first tearm

Well its coming to the end of term, I have done and learnt so much. I have been to London twice for fabric research and to the V&A to see an exhibition on fashion v sport to start researching for our finally project for the end of the year. I will post images and my write about the trips soon. I have learnt the basics for pattern cutting witch I enjoy doing so much and have a full folder of all the basic patterns, as well as making some of them up in calico for construction, like the jacket, skirt and shorts. I am working on our finally piece before the end of term witch is a short sleeved shirt so keep a look out for that.

start of uni work

For the past few weeks I have been working on a few desgin projects at uni. First we had a quick project to make a theme board for ether spice, classical, tutti fruttie/ rococco and surreal. i first chose spice but changed it as I did not understand the word rococco and thought it would be more interesting o find out more about it. I looked at the movie Maria Antoinette, I didn’t care much for the movie but the costumes were amazing and that’s where I chose my colours for the theme. i also looked at girls aloud can't speak French video as the new modern interpretation of rococco, which is where I thought that would be good if the theme board would end up with designs for a more modern look.

theme board

I also have done another short project called organic, where I had to produce a 3D structure, theme board and sketchbook. I started looking at natural and organic food then I looked at the artist Dale Chihuly and his glass sculptures. Which I found very inspirational and thought that they were one of the best pieces of art I have ever seen. I loved his ideas and processes of making the glass sculpture, as well as the colours he used. I liked the way he combined all those things to find the perfect place to create the best installations. I also looked at the garden magazine bloom, I feel they always have grate images to use as background’s and for the colours, I found this grate image of a leaf insect which I took my inspiration for my designs from. I started to design a basic shape of what I wanted the garment to look like. I then draped that and changed it as I went along making sure I changed my designs as new ideas came about.

dale chihuly AQUARIUM

my theme board and final garment draping.

im working on folk shirt desgin project soo keep a look out.

kirsty

first try

This is my very first blog from AIB. I am studying FDA fashion keep a look out for everything that i will be doing and everything i like, from my work to others work. i will put up what i love and not loving.  

Today is the first IT induction and just getting to grips with all the basics. learning how to write blogs and making the most of it all. 

keep a look at 

kirsty x