2.1.6. Moving Forward.

This week I have found that knitting a block colour base to work into with embroidery has been my most successful part of sampling. Working with a Black background then bringing in the blue on a punchcard and then detail with either hand embroidery or some machine embroidery I find has been working best.

Taking things further this week, we spoke in my crit about finding the right shades of blue, as I have yet to find the right colours. So it was agreed that I should take to the dye lab and do some of my own.
To define my ideas even more we spoke about composition of pattern and how and where embroidery could be placed, not just all in one place but sectioned parts of the pattern. Also to think about which side of my knits would look better embroidered into. Whether the technical back on punchcard would look better than the technical front, once I have embroidered them, and this was something I needed to explore with my samples.
Looking at Peter Piliotto and a few of his recent designs have inspired me to work more boldly with my pattern and colour. Pulling out a more bolder and colourful design. Using my embroidery work to make the colours thicker and pattern stand out. Working more with machine embroidery than hand with this, I feel it is more effective and striking than hand embroidery, I don't think it works as well as  the techniques on the sewing machine.

2.1.5. Translating.

The main thing I want to focus on this week is using my images and finding a way to translate them into samples of some sort. Whether it be knitting a base and then working into them to create texture and detail or knitting it all out. 

After my tutorial this week, It has given me a lot to think about in terms of moving my work on and working out the right composition. Working out how my edges and borders can work in play with my pattern, so that there is the right amount of colour pattern against black. 

I plan on trying out a few of my images and turning them into Punch cards and what kind of effect I get out of them, and doing a few sample with e-wrapping.

Doing a few tuck and hook up samples inspired by my images, I felt the did not work at all! The effect it gave was to messy, and did not portray the shape and look I wanted. Bringing in new aspects of what I have learnt from embroidery to my sampling, working with the cornellys and embellishing some of my samples to see if the felting texture brings a different effect that will work well with my samples.

As well as this we spoke about zooming in on section or making section of the pattern bigger and so on, which made me think about how I could change the pattern but still all be as one whole collection. So this week to move on my ideas I am going to work with sectioning, blurring and zooming in on my images to have more to sample from. 

2.1.4. Pushing Development & Mary Katrantzou.

Moving on from last week, after playing around a lot with repetition, compressing and composition, it still wasn't working for me, whether it was down to the colour scheme or just the pattern I couldn't get it right, So for this week I want to take a different approach to my way of working.

In my PDP we spoke a lot about how I could move on my ideas and keep feeding my body of work throughout the coming weeks. A few things that were said is that simplifying the pattern and then working into it was something to look into. So from that I took a few of my images and smudged and stretched them out to simplify the repetition.

As well as that I worked on my colour scheme and chose a tone of colours to work with. Because of how I was editing the images, it was making them look and resemble something similar to an X-ray, because of this blue tones could be a good step forward.

With all that in hand, We also spoke about concept and context, in which my concept needs a bit of working on, and with context, as I have chosen to direct myself down the line of knit for fashion, I need to look at more fashion and knit fashion artist and designers. One in particular has stood out for me which is Mary Katrantzou. 

 Her work with pattern and colour has really inspired some of the changes in my work and how I am now going to direct it. Blocking out colour and having detail but in a more stand out defined way.
This week I am going to apply this to my images and edit them to my new direction of working ready for when I start sampling.

2.1.3. Exploration of Editing.

Throughout the time I have spent collecting my visual research, I decided mainly to focus on detail, shape, and pattern. I feel like I could have done a lot more with colour and mixed up my media. However with the development I have made with what I have, I am very pleased with.

This week I have spent time on my images and developing them through apps on my phone. Mirroring my images and using a kaleidoscope lens to create a feel close to Alexander Mcqueens prints. I feel this has been rather successful with about 80% of the images I edited, A few of them don't need much doing to them and could be ready to sample, others will need more work.

Talking to Julie and moving my work on she said she felt that several images were not quite ready for sampling and that something was missing which I agree with. So with that I am going to spend the next few days editing, stretching, repeating, compressing and developing these images further. There is still yet information I need to find in them or for them, to take them away and to process into samples.

As well as that, pulling together my work through a mood board I feel will help me move my ideas on and show me what works well and what doesn't, also pick out a colour palette to work from.

2.1.2. Concept Development & Alexander Mcqueen.

For this week I want spend a lot of time working on my concept, and collecting as much 1st hand research as I can. Focusing mainly on architecture and shape.
Progressing on from my summer work, I know I want architecture to be my main focus, however I want to work with my drawings and images to distort and develop my pattern and concept, with the idea of architecture to begin with, progressing on to texture, layer and pattern. I want architecture to be my inspiration but not my out come.  So this week I bringing all my research to the table, working on developing, changing and manipulating my images into something I am happy to work with in my specialist area.

 Looking at some prints from Alexander Mcqueen. The way in which he has manipulated the image, looks lot like looking through a kaleidoscope. Reflections and mirroring of the image multiplying and changing it from what it once was. This it defiantly something I want to use as a start an take forward into my development of ideas.