progress...

i havebeen researching ALL DAY and finally thought of a concept idea to link with my theme; ruffles, fold, pleats and stitch... SHIRTS.

vivienne westwood was the main inspiration... god i love her. i'm so pleased to finally incorporate her influence into my final pieces. here are the main links in her collections;

ruffle detailing.

high neck lines.

her detailing is very particular. normally distorted triangles. i have practised this with origami.

ruffles and pleating detailing. like rosettes.

crazy pockets. placed in odd places. this shirt looks like it's been recycled due to the different tones of denim... perhaps it has!

the collars are arranged in different places. and i like that about vivienne westwood. she's so different and unique.

 

i'm a bit annoyed i'm still not making corsages. i love making corsages. waa waa.


i have to make four final pieces. i aim to make a number of 'collar' pieces. not an actual collar, but a mock up. also a ruffled collar of some sort, a pocket and possibly an accessory. like the rossettes.

http://www.viviennewestwood.co.uk/collections/red-label-spring-summer-2011/ you can see in this video, she uses alot of tailored clothes in her collections. so i'm focusing in onto the shirts and collars etc.

painting vs. oil pastel.

errr errr oil pastel. don't like you. go away or i'll cut you up.

 most of the oil pastel drawings i did, i cut up in the process of cutting my book up. but now i actually don't mind the drawings... so it worked out for the best.

design development.

our task today was to turn our visual research (drawings, painting, photos etc) into patterns. we had to create a number of 10cm square boxes to work into. creating as many different marks we could. the aim was basically to use our research in a creative way.
here are my very bad examples;

a few ways i can (kind of) jazz them up on the computer;

 

i quite like the scratchy effect the computer made. it makes them look old and adds texture.

drawing development.

 

norwich tracings.

i found an old book full of black and white photos of norwich. as i was looking at the shapes and forms a photo create i cut them up, and arranged them them into a clear photo album. then i could trace over the top, take the image out, insert another, and create interesting line drawings.