During this project one of the roles I was enlisted with was ordering 2 lots of digitally printed fabric for a few of the waistcoats using artwork created by the designer. This has been a bit of a challenge a few issue have arisen whilst attempting to order the fabric. Due to Covid 19 weContinue reading “Major Project: Digital Printed Fabric”
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Major Project: Design Meeting
So as part of this project i had a session with the tutor for the makers and with the makers where they spoke through and broke down each individual garments into sections to understand how they would make the garment. This was something that I had never seen before and found incredibly interesting as itContinue reading “Major Project: Design Meeting”
Major Project
For my final unit I have taken up a new position of assistant designer, assistant supervisor and as the main communications liaison. These are roles which I have not done before so I am anticipating learning a large range of skills and hopefully be able to apply them to my design process in the future.Continue reading “Major Project”
Day Of Dance Filming
During this project the main form of performance is done by filming. I haven’t had any experience in working in film before so I had to prepare throughly by making sure I had my sewing kit on set and any spare fabric should there be any problems. At times I had to work sound andContinue reading “Day Of Dance Filming”
Day Of Dance: Team TikTok Developing Designs
Working closely with my groups was really important to me as I wanted to make sure that the dancers were fully on board with the design concept and designs. I also wanted them to feel comfortable with what they were going to be wearing and that they were going to be able to move freelyContinue reading “Day Of Dance: Team TikTok Developing Designs”
Day Of Dance: Team Cyber Exploring Designs
With designing for my second group I was particularly interested in looking into 80s power dressing and taking aspects to influence my designs. After an initial discussion the group wants the base to be grey office wear but with an art twist. The 3 characters portrayed in the piece are and artist, dancer and aContinue reading “Day Of Dance: Team Cyber Exploring Designs”
Production Practice: Day Of Dance Initial Design Process
For the production practice module I will be designing for 2 dance groups as part of their day of dance. Each group will have a different concept and theme that they are choreographing for. My role is to design and source/make costumes for them to perform in. The 2 groups that I am designing forContinue reading “Production Practice: Day Of Dance Initial Design Process”
Dance Project: Colour
When designing i usually focus a lot on colour theory and using colours that fully represent a character. However the choreographer stated in the concept that she liked the ideas of neutral tones and greys. So i had to change my usual want to incorporate colour and experiment with lots of different colours to experimentingContinue reading “Dance Project: Colour”
Dance Project: Mood boards
Throughout this project so far I have found that my most successful form of visual research is by curating professional mood boards. I have always found mood boards as an effective way of translating my ideas as I mentioned in my previous post drawing isn’t my main skill. When i make a mood board IContinue reading “Dance Project: Mood boards”
Dance Project: Drawing
One area that I am focussing on particularly throughout this project is my drawing. My drawing skills are not my strong point so I have been practicing everyday and trying lots of new techniques in order to improve my drawing ability. I started by copying images and drawing them on black paper with a whiteContinue reading “Dance Project: Drawing”
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