1.3.7. Pushing Developments.

Pushing my developments through last week and what I work on this week have drastically changed in a good way. I wanted to work on my colour palette, finding that black on white to much of a harsh contrast and just didn't work with a pattern base, So I have made it black on black and work with texture of materials in difference to show pattern using matte and silk against each other to show shape. 

I wanted to develop my pieces more than what they and thought about what they would be used for if I was to apply them to something in interior or fashion. So I related back to what brought me the idea in the first place which was the Flapper dress. I looked into where the flapper style was from and how it could help me evolve my idea. The detailing on dresses in the 1920s was to bring interest to the area. Adding pattern and beading detail, Back then a lot of lace and beading was used to create detail This was something I really want to integrate into what I am doing. Maybe creating some of my own lace and beading pieces to go with my collection. 

Thinking back to somethings that VV. Rouleaux had said about trims, that they could be anything, and extension of a dress in fashion to a detailing on a curtain. Its how it is designed really. I want mine to be mould around fashion. 

I want to see if layering works with some of my trim ideas as well, working my lace patterns and normal trims together and see what I get, changing up my ideas, whether it works or not, just a case of trial and error.

This week I am aiming to work on the areas such as the edging to my trims, composition, fabric choice, layering and beading my pieces, using the 1920s fashion as inspiration to my trims.

1.3.6. Constructing.

Moving on with my idea of taking inspirational ideas from my weave to making into embroidery pieces, I felt they needed more length or pattern to them like my weave has. So going back and looking throughout my weave samples to see what it had that my embroidery ones didn't.
I came out with repetition of pattern, or even the idea of mirroring my pattern.
I started with just the one pattern and repeated and almost straight away I could see the effect it has on the shape of the pattern. Bringing a new area of interest to the repeated pattern.
Yet still I wanted to improve on it, I thought about collaging them in some way but I didn't want the pattern to be unreadable for me to recreate, to much of a mess and I don't think it would have been much a pattern left.
I decided to do it in a controlled repetitional pattern using different parts of individual designs so create new patterns. I feel like it was more effective and a more readable and re-creatable pattern for me to sample out.
Now that I have found a path way of creating pattern and sampling them I want to work on bringing in touches of colour into my work. I still want to keep the boldness of the Art Deco pattern I have worked with but have flecks of my starting colour palette, Changing round the way I am viewing and working with my colours. After talking with Nigel, and looking at my work from a different angle, I want to try a few new things like black on black.
With all the new machines that I am being inducted on I really want to work on my texture and construct side of my pieces, how my sample finish and spacing, placement and layout.