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Thursday 31 December 2009

Quirky little ideas:
http://wrenhandmade.typepad.com/

Some fabulous imagery and textiles can be found at:
http://alloverprint.blogspot.com/

Monday 28 December 2009

trend sites

Some interesting Trend Forecasting blogs I have recently found:


The most informative - It gives a break down of future trends with colour palettes and mood directions for Womenswear / Menswear / Childrenswear and homeware.




http://printsourcenewyork.blogspot.com/






An interesting range of fabric samples found if you search this blog:

http://rowanspatch.blogspot.com/




http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/what_if/

Wednesday 2 December 2009

Scheme for remaining weeks of Unit 1 coursework


By the end of this unit you will have evidence of:

  • X 2 Final outcomes – Skirt & Corset
  • X 2 sketchbooks – Main & Mini self directed (Independent study - Photography, sketches, textiles links, drawings of work inspired by your Unit 1 work )
  • A blogspot that records your wok and shows Critical analysis
  • A series of Large scale presentation boards in a medium of your choice - Be creative in presentation - You do not HAVE to spend a fortune on purchasing presentation boards - look at your project and decide on a medium to suit...They may include:
A Research board
A board that investigates Cubism
A board that investigates Architecture
A board that investigates Designers
Photo shoot
Fabric sampling
Sketches – design development
Final designs and development of final solutions
Final 3D outcomes Photographed

Ultimately, the decision is yours for the presentation of your Presentation board work, but they should present your work in its best light and not just be repetitions of what is in your sketchbook.

Using Blogspots for research

Remember to use the blogspots listed here in order to further support your textile sampling development / designer understanding etc. You may find a technique / process / designer etc that we have not investigated in class that is specifically relevant to your project or a piece of work that is specifically relevant to your project. If so, record that information and explain how it could be used in your sketchbook. For example the recent update on this blog reminds me of the type of work Erin has been exploring in some of her fabric sampling. Now if Erin has not accessed this blogspot recently, she may not have seen this and cant cite it as research material in her work....

Assessment of your work

Last week, we discussed in depth the expectations, mark allocation and breakdowns. Listed below is a reminder of how you are being assessed for this unit of work:

Textiles Design Specification - This is what you have to study over your two units of work. Unit 1 covers much of the specification. We then cover remaining point in Unit 2.

General Assessment objectives

Grid of Assessment of objectives with marking breakdown - This is how you will be marked for Unit 1.



Examples of work provided by the Examination board

This is an piece of work that would have had a range of other pieces of work with it as well as a minimum of one sketchbook.



I will upload the work showed to you last week from the Examination meeting on friday - The disk does not like my Mac!

Wednesday 11 November 2009

Skirts

Start to think skirts!!!


Do some research- what fits in with your project?

We will be starting to design, P4 Tuesday 17th Nov 09- Be Ready!!!!!!!

T Shirts!!!

The following needs to be complete for Tues P1

Remember they are part of a range- there must be a clear link!
  • Sketchbook pages on T Shirts and any other direction you have taken as a result.
  • Any development of accessories e.g. bows, flowers.
  • Colour development
  • Dyeing of the fabric
  • Choice of fabric and accessories

T shirts to be handed in end of P1 Tuesday- you will have the lesson to complete any finishing touches, I suggest you have them almost finished before that due to usage of equipment and resources.

Be creative, ensure there is a clear link to your project so far.

They will look fab- experiment!!!

Wednesday 4 November 2009

Year 12 - Textiles Design - Unit 2

Listed is an overview of what you should have so far.

Use this as a checklist prior to submission on Friday.

You will be provided with you initial written formative feedback the following week.

Remember, some of you have been asked to produce a further 2-3 Textiles pieces that are reflective of your project. This must all be completed and handed in for assessment.

You will be marked on:


Sketchbook development
Historical Research
Artist Research x 2
Historical Corset Research
3D Corset development to date - submit toile and development process so far in sketchbook
Fabric samples in sketchbook
Extended fabric sampling developed Independently
Min of 4 Final Large scale Textile Outcomes
Initial t-shirt and skirt developments





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