During the dance film I have also had to recap my sewing skills and practice my sewing abilities to a high standard in order to alter and further some of the waistcoats. I assisted the making tutor by finishing off one of the waistcoats. I was tasked with doing the bones and eyelets, binding theContinue reading “Major Project: Waistcoat Alterations”
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Major Project: Movement Parade
Part of the Dance Film included a movement parade where the dancers try on all their costumes and we get to see a glimpse at the choreography whilst seeing what works with the costumes and what doesn’t. Again this was a new experience for me and really required me to be prepared as a supervisorContinue reading “Major Project: Movement Parade”
Major Project: Initial Designs Lysistrata
Whilst designing for this part of my Major Project I had a minimal amount of base garments I could use due the time period of the piece. I had 3 main layers for the women and a several amountod garments for the men and several large groups of both women and men to start designingContinue reading “Major Project: Initial Designs Lysistrata”
Major Project: Initial Designs
One of my goals for major project whilst working on Lysistrata was to practice drawing drape and making the fabric have movement to it. That is partly why I chose Lysistrata as it consists of lots of lightweight flowing fabric which I will need to draw effectively. I started to develop this skill by tracingContinue reading “Major Project: Initial Designs”
Major Project: Preparing For Fittings
During the process of getting to filming the Dance Film a key part that has to take place is the fittings. Over the last couple of weeks the design team has been working on getting everything prepared and ready for the fittings. I have not had any experience for preparing for a full formal fittingContinue reading “Major Project: Preparing For Fittings”
Major Project: Lysistrata
Another part of my Major project is designing costumes for a hypothetical. I have chosen the play Lysistrata By Aristophanes. This play and concept is completely different from anything that I have designed for previously. I am hoping to develop my design skills further and refresh my memory on some skills that I have notContinue reading “Major Project: Lysistrata”
Major Project: Surface Decoration
During this project I was part of the process of sampling surface decoration and relearning screen printing skills in the dye room. The designer told me how she wanted it all to be and I was enlisted on getting the base done for her to add the final touches. I found that during this processContinue reading “Major Project: Surface Decoration”
Major Project: Digital Printed Fabric
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”
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”
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”
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