State of Play: Developmental Stage

Strengths:

I believe that from developmental stage that my strength are my illustrations. From having the project ‘Illustration Week’ it has really helped me to find my confidence in my designs and my ability to draw. Before I came to foundation I hated drawing and was no confident in my designs until that week, and since then have developed them further to successfully create final lineups with them. Another strength from foundation would be the ability to work quick, being able to meet deadlines in a short amount of time has really been able to help me to pick up speed but still create good quality of work, that I am confident to show to my tutors and in my grits with the class. My research is another one, before I would only use the internet to do my researching but now I have been able to push my research further by using other resourses such as books and primary research and going to alot more exhibitions. And I found that doing Deconstruct/ Reconstruct has helped me to look at another side of research that I never thought of before and has taught me to use all different parts of the garment to use in different places.

Development:

For development I feel that I need to improve on making more samples in my sketch books and exploring different materials not just using fabrics all the time. To really explore different materials. I could also improve on the flow of my work for example, drawing first initial ideas, then working on the stand, then back to my book, and then back on stand like a circle, and really dig down to my final design. To also not work backwards, I always come up with my final design before I have even fully done my research. I should really use my research and sketch book idea to then help to develop my final lineup. Also not repeating myself. Although the sketches might be slightly different sometimes I do repeat myself in my designs, so I should really explore more with research and use other places for libraries not just the one at uni.

Please list and describe your plans for FMP in regards to your creative direction:

To look at all sources of research not just books, to go to variety of exhibitions and to look at videos and other resources that I have never used before. Also to use more stand work look at all stand work sessions such as looking at draping and paper manipulating, but I also want to try using objects to drape with and use on someone not just materials. I wanted to use the objects in my nans flat to explore different shapes on the body and maybe make a cast with them. Using pillows and her curtains to also drape with and I wanted to use a person to drape on preferably on my model so that it fits with the sizing which will help when finally making the garment. To use the facilities in prototyping to create my prints and embroidery that I might want to put on my final garment. Also looking in to technology from the project in developmental stage, maybe using LED lights such as strip lights into my garment, witch would also be incorporated into my patterns and designs which I will look further into.