2.2.6. Organising and Finalising.

This week I plan to focus more on the branding project and finalising my samples and pulling them together so they fit together more fluidly as a collection. At the moment a few of the techniques and colours don’t flow as smoothly through the collection as I would like. To address this I need to pull out more of the greens and yellows suggested by my sketchbook into my samples. Currently I feel, the main focus is on different tonal shades of blue which needs to be addressed by switching round my colour palette taking out tones of blue and replacing them with yellows and greens. 

Likewise I need to increase the use of solid colours so as to fit more with Helen Lawrence’s brand, owing to her use of bold, clean and colour balance through her pieces. I have contacted Helen Lawrence for more information on her brand; asking what she thought specifically identifies her brand and represents her the most. I anticipate once her busy period is over I will get some helpful information and insights in reply.

In the meantime I am organising the better parts of my samples by bringing them together. I aim combine to the whole collection by placing more emphasis on the disjointed knit and embroidery detail in order to capture Helen Lawrence's brand identity. To this I also intend to bring in my own techniques, by enlarging the scale of embroidery pattern and colour of thread increasing the diversity and colours running through out the final samples.

With the main brief I will be planning out my knits, investigating how I could develop them and bring them to either the domestic or dubied machines. Also I will be exploring my images, discovering the suggestions they bring to me, allowing me to pull out techniques and yarn choice. When picking the right yarns for my samples I will need to figure the right colour proportion through yarn wraps. With the colours chosen I them will need to decide whether flashes of brighter colour will be needed to be brought in to liven up the colour pallet. I feel my images are still to cluttered, so I will be breaking down each one into sections and taking parts from each and creating simpler designs to create samples.