Monday Life Drawing Today I had my first ever life drawing session, having never done it before I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but I found it quite interesting after I had got past the part of drawing a naked person. I am looking forward to my next session as I know that the more I get to do the better I will be. Tuesday Sketchbook workshop In this workshop we had to print off images from our deconstruction and print about 5 of each image, we then cut out the shapes we had formed, the task was to look at the different places you could put the shapes to create different designs, I found this a really good technique as it shows a development in ideas and helps you picture different ideas. Technical session in today’s technical session we were focusing on zips, we completed two samples, an exposed zip and an invisible zip, I have done invisible zips before but I had never sewn an exposed zip so it was interesting to learn how, it is quite fiddly to make sure that it is equally in the middle with the same amount of the tape on each side Wednesday Todays task was to define the word 'Contemporary', when completing this task, it made me think a lot about what the word means to me, I decided to go down the route of sustainability as that is how a lot of companies and designers are going, trying to use fabrics that are good for the environment, but it isn't just fashion that is changing, architecture is changing as well and at a much faster rate which I found interesting. Thursday Sketchbook Workshop Today was an extension on from Tuesdays sketchbook workshop, I can really see designs coming a long after completing this process, and I am going to work on the mannequin next to see how I can go about making the shapes I have designed. Pattern Cutting Technical Session For our pattern cutting we were working on dart manipulation again but looking at the ways in which you can remove one dart and add it into another. after we had done that we moved onto adding volume into a sleeve, I found the splitting and spreading method easy as this is the way that I have always been taught, but we also learnt the pivoting method, I found this quite difficult as I felt like I didn't have enough hands but I know that with more practice I will find it easier, and I want this to be the method that I use as it uses less paper. Friday
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Monday Drawing I found today quite challenging as I am not the best at drawing especially drawing quick sketches which was today's task. I am going to go away and practice though as I know that I am not going to be Picasso overnight. Tuesday Today we had a workshop on how to use Photoshop, I found this interesting as I have always struggled with using it, I had never had a proper induction to it I have always had to teach my self so to have a session where we went over the basics as well as some of the more complicated tasks was really helpful. Wednesday We had our first lecture today, we were learning all about the history of fashion. We then had to go off in groups and do extra research on a selection of topics and say how they linked. After we had done this we came back to the room and presented our findings, we stuck all our pictures on the wall and turned it into a big timeline, this made it very clear what styles had come around and in which era. Thursday Today I was working on my mannequin, I have found myself with a clearer understanding of the way that I want to take this unit, I have decided to look into the Victorian era. We also had our first pattern cutting technical session, I love pattern cutting so I really enjoyed this, we were going over dart manipulation and it was very helpful to have a session where I could refresh my mind. Friday We had our first crit of this unit today, I felt okay about it to start with but found that I really struggled to talk about my ideas, so I am going to work a lot on this and work on my sketchbook so that it shows more of my development and experimentation. I also decided to work on my mannequin so that I could produce more developments. As part of my course we have to complete a reflective journal and I have decided to do mine as a blog so that I can look back at my weeks and see how I felt about what I was doing that week, I will use it to keep track of my time and look back at how I am finding my course. I am very excited to see how my reflection changes throughout my time at university. I will be posting my reflections every Friday/ Saturday.
Monday Today we received the briefing for our first unit. The brief consists of three parts: Part 1- Visual Research- Outcomes:
I am excited to start this as it is something very different to what I have done before. To start this unit, we are going to be given 18 charity shop items to deconstruct and reconstruct into something else. Tuesday This morning we got our inductions to all the equipment in the studio. We also had our first crit, I was so scared for this as it was the first time presenting my own work to my new classmates and I was scared for what they would think of my work and the way that I went about completing the summer project. For the Summer Project we had to produce a sketchbook full of research as well as the designs for a 6-outfit capsule collection, I really enjoyed this project as I got to be as free as I liked with it and just go for it. I decided to do a bridal collection inspired by an English garden. I was proud of the work that I had produced I was just very nervous. However once we had started I wasn't as nervous and I began to enjoy it, it was really interesting to see what everyone else had done and how they had gone about completing the task. Wednesday This morning was spent looking through examples of how last year’s first years had gone about completing this unit, I found this very helpful as I got to see lots of different ways to go about completing a sketchbook and technical files. Thursday we had our first technical session today where we were making samples for our technical files. The samples were an open seam, a French seam, piping and binding. I really enjoyed this session as we were using the machines and learning things that I had never done before. I had never sewn a French seam before, so completing one for the first time felt like a really good achievement, I struggled a bit with the binding but that was just because it was a bit fiddly but overall it felt like a really good and productive session. We also got to choose our charity shop items which we then began to deconstruct, at the moment, I am not quite sure which direction that I am going to take this but I know that the more experimentation I do the clearer my direction will become. |
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