PORTFOLIO

September 13

 

Start of Year 2 - Textiles

Started the Year with research of architecture, I looked at gothic Italian churches.

I looked at the detail and the shape of the
buildings and windows, inside and out. in my sketch book I wrote about the lines and organic curves of the buildings - arches and sculptures.

Next, I worked on paper manipulation, folding and cutting paper and card, changing the flat 2D paper into a 3D piece and printed with them into my sketchbook.







I also used different materials to print with e.g. polystyrene - poly print. I had inspiration from the Italian churches, for the shapes I drew into it.









I used silver card to etch onto, cut shapes lightly
and gently and peeled of the silver coating, so the ink would sink into the paper material underneath and wipe of the top of the silver, to create the shapes.


Lino printing - for this I didn't mark make and draw different shapes, I took inspiration from my research and designed my church onto the lino. this was my favourite printing style, as I think the design printed well and looks good on different materials.


This is a photo of my example of a collagraph, I wanted to experiment and find out what all the different materials looked like as a print. I found odd bit around the class room, of different textures to create a range of marks from the print.







I used disperse dyes on paper, transferred it to fabric via the heat press. I made a stencil to block the dye from transferring onto the fabric.






























Disperse dye on newspaper and photocopies, transferred to fabric,the design also came
off onto the fabric
from the black ink.























fabric manipulation, using the sewing machine. folding and pleating material to bend/curve and create texture etc.


I used an embellisher to pull and pierce fabric, this created a different texture to the material. you can also draw designs into the fabric with the embellisher, my design was made up of organic curves.

Shibori. tied shells and beads into fabric and steamed, when it comes out of the steamer, the shapes are left in and the fabric is ruffled. I experimented by painting disperse ink onto the fabric and fixing it in with the heat press, so the colours would not run into each other while being steamed, I was successful.





with the silky fabric that I printed on with disperse ink, I cut out a range of different shaped circles and gathered the edge of each circle together using a running stitch. I really like this technique, I like the
folds and bubble shape it
has made with the fabric.

 

 

 DAFF anti-fur project

My textiles project was a competition that DAFF (design agaisnt fur fashion) I was really excited and looking forward to this project, as I am a Vegan and I have strong views on animal cruelty and feel very passionate about the subject. I felt that i could express my lifestyle in my work.

This piture is of pictures and facts about the fur industry and the fur farms. e.g. the inguries, the confined space and poor food quality with no water.

In my sketch book I experimented with colours for my coat, to decided which base colour would look the best agaisnt the red and what the customer/ target audience would prefer.

I evaluated my outcome as I went along developing it, so I didnt miss out any important points.
improvements, strenghts and weaknesses etc.

This is a sample of the lining, for the coat I designed. I screen printed the words - "NO FUR" and "SAVE THE ANIMALS" in red block captitals. I chose black lining for a background against the red, so it would stand out and make an impact. Getting the message across was the most important part of this project, along with designing something as stylist, comfortable and fashionable as fur, without the cruetly and unnecessary factor that goes with fur.  


 

These pictures are of my final design sheet.
Here, I put a small section of my sample and wrote about what it would be made out of and other information for making the product.

This is a list of different materials and fabrics that I want different sections of my coat to be made from.

I also included information that my research produced, about different areas of my coat, (the different styles I wanted my coat to have.)

The inspiration that lead me to the design of my against fur/vegan coat, was the style of 30s coats. I made a mind map of all the appealing aspects of a fur coat and wanted to reproduce them in my coat e.g. feminine, glamorous, versitile, comfort etc

This is the final design for my coat. front and back views, that show off all the different details that my coat has.



I am pleased with my outcome from this project. I think that it expresses what I wanted it to and looks good and makes an impact, also works well as an every day coat, for day and night.



Amy Elizabeth Rowson
Textile Student
Stockport College

Overview of my photography rotation

During my photography rotation, I used Photoshop. At the start of the rotation we had an introduction to Photoshop to show me the basics of using it with my photos, I learnt how to use the Crop tool, Lasso tool etc. I made six different beasts, using a mixture of three animals for each calibration.

I then I made a blog to put all my work up, rowsonart.blogstop.co.uk so now I can put all my college work up on my blog for universities to see.

During half term I wrote a 300-word essay on one photography of my choice – I chose Peter Lindbergh, about his life, his work – Black and white photos.

Then I took pictures of ‘Typography in the landscape’. Where I went round taking pictures of everyday items, which represent letters of the alphabet.

Typography in the landscape

As a class, we went on a search on through the college to find letters in everyday, average things that we would normally just walk past.

Letter B: This is a window. It's not a curved B, but looks like A digital B or also could be the number 8

 Letter D: This is a road sign that I edited in half and turned 
it on it's side. The whole of the sign also could of been an O.

 Letter F: This is the end of double yellow line road markings. It also could of been the letter N or U

 Letter K: This is a map, it was quite hard to find the letter K, but i found it on a map in the corridor.

 Letter O: This is a light under a set of stairs.

 Letter O: This is a sticker on an external door

 Letter O: This is the top of a tap.

 Letter Q: This is road marking, that represent a bicycle.

 Letter X: This is the floor, just before outside the college.

 Letter X: This is the button for the lift.

 Letter Y: This is a tree - the trunk and two of its branches.

Letter Z: This is the end on the grass, that follows with the pavement.