HERE'S ONE I MADE EARLIER...

Working on creating new patterns and garment shapes reminded me of a some pieces of work I produced on my foundation course, also as the final outcome for this module is a garment made from paper, card, latex or calico these pieces of work were put together using unusual materials.

I first drew inspiration from sugar cages, the method of heating sugar and forming a cage over something round e.g ladel. I scaled this up to create my own version using heated up glue and nails to form the cage,  using various objects to create different shapes e.g triangle

Over the summer I also worked on a dress for the earls court festival which was later exhibited in the Arts Thread Exhibiton at The Wapping Project, using entirely Harpers Bazaar magazine's with a mix of origami.

The Wapping Project

Designer Pages- Earls Court Festival

Wapping Project

REVIEWS:

http://blog.artsthread.com/2011/07/paper-dresses-wapping-project-exhibition/

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/arts-thread

EXPLORE CREATIVITY - 4/10/11

Paper Folding - Large Scale Continued.....

After creating our own shapes we had to merge our own shape with someone elses to push the outcomes even further.

I put my together with Daisy's as hers was very different to mine in the way of it  being a much larger pattern containing other different shapes such as octagons, i felt this would contrast against mine.

To finish off the days experimentation we put all the hard days work to good use and crushed the shapes we had created, there was method in the madness, it was again to drain all possible new ideas and garment shapes from the process.





Viktor And Rolf

Charlie Le Mindu

Alexander Mcqueen

When looking back through the work created in the lesson the head dress reminded me of some designers that have already created similar pieces, the head piece is one of my favourite creations from the lesson, i feel the different papers together give more texture and depth.

EXPLORE CREATIVITY - 4/10/11

Paper Folding - large scale

So todays aim was to develop the rule based art work we had created the previous week but this time on a much larger scale, after fighting with sheets of A0 paper into class we again had to choose a 'net' to scale up onto them.

This process was to show how garment shapes and pattern ideas can be formed just by using a much larger scale.

After fixing our shape together we started photgraphing it on different parts of the form, whether to create ideas for an innovative sleeve, collar, shoulder or dress.

The organic curves and twists of my mannequin shapes reminded me of flower petals

Although I think I produced some quite unusual shapes I feel that the overall shape wasn't big enough to achieve anything more than small details of a new garment, with this in mind I drew out a totally new shape to try to gain a better outcome.

FROM 2D:

TO 3D:

I feel this shape works so much more because of the linear feel to it, having blocks of shape help create more of a full garment rather than a garment detail.

development ideas from my sketchbook

EXPLORE CREATIVITY - 27/9/11

Paper Folding - Rule Based Art

For this session we had a guest lecturer in, Clare Qualman who taught us about rule based art, firstly creating 'nets' by writing our own set of rules from a given shape in my case a triangle from which we then had to continue adding one of our rules each time.

My rules were:

• ADD A SQUARE
• TAKE A SEMI-CIRCLE
• ADD TWO SMALLER TRIANGLES

Not the most complicated or adventurous rules i admit!... but i really struggled to get my head around putting the concept together!

 figure 2                                                                                                                         figure 5



 The next step was to trace a selected few, cut them out and begin creating small 3D sculptures

I scaled figure 10 (above) up to see if i could produce anything more interesting.

Independent Study - 1/10/11

To challenge myself further in my own time i created another set of more complicated rules to achieve a more exciting outcome.

start:  TRIANGLE

• ADD A CIRCLE
• ADD TWO SQUARES
• MAKE A THREE CM CUT INTO ANY SQUARE
• ADD A CYLINDER
• MAKE A FOLD

        FIGURE 6                

                 FIGURE 7               

    FIGURE 10              

Im glad I redid the task in my own time as i feel it made me understand what was being asked more, I found this process very interesting but very challenging, i enjoyed the fact that shapes for garment designs can come from a very academic way of working.



EXPLORE CREATIVITY

Inspirational Designers

Working with paper and trying to create new patterns reminded me of some well established designers that are doing just that right now, creating new shapes made me think of Gareth Pughs 2007/08 collections where he breaks the conventional mould.



Where Paper Meets Fashion

Having worked with paper on past projects i already had some designers in mind to research, i particularly like  Jum Nakao and Hiroko Koshino

Jum Nakao S/S 05

I love the intricatcy of this collection, they very much remind me of paper/fabric doilys.

           

Hiroko Koshino S/S 10

Using the basic origami folds as a basis, Koshino creates bustier bodices, sleeveless jackets and strapless gowns in origami shapes.

EXPLORE CREATIVITY - 22/9/11

Development Ideas - Independent Study

So, carrying on from our paper modelling work i decided to develop the work we did on the form, using a variety of mediums including, ink, food colouring, bleach, pencil and collage i came up with a number of different designs using the original pattern pieces.

Here are just a snippet of a few of the designs i created:

I produced these designs by photocoping photos of the pattern pieces from the paper modelling exercise and collaging them back together.

Here i used a mix of ink, food colouring and bleach and introduced colour to give another dimension, again using the same concept to create innovative designs.



EXPLORE CREATIVITY - 20/9/11

PAPER MODELLING 

 The first lecture in the Explore Creativity Module FT1500 was learning how to take 2D materials to produce innovative , creative pattern pieces to create a 3D garment that flowed easily around the human form, which then can be transitioned back to 2D to 3D again.

This consisted of wrapping a mannequin in spot and cross pattern paper and covering it in cellotape to form a 'second skin' of which we could then draw our pattern onto easily. The idea was to produce new seams and not reproduce traditional lines.

In our groups of 4 we added notches to both the front and back, adding one notch to the front and two to the back to help them to be realigned easier later on. We then cut them off the mannequin, turning them back into 2D pieces and translated them onto seperate paper.

When putting the pieces back together we decided to create a new shape from the original, i found this whole process very useful as i have never designed or even worked with patterns.