fashion and textiles taster week evaluation 17/10/14

At the beginning of the week I was unclear in general on what Fashion & Textiles was actually all about. After looking through past students' work it became apparent that texture, appearance and cataloging garment ideas and concepts is vital.

When it came to the practical side of the week I was surprised how quickly my ideas came about in relation to the brief given. Doing research on designers such as Alexander McQueen and Yohji Yamamoto, I was interested in the shapes and geometric angles that can be involved in these pieces. After being given a concept image to work off of, I started to use different types of paper and transferred the colour scheme of the image onto said paper. This resulted in around 14 sheets to use on the final piece. 

                                         

After this I drew thumbnails of what I wanted the piece to look like, and stuck to a general 'triangular/geometric' looking  design. The outcome was fairly consistent in terms of my original thought process, and I was very pleased with the overall colours, the shape and how it look both on and off the body. 

Using simple black paper bags to construct the piece seemed daunting at first, however reconstructing the bags around my initial designs then made it clearer as to how I was able to limit there being too much black, but also making black a stand out focus colour, as in relation to my concept image.

Using leftover colour samples I then attempted to reacreate the overall shape of the piece using only the sheets of paper. This didn't prove as successful, however, I think it does show how the colours and shapes in both pieces compliment eachother.

Overall, while Fashion isn't necessarily and area in art and design that I aim to pursue, I was intrigued learning about the processes designers go through and then putting them into practice within my own work.