feathers, jewels and mirrors.WOW im not sure i could walk in them let alone stand in them.

Sketchbook

I feel quite goood today , last nite i stayed up really late and re-did my sketchbook becuase i felt that it was all jumbled up a nothing was flowing right. I also felt that my pages were begin to become over croweded with things. So i re-did it i now i know where im going and what i need to. Im going to try and start designing but i will mainly be designing ove the weekend. Continue samples with fabrics and i need to go to the bus musuem as well as go back to the library to do some more research on artist who use repetitive print.

Right now im gone need to have a little nap then when i wake up refreshed i will get on with looking at artist who use print as well as taking snapshots from my video clips.

Also while i was on the bus coming home today i tried to note down things people were saying little pieces of there convosations as well as doing a voice recording on my bus . Just another form of document my route.

Little Comment

Mmmmh today I done some work but i know tomorrow in lesson I need to bang out alot of samples cause by the end of the week hopefully I should have started designing.I alot need to visit this bus exhibition in cov either on thursday.I need to need to all so go and get some more fabrics etc.

Colour Scheme

This weekend I haven't been out much , been doing my hair & stuff but today I decided that I was going to go town to look at some fabrics. However its a bank holidays so certain shops werent open or closed early. Aww mayn going to have to go and look tomorrow instead.

Cedric Rivrain

Laura Laine

Sandra Suy