Fashion & Textiles Week

Overall this weeks task was great, I think I got on really well with Fashion and Textiles as I did it for GCSE and it always came easier to me than other subjects. I feel like the work I achieved this week was an overall success. This week my sketchbook also seeming to be going in the right direction as before I felt a bit lost. I feel as though the sketchbook work from my other pathways I have been doing over the last few weeks hasn't really reflected my understanding of the subjects, although I have been trying really hard. That's my personal opinion though. I did speak to Sarah Thomas one of the textile teachers and she said my sketchbook looked great and especially for what career I want to go down. I was looking forward to fashion & textile but I wasn't expecting to love it as much as I did. It's going to be a tough choice to pick between this and Graphics!

Tuesday - I think the work (image 1 & 2) I produced on Tuesday was satisfactory, the five samples we had to make were good it tested our time management as we had an hour and a half to complete them. I finished just under an hour and half, I'm usually quite quick with work as I set myself time limits for each and I get bit a restless if I have to complete something with too much time. For the next task we had to produce 20 of one of our chosen samples, I also managed to finish that under an hour and a half. I think my time management is overall a good thing but I know it is also good to spend extra time on things to produce the best thing. I chose the first sample picture in image 1 as it was aesthetically pleasing but it was also quick to make as we had a set time. as After lunch we had to go in pairs and make garment with other peoples paper samples in my group. At first I liked this task as I produced nice garments but I think the task went on for a bit too long. I'm starting to realise I can be a bit impatient when I don't enjoy something a lot, I really need to improve on that! Overall I found Tuesday's task easy as I find creating things within fashion & textiles easier than other things.

Wednesday - I loved Wednesday's lesson, this has been one of my favourite days out of the whole course so far! I got on with all the task really well as it was magazine and collage based and I love both of those things. The first task (image 3) we had to do was incorporate are sample onto models we had to find prior to lesson. I think this task was successful as I created new and interesting garments and accessories for my models. I also didn't just copy and paste my samples onto my work but I photocopied their patterns and colours and created new things with them. The second task (image 4) was to incorporate illustration at first I wasn't really sure how much illustration to add so I just thought about designing a magazine layout or a fashion advert and adding slight accents around the model to still display the model. Suzanne gave me some constructive criticism on my typography especially on my other piece of work that not pictured. I found it helpful as I know I'm pretty bad at typography as I discussed during my Graphics week. Although on image 4 I liked my type being in a casual handwritten style as it was intended and was inspired by a layouts I have seen in fashion magazines e.g. Asos, Topshop, Company ect. I am always trying bearing in mind page layouts in most of the things I do especially in sketchbooks and collages. I wouldn't say I found anything challenging from today as I loved all the task.

Thursday - Thursdays task were to make our garments, model and photograph them. I thought my overall garment went well it turned out how I illustrated it in my sketchbook which is good. I liked the overall look of my statement necklace (image 5 & 6) although I think if I had to develop it I would make I slightly smaller and maybe add more cut outs. I didn't really take in consideration how I was going to attach all the pieces together in my plan which I know to do next time. So it was a bit of trial and error. I mostly used staples and double sided sticky tape and thread. After we finished our garments we had to pair up and model each others garments. I think my photographs turned out really well as Unissa was a great model!