Just get creative :)

Get creative!
This week has been really exciting, we’ve started getting really into things now and I’m really enjoying it.
The start of the week we had the briefing for another one of our modules – creative approaches to fashion. This was what our summer project was preparing us for we had to chose a designer or artist and a theme from a selected list and create ideas and images using both of these. For the one part of our project we have to create an exciting sketchbook using the ideas and themes that we chose for our summer project.
Looking at other artists and other peoples work from this project was really inspiring and gave me many ideas of what I could start to work on.
I have started with some ideas for my sketchbook, but it is hard to refine them and think what will actually work and fit with the theme that I have chosen.
The theme I chose was ‘tied and twisted’ and the designer that I am looking at is Martin Margeila. i felt that this dinner mostly related with my style of work and was closely fitting with my theme.
The second part of our project is mainly about experimentation. We started this on the Wednesday and we have been split into groups. I found it a lot easier to work in a small group as i felt that you could get feedback from other people and it was more personal and I felt more comfortable with it.
Wednesday we looked at Line and Proportion, using different materials and ideas – drawing with your eyes shut, tapping pens together, tapping a pen to a paintbrush, using a continuous line, using more than one media for one drawing and also listening to music and drawing from your response to this. I really liked to do this and it really fitted into my style of learning which was mainly aural, so I felt really involved and interested in this.
The second half of the day we focused on mark making, this was really interesting, trying to create different textures using different objects and things. We looked at making the surface more interesting and creative, how to put a texture onto a fashion illustration and the proportion of the texture and what looked good and what didn’t. Overall it was a really enjoyable day and I hope that it will be like that next week.
Thursday we had a much needed day off, after months of not really doing anything, the longer days was starting to kick in, so sleep was definitely what I needed. I sat and did some brainstorming of ideas for my project as well this day.
Friday we used the machines all day, trying out different types of seams and learning how to put zips into garments. I found this day really helpful as it got us used to using the industrial sewing machines properly and also what different types of seams you use for different garments and fabrics. Learning how to put zips in was also very helpful, although I had done it before, i found being shown what to do being a lot more helpful than being told step by step what to do, as this just made me forget the process and having to keep ask.
I’m looking forward to the other sessions that we are going to have on Fridays, drafting patterns and using half size blocks. Bring on next week.