Illustration and Presentation

To begin my illustration and presentation project for my Premiere Vision knit samples, as seen below, we as a class, began by attending particular workshops in order to help re-spark our fashion illustration creativity. And the first for me was Life Drawing, as shown by the drawings above. I has also attended Adobe Illustrator, however due to it only being a refresher, I have no work to show for it.

Oh and I apologise for the bad quality of the images.....the lighting in my room at this time was not very good, even considering that it was the middle of the day!

INDIGO FINAL SAMPLES....

INDIGO Developments.....

I progressed from the drawings by interpreting them into knit samples, experimenting with yarns and creating different textures. Unfortunately, due to the lack of 'colour' in my drawings, my approach to dyeing has been very limited, using a majority of natural yarns tones...

The samples above have been taken from the Crocodile drawing, I really like the idea of stretching very fine yarns, mainly linen and cotton, and manipulating them into shapes. These were knitted on the domestic machine, then pinned onto boards and starched. Obviously starching is not a particularly permanent fixing, however if I had more time after this project I would develop this into some sort of resin but for Indigo this should hold.

The hand crocheted samples above were actually based on my Paris metamorphosis studio dessin drawings of the disfigured faces, which I thought related quite well to this project.

The problem with the two samples shown above is that they are knitted in wool, which if used as a final sample, will have to be made in a form of cotton or silk for the spring/summer element.

MUSE project...

The Muse that I had chosen for my Indigo project was John Hunter, the famous Surgeon. I begun by researching him and visiting the Hunterian Museum in Holborn. The museum itself was absolutely stunning and so inspirational, each jar containing a delicate suspended piece of living organism, so many ideas waiting ti be developed. I definately think it has been one of my favourite museums yet! Unfortunately, I was unable to take photos there so I spent alot of my time drawing and observing the objects....

ORIGINAL DRAWINGS...

DEVELOPED DRAWINGS AND PAPER SAMPLES...

INDIGO

Now to keep you up to date a little...

We have recently just completed our project for the textile trade show Premier Vision. The brief that we needed to produce was a maximum of 6 samples, based on the theme of Muse, that were to be taken to the show and sold. I have to admit that I struggled at first with this project as it was particularly difficult for me to focus on just knit design since coming back from Paris. Being a whole project behind everyone else I got to see how the other knit girls worked and organised themselves throughout, observing and learning from them so that I could have an idea of what was expected of me. I feel I managed to achieve a successful project however there were alot of elements that I could have followed through better, but I live and learn from these mistakes and will think about them when it comes to my next project. I have really enjoyed doing knit though, I find that my knit is very conceptual and 'different' in comparison to the work of the trade show, which was alot more commercial. There also seemed to be alot more print than other specialisms being sold there, due to it being the spring/summer range, which made me feel slightly pessimistic about selling, however just before the end I managed to make a sale to a small design company from Milan, which felt amazing! I now look forward to the next project which will be making a garment on my own for a fashion show at Chelsea College of Art and Design on June 1st.....AAAHHHHH Im am soooo nervous but excited at the same time!