Monday Black and White Sculpture Project.

Had our last day on this project yesterday and finished the part of my dress off and talked a bit about it. Everyones pieces were really good and different and liked seeing what people came up with. Im not really sure what inspired me to be honest - a bit of everything and each designer i looked at i loved. Maybe a bit of Bridget Riley..? I think it'll help me have a bit of an idea what to expect for our next project.. which i'm looking forward to be going to London to find fabrics for next week :) This is my favourite part of the course.. designing and making :)

'Communicating Visions in Black and White'.. sculpture

Yesterday we looked at different types of sculpture/ sculptured inspired.. objects/ buildings/ clothing..etc. I really enjoyed yesterday as it was a chance to design and make what i wanted to based on research and what i was inspired by. I looked at Issey Mikaye's work and his use of shapes, colour, folds and pleats which seemed rather.. sculpturesque! We had to use just white and black.. and use them to their advantage as they are contrasting and striking against each other. I chose to use paper as its looks effective when you fold it and stands straight, I personally find it more sculptural than the material. I made part of a dress which at the top had small squares stuck on and as t got lower the squares got bigger. The squares at the top also started off white, gradually adding black until fully black squares at the bottom. I wanted the squares to flick up at the tops and not be suck down so it looked more effective. I also folded a straight line down the card/paper on the corner so it looked more sculptured and futuristic. I don't think its worked as well as i'd of hoped as the white squares don't show up well against each other but on the other hand it may be because it's just quarter of a dress..! I may make more on monday when we have time to finish it and hopefully will look better. We also have to do a presentation on it which i'm a bit nervous about because i'm sooo so so rubbish at that kind of thing.. ooh and i also enjoyed looking at what other people had made..everyones was so different but really interesting and everyones looked really good :)

Week 2..

During week 2 we made mood boards in class and on photoshop afterwards. I enjoyed choosing colours and pictures and organising where they went on my military mood board. I thought it was ok but could have been better and i could make it better by being more prepared and having more materials to decorate it. I liked doing the photoshop mood board aswell but i need to learn and get the hang of how to use all the techniques so i can use them properly!

We used illustrator on Weds.. I wasn't that great at it! I get muddled up between that and photoshop.. but guess i just have to get used to that too.

On Thursday we made bodices out of calico and used them to make paper patterns.. we ran out of time at the end of the day so was in a mad rush to get it done which made me go wrong.. I just have to finish it in my own time now so I found it a bit frustrating as im not totally sure what im doing yet but the booklet helped a bit.. just not totally done with it..

However i liked learning the proper way to put it all together and make it the professional way. I really like the design side of fashion and decoration.. so when it comes to the construction and putting things actually together i tend to.. rush/ not do it properly and things end up kinda breaking! So think its good for me to learn the importance of it and learning how to make sure it doesss NOT fall apart. ha.

F-F-F-Fresherssss..er...flu

Okayy.. so this week was the first proper week at uni.. although it feels like I’ve already been here months! We looked at our groups Holiday Projects on Monday.. I was worried about mine being on show as its quite personal.. and I didn’t exactly love it.. But it was ok in the end. Although I haven’t heard my feedback yet.. eek. It was cool to see how everyone works and how different some were to others.. Some were really good!
My favourite part so far has been last week when we watched the catwalk video where we saw what the people last year made in their collections. They were so good and that’s what I’m excited about doing.. I cant WAIT to be doing my own collection!.. yet at the moment kind of feels like I’m looking up at a MOUNTAIN of work.. and can feel quite stressful at times..
We had our first day of construction work today.. it was quite full on.. long day and very fast moving.. you defiantly have to keep up or you'll get left behind! I was feeling pretty ill too so found it a bit hard..FLU! I like actually doing proper work now though as last week we didn’t do much n feels like stuffs actually rolling now. I need to practise on the overlocker.. I was actually rubbish on some of my pieces! So wonky.. but I think I might blame that on me being ill ha. Makes me feel a little less hopeless! Definatly need to redo some of them..!