Course exhibition

 

In first year I produced a printed fabric length for interiors based on delicate and feminine objects/things. In the reception of Cleveland college of art and design, Hartlepool they have been holding small exhibitions to showcase some of the work produced by students on the courses available at the university. My fabric was picked out to be displayed at the main entrance. Although the fabric was designed for interior it was displayed as if it was to be a dress. Other students work was displayed with and around my design which I think worked well and really complimented the designs. This helped me see the possibilities of what my designs could be used for. 

Hello gift

 

Today I say goodbye to fashion and hello to gift. I am carrying on with the same theme and concept for gift, still focusing on floral and architectural patterns. It's time to clear away vogue and go visiting paper chase, clintons and other gift shops for insporation and ideas. Motivation. 

Final fashion digital prints

 

Above are two of my finals for fashion. They both consit of digital print backgrounds which I developed on Photoshop from my own photographs I took whilst in turkey. To add content and interest I have printed over the top using hand techniques such as metallic printing and discharge printing. I have also added clear foil using stencil printing to add shine to catch the light and eye. 

Fashion print number 1

 

After many attempts at printing my final, I managed to get a perfect print. No smudges, no miss printed lines. It took me a while to print this as I was using four diffrent screens as I planned on doing diffrent colour ways initially. Instead Iv decided to dip dye the linen and hand paint the floral with dyes.

Screen printing

After producing some koda traces to print with I got into the print rooms and made a start on preparing some screens. After the long and tiring work of preparing and exposing all 4 of my screens I had time to produce a few samples to see how my images would turn out when pulled through a screen. For one of my images I used four screens so I could do four different colour ways leaving more room for development and which also means I can use more than one printing technique and material on the one image. The other sample is devore velvet, I love this fabric and think the procion black dye has came out lovely, showing a shine in the fabric giving it that luxurious, rich look.

Print workshop

   

This week I took part in a print workshop. I learnt some new printing techniques such as pearl, metallic, flock and Devore. The photos above are pages from my sketchbook showing my samples produced and designers/fashion that have use the same techniques. 

Sketchbook / fashion development

 

 

Design development

I have been working on some more floral designs drawing from my own photographs. These are a couple of my sketchbook pages were I have been expermimenting and gathering ideas for possible layouts to use within my final collection. I have also been adding colour and layering up different images to create exciting and complex design ideas.