I love my camera and random drawings...
From old to new
little mini project from class the other day litrally took apart an old army style jupmsuit and pleated skirt (both very cheap from charity shops) And had a play about in class draping in the stand. Love doing this, working on the stand with old clothes to make newer exciting outfits! :) happy days
The original two garments (pics from phone so not high quality)
Work in progress
The finished garment
I almost forgot how fun it is to get clothes out of charity shops or your own wardrobe and re-work them into new idea. must do this more often!
My harem style trousers, made from the softest jersy and silk ever. Oh how I wish they fitted me and not the models! but I will make myself some too, They look a bit odd on the hanger but they fit my housemate so niccely an hang of the body great. If I made them again tho i think im going to make the pockets extra big.
Bits of my last project...
A few pages from my sketchbook
Fabric Research
One of my design boards
Technical Drawings
Illustrations
my outcome for this project was very sports orientated. I feel this s a direction that I do not wish to continue at this point n my studies. Although I'm sure my designs will always have reference to this, it seems I am always influenced but what I have done in my last projects as I am by the world around me.
Who am I?
When a tutorial goes really bad the first few days I am distraught. I finish with my boyfriend. I cry a lot. I question everything. And then slowly I think wait a minute my tutors are doing this to make me stronger, they are not just 'being mean'. I come round to the idea that perhaps I could actually learn from this. Perhaps I need to re-asses what I'm doing and focus.
This year is already going so quickly, and I feel so lost and left behind after being out of it for some time. But I am not going to let it hold me back. It seems my 'not so good' tutorial is probably having the effect they wanted. I have decided not to hold back this year, to take a risk. My best work is always when I push myself to do creative new ideas. Fashion is defiantly what I want to do, I have no doubt in my mind. It effects my emotions on a day-to-day basis from those amazing moments where I am struck for words with excitement for the future, to those days where i question myself. But these times can only make me a stronger person.
Prove them wrong, I am who I am.
For ali
I keep promising to make my sister something, so I am making her a mini collection. I love her a lot, she is pretty important in my life, in fact I couldn't really imagine life without her. The designs follow on from my last collection, some of the designs are similar of things that I decided against making but would still like to make now. The fabrics are mainly stretch and I haven't completely decided on colour ways yet but I intend to use up some of the fabric that I seem to have collected under my bed. I am a Major hoarder of all things. I have started with the dress in the middle it is currently pinned to my mannequin looking a bi sorry for itself though as my over locker has broken and been taken to the lovely people that I STILL haven't heard back form to get fixed.
I will keep you updated on my progress and uploads some piccys as i make them. I am quite excited.
Crazy fridge
WoW! AMAZING such a cool fridge, eating all the rubbish that it was sat next to! just had to take a photo. Inspiration sometimes comes from odd place doesn't it? I think I spend a lot of my time looking around me, maybe us arty folk are more observant of such things. I found this particular fridge just around the corner from my new hose in bournemouth It reminds me almost of something that Banksy would do. Take something pretty ordinary (in this case a thrown out fridge) and make it into something more. note to self: take notice of everything, you can find exciting things in the most unexpected of places.
Doodely doooo
I scribble doodle, draw anywhere, everywhere and on anything I love it! i cant help it, its like some kind of disease. not that I'm complaining as some of my best ideas designs and thoughts come out of me this way. I think its because I'm a complete day dreamer! anyway so here are a few from m most recent to ones I have done a while back now...
Reflection
The start of a new accademic year and i'm increadibily excited about the year ahead. The last year has been a bot of a struggle but i think i am back on track and ready to take on anything! positive thinking for me! After missing out on a lot of lessons last year i was happy to still get a 2.1 average for my projects. i think i can improve on this though, but i must concentrate on my portfolio. my last project i enjoyed so much but i think i need to re-define my direction i think that i have concentrated too much into sportswear and have been more interested in ladieswear straight fashion recently, although i am always going to have that edge to my work. I must remember not to get stressed this year, and have fun, if im happy it will show through my creativity i always seem to work better when i am a happy person.
i think im going to concentrate on my pattern cutting and design. i am still motivated by the process form design to finished product, Love seeing my designs realised
Insperational Michael Van Der Ham
a/w 09 collection.
I know this was shown a while ago but i keep being drawn back to it as inspiration. It seems to stand out to me and inspires me to get my creative mind working on my final collection. a little early perhaps but it would do no harm just to think about it. I am inspired by the way he has patch worked the fabrics from the different decades together. Love love love
his pattern cutting, its so intricate and it just amazes me, I thin
k he will be one to watch for the future.
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