Final garment

Final piece

photoshoot

we took the photos in black and white because the garment is grey and the whole concept of the black and white photography looks better.

Thoughts

In the process of making the final garment the light grey lycia material and the darker grey cotton that we are using for the final piece contrasted well together, also the subtraction cutting brings these to shades of grey to stand out more. I found the screen printing technique useful and quiet easy to do and would like to use this technique in work to come.

Process of making

 Step by step

Step 1 -lay both materials on top of each other the lycia and the cotton, mark out the height and length, join up the lines and cut out. The length = 270 cm and the height is 120 cm

Step 2 - sew along 3 sides of the material leaving one side,turn inside out and press material

Step 3 - place material flat with lycia material facing upwards, place front and back patterns ontop,pin down and draw around with chalk then join up the bottom of the armholes to each other this is negative space this will be cut out. Before cutting negative space we screen printed the front a nude torso in black ink


Step 4 - once screen printing is dried Sew together the front and back sides up to the arm hole


Step 5 - place the circle patterns on the lycia material and cut each out. 4 circles


Step 6 - fold over 1 circle to the other and sew all the way around, do the same to the other one. This creates the tunnel

Step 7 - cut the lining out on lycia material and sew the lining together up each side to the arm hole and turn insdie out. Start sewing the lining into the bodice around the armholes, boat neckline at the front and the open back line. Then sew the shoulders together with the lining to. Which you pull the lining through the garment holding the shoulder,sew together,same with the other one,the end of the lining is sewn to the end of the garment.

Final designs

screen printing

Screen printing was a intesting technique to use in the garment and the end result came out the way we wanted it to, we was very pleased because it came out better than we thought it would

Initial design pages

I have produced 20 initial designs that have been inspired from my research, 

showing this with illustrations, and flats

Influenced

Influenced by the human body. The torso............
the torso looks more elegant in black and white because it shows a softer and has a better connection to what is going on if its a emotion image

body language

There are different ways to express your self with you saying a word. it could be a movement of your body, the body language you are giving out. sign language. touch, facial expressions. 

People express there self s through there body 

" Artist Peter Greenaway"

Thinking!!

Human body

The human body is shown in art, life drawing sculptures and fashion, they are shown in a elegant way which creats curves and lifeness to the drawings,

.....I'm bigger than my body gives me credit for.....

"  Kurt Hentschlager’s performance

he visual, audio, olfactory and tactile limits of the human perception telling us a story about the evolution"

Drape Design

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Ideas within concept pages

Concept pages

Developing My Research

........ Northface .......

Looking at there company of the material they use not the style of garments.There garments keep in all the insulating air trapped by inner layers of clothes, which otherwise gets blown away. Fabrics are made windproof by weaving them very tightly, so that the gaps between the threads are too small for air to pass through at speed.

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Concept

After looking at my artists and fashion designers that their work is inspired by communication, i am going research in more detail the two chosen ideas i have decided to develop on which are movement and light. Within movement i am more looking into the element wind because it can blow in any direction which has no limits and also the different ways the body can move in to the simplest to the most awkward position this can relate together with the wind as it can be the element blowing the body into a position. The light i am going to go into the light casting shadows, mainly looking at a silhouette shapes that are made because of the light. This will link in with what shape the design of the garment will be and also when photographing ill make sure it has a interesting silhouette shape.

Interests

What i find interesting is the different ways a garment can move and when it has moved the lines and shapes it creates, also the part of the garment that is moving like is it extra material added on or is it the bottom half because it can create any shape when it is moving and goes in the direction it is blowing into.

also another one i find interesting is the use of light casting shadows, and the contrast that is used example, having a dark silhouette because of the lights position.

Subtraction Cutting

I found this technique of cutting really good it made me think more about how patterns can be done in different ways, it was interesting how it all came together as it was made from two pieces of fabric and four circles, two top pieces and lining pieces.

...........Japanese fashion cutting.....