Overall I think my project has taken an interesting journey. I have taken a lot of inspiration from things I would not normally look at, which has resulted in my work becoming a lot more sophisticated, and my research being very in depth and strong. Taking my inspiration from a natural element made me realise I could turn something from the natural world into exciting inspiration for myself. However I need improvement when I am trying to translate my ideas into my fabrics as they can become diluted, and aren't as strong as my research is at times.
My aim to create high end fabrics I believe was achieved. I have combined a range or techniques and yarns that allowed my fabrics to become more unique and made to a high quality then commercial fabrics. My use of fine yarns with delicate structures mean the appearance of my fabrics have a feminine quality making them evidently for women's fashion.
The project has benefited me as it built my confidence to work on new machines like the finer and chunkier gauges. I was also more confident to learn new techniques, and develop them in my own way to suite my ideas. I sourced my own yarns for this project which gave me a greater understanding in better quality yarns, and the price of yarns, which when designing for a client and sticking to a budget is very important.
X-rays of corsets
I want more linear patterns in my samples using single bed, mock ribs and plating, but I need more inspiration to work from. This is when I came across the X-rays taken by Dr Ludovic O'Followell from 1908, that show the damaging effects a corset had on the body.
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I created a series of drawings to show the line structures from his x-rays on acetate and tracing paper to resemble the translucency of the x-ray photo paper.
These drawings will be really informative when it comes to drawing my designs for my final fabrics as I will have line structures to transfer into my designs.
Incorporating tights into knit
Tights
The body is important to my project, and after focusing more so on the skin I want to transfer a skin like quality into my fabrics. With me being unsuccessful at finding a yarn I felt resembled the colour or feel of skin, I chose to use skin coloured tights after seeing some exhibitions where tights were the main focus.
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Tights Exhibition at Da! Collective Art Exhibiton
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Martin Soto Climent
The stretchy quality of the tights will work well when I incorporate the tights into my samples, as it will make them easy to inlay. They will help to convey my idea of the body being trapped and distorted in the knit.
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Ernesto Neto
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