Technical Drawing

This morning we were looking at technical drawings (also known as, flats, black & whites, diagrammatics or specification drawings). I actually found this very interesting, satisfying and enjoyable, we focused mainly on the shape of a dress and really looking into the detail or things such as the hem lines, pockets, buttons and zips. We then had to annotate and explain if the dress had any bindings, gatherings, pleats or darts. I've never had much confidence in my drawings ability but today I am very happy with my two outcomes. The details must have been exact and clear as if it were being sent to the manufacturer.

I focused on the two pieces of Christopher Kane and Viktor & Rolf. Both completely different designs, yet both lovely pieces.

One to the left (Christopher Kane) used fineliner. One to the right (Viktor & Rolf) I used pencil only.

Workshop: Felt Making

Today we completed one of our first out of several workshops to come during this project, a technique called 'felting'. At first when I heard about it all that came to mind was this really pointless ancient process which done of us needed to know. How wrong I was. I absolutely loved the workshop and made three beautiful samples which combine hessian fabric and mulberry silk. The process in general is only for the patient and is very tiring.

The silk was my favourite. Instead of drying out, shrinking and becoming matted like the wool, the silk became crimped and really began to stood out the dryer the rest of the wool became. I was inspired by the black and white tones that you often see within an urban landscape with a lot of concrete and buildings.

Overall I think the workshop was a great eye opener and will teach me not to be so closed minded about certain processes.

Visit: Cannon Hall

On Monday 15th we visited the park and farm of Cannon Hall, I have to admit I wasn't so keen on the idea of this trip but I tried to keep open minded to new landscapes and concepts. The weather wasn't great and made the whole day feel dull. I now know definitely that I will look further into my urban landscapes instead of the more rural ones. Although the day wasn't completely useless and I managed to get some very good continuous outline drawings from the hills, these I will take through to my development stage. 

Research: Gary Hulme and Stella McCartney

Hulme and McCartney first collaborated back in 2002 and since then have worked together to create various collections of garments, which include Hulme's signature drawing style and McCartney's design. I am very inspired by these collections as Hulme has heavily influenced my drawing style and to see his drawings on a garment is very inspirational. I love the way he uses continuous lines to create portraits and scenes. I feel my drawing is becoming very similar and I will continue through my project with this and hopefully progress towards a complete garment.

Primary Drawing and Photography

On wednesday we had a drawing day out in leeds, we went to various buildings of interesting architecture and shape, including The Leeds Met 'Rose Bowl'. I took a particular interest in the cranes they had on site and focused on the shapes the metal structure created, it was very geometric and mechanical.

From these I used a variety of drawing materials and techniques such as continuous line, not looking at the paper and biros, fineliners and felt tips.

Here are just a few. I am really happy with my ink based media one (top left) and the sketched fineline one (bottom left).

'Landscape'

I have been given the subject of 'Landscape' for my first brief of my second year at Leeds College of Art, at first I wasn't very thrilled about this as it didn't feel interesting enough, but as I thought more about it I realised theres a lot more to the word 'Landscape' than just fields, browns, greens and sheep. I am looking forward to beginning this brief and the design process after such a long summer. Hopefully by the end of the term I will have passed with flying colours and have a gorgeous garment or print collection to show for it.

Visualizations

Final Visualizations of My Patterns

Here is the hand-made pattern, I scanned it into Photoshop  then used a basic half drop repeat to create the finished design. I initially thought these would look better as interiors or wallpaper, but after experimenting with fashion, I decided the prints were more suited to a fashion outcome.

This is my CAD Collection outcome, I have used two designs from my collection for this visualization, these definitely look better used in an interiors situation as the print is very geometric and simple.

Yarn Bomb Stop Motion Film

Final Stop-Motion Animation

I am very happy with my final outcome in this video project, my animation is smooth with no clear jumps or gaps, I really enjoyed the process of both making the installation and the stop-motion film itself. Here is my final video.

Final Collections

Final CAD Collection

Here is my final CAD collection, I will continue to develop these into situ but these are the final pieces. They create a collection because they all use the same colour scheme and motif, the placements have changed and so have the colour reversals.

Final Hand-Made Collection

These are my final designs for my hand-made collection, the media I used was mainly brusho, batik and stitch, I really like the texture of these pieces and the way that the brusho and batik have changed the surface of the paper. I am going to experiment with these in photoshop and develop them into situ.

Sketchbook One Overview

Book One

This is my first full sketchbook on the project 'Time Redressed' and here is a practice stop-motion animation of my book, this is practice using a movie maker ready for the stop-motion short films of our 'yarn bomb' installation.

Samples and Experiments

Focused Sampling and Experimentation

I decided that my experiments needed more focus on the textural, colour and media usage side. As before my samples were mainly focused on using pens, biro's and fine-liners. I developed my prints from the workshop as well by incorporating stitch and using layering techniques to give the pieces more texture.

My favorite one of the above would have to be the uneven grid print which i have then stitched, painted, scratched and drawn into, this piece is a great starting point for my CAD or Hand Drawn collections. 

Print Workshop

Printing Workshop (monoprints)

Here are some of my favorite prints from the workshop, I mainly focused of harmonious and analogous colours such as red, blue and purple. These are my favorite few prints out of many as I see that these have potential for motifs and the beginning of a repeat pattern for fashion, interior or gift-ware.

A2 Piece

A2 Piece

Progression

Final Piece

I am very happy with how this piece went, at first I was concerned that putting it on a lager scale would lose the form and the effect of the think and thin line usage. I love the curvature of the forms, they give a very delicate and flowing effect which I think describes our installation also.

Idea Progression So Far

My progression so far (idea for the A2 piece and observational studies)

Observational Drawings:

Continuous Line Study (fine liner)

I really like this piece, the lines which overlap and go over each other are very delicate and refined, the lines show curvature which is portrayed as delicate.

Emphasis on Shapes Study (biro)

Refined Study and Embroidery:

I used brusho to create the washed background so I wasn't just working on plain white, I focused on the colours in our piece and decided that the most appropriate was Turquoise and Scarlet. I used a fine liner to draw the negative space around the string, I think its come out with some very interesting forms which I love. For my A2 Piece I am going to recreate the drawn one, I will use a brusho background and focus on line and form.

Studio Sketchbook So Far

Sketchbook Progress and Ideas Bank

Here are all my observational drawings (too many to photograph separately), these are small sketches done on location of the yarn bomb using different techniques such as:

• Broken line
• Continuous line
• Drawing with other hand
• Series of timed sketches (1, 2, 3, 5, 7 minutes)
• Looking from different angles
• Collage
• Surface and colour changes to the background
• Using mixed medias (pens, fine liners, biros, pastels, oils, pencils)

Final Installation Evaluation

Evaluation of the Finished Piece

I think our Yarn Bomb went very well, we cooperated well as a group giving each person a chance to do everything and incorporating everyone's ideas into the final installation. 

We did change the design after we had finished the parts we had planned as we decided it did not have 'enough to it', so we made some design changes, such as the lose string which drapes over the alcove.

If we were to redo this installation I would give myself much more time and material which would give the piece more bulk and layers to work on, there would also be more of a curtain of fabric using various techniques to experiment with such as crochet and plaiting. I would also work more into the banister and railings with the yarn, ribbon and strings.

Time Based Media Action Plan

Time Based Media Action Plan

Picture Size: 1920 x 1080

Ration Size: 16:9

Frequency: every minute for the camera on the tripod (to capture the whole environment) and no time allocation on the second camera as we will use that to focus in and out of the installation, zooming in on various sections. We will swap who uses the camera in the team every five minutes so everyone has a go at yarn bombing and the responsibility is shared fairly.

Techniques and Materials Being Used

Techniques and Materials Being Used

We are going to use lots of different colours, we are mainly selecting bright, patterned, bold and psychedelic colours inspired by the artist Sarah Applebaum.

The techniques we are going to use are:

• knotting
• layering
• fraying
• plaiting

We will start from one railing on the stairs and work our way down allowing the material to fall.

Project Brief

Project Brief 

For this project we creating a piece of urban art (Yarn bombing), we are going to plan our installations and follow a design process, documenting techniques, materials and progress in our sketchbooks as we go along.

Whilst doing this we are going to take a series of pictures documenting the change in the environment, this will go on to become a short stop motion film.

Our experiments, drawings and samples will go on to develop into two print collections (one hand drawn and one CAD assisted), our prints will the be portrayed via fashion or interior outcomes.