Fashion and Textiles pathway Day 1

On day 1 of fashion and textiles pathway we started our day by given 3 themes. These were fonts, texture and structure. We were told to choose one of the three themes and create 5 3D samples. The theme I chose to work from was structure as I felt that it represented 3D samples well. I found that gradually the more samples I made the more 3D they produced. It was nice to see how others had developed ideas which also gave me ideas of samples to make. If I could re do my samples I would think more carefully about making it more 3D and maybe even draw out some quick sketches of ideas. However, I am happy with my chosen sample which I continued to use through out my day.

Figure 1: Dog (2013) Authors own.
I began creating a 3D dog using newspaper and coloured card. This is a photo showing my progress.

Figure 2: Flower (2013) Authors own.
I then created a flower, however this found to be more a 2D sample rather than a 3D sample

Figure 3: Dog completed (2013) Authors own.

Figure 4: Chatter box (2013) Authors own.
I designed a simple chatter box as a 3D sample

Figure 5: Telescope (2013) Authors own.

Figure 6: 5 samples (2013) Authors own.

Figure 7: Selected Sample (2013) Authors own.
My fifth sample consisted of a christmas cracker look a like with coloured paper inside. We had to choose one of our 5 samples to repeat 20 times in smaller and larger scales. I chose this sample as i found it to be the most 3D and most interesting one out of the 5.

Figure 8: Untitled (2013) Authors own.
Recording my steps whilst repeating my sample continuously i cut out a big square of brown card and folded it over twice, i then used a craft knife to cut out shapes 

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The final outcome of the shapes cut out onto the card

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My first 3 pieces complete in different sizes

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I continue to make more

Figure 12: Untitled (2013) Authors own.
Once opened up this is what the shapes look like. I then rolled it around and stapled it together to form a shape. 

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Another image recording my process

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My final pieces complete

We was then put into groups of 3 and gathered our pieces together around a mannequin. We was asked to decorate the mannequin using our pieces. After doing this we switched round to different mannequins using other peoples pieces to decorate it once given a word to decorate it with, for example "sexy". 
We was only given a short amount of time to complete these tasks, such as 2-3 minutes. So had to be quite quick with our ideas of decorating and terms of thinking with including all the samples. However, I did like the time limit we had as it was using our first initial ideas that came into our heads and worked together with them quickly which I liked doing. This task appeared to be quite easy at some stages and then rather difficult in others, reasons for this is because we was given a theme for each mannequin and a set of samples and we had to make those samples fit in with the theme. e.g. using the word "sexy" we had to make our samples we was using appear to be sexy on the mannequin so had to be careful where we placed the samples and in what context we used them in. Again, it was nice to be able to do something different and working in a team with a short time limit to see an interesting unusual outcome each time and to also compare our work with other mannequin to see what other teams had produced with their samples locking in with the same theme. 

Figure 15: Untitled (2013) Authors own.

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Figure 18: Shoulders (2013) Authors own.
On this mannequin we was asked to just decorate the shoulders using the pieces we was given. This is an image from the back

Figure 19: Shoulders (2013) Authors own.
This is an image from the front of the shoulders.

Figure 20: Sexy (2013) Authors own.
A side view of a mannequin showing the word "sexy" on the mannequin 

Figure 21: Sexy (2013) Authors own.
A back view of the mannequin representing the word "Sexy"

Figure 22: Sexy (2013) Authors own.
A front view of the mannequin representing "sexy"

Figure 23: Gothic (2013) Authors own.
This mannequin had to represent the word "gothic" this is a back view of the mannequin

Figure 24: Gothic (2013) Authors own.
Slight side view of the word "gothic"

Figure 25: Gothic (2013) Authors own.
Front view of the word "gothic"

Figure 26: Romantic (2013) Authors own.
Front view representing the word "romantic"

Figure 27: Romantic (2013) Authors own.
Side view representing the word "romantic"

Figure 28: Romantic (2013) Authors own.
back view

Figure 29: Hips (2013) Authors own.
Front view of the mannequin only decorating the hip area

Figure 30: Hips (2013) Authors own.
Back view of decorating only the hips

Figure 31: Hips (2013) Authors own.
Side view of the hips decorated

We then returned to our original mannequin and was asked to decorate it how we wished.

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back view of the mannequin

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front view of the mannequin

I found that on my first day of Fashion and Textiles I had learned more than I had expected. It was interesting and unexpected how we had developed from a title of a theme forming 5 samples to then creating outfits onto the mannequin. It was not only interesting but a fun exciting task to do and without realising we had created some amazing outfits at the end.