Day 2: Fashion and Textiles

Task 1: use five cut-outs and create clothes for them

Task 2:  design 20 items of clothing (hats/ shoes/ clothes etc.)

Task 3: Photocopy 2 favourite designs form the first task and use them to cut out clothing shapes

For this task I tried my hardest to be as abstract as possible, for four of the cut outs I created 3D designs and for the other one, 2D. I am very pleased with the outcome of both my 2D and 3D designs. I tested out different origami folding and if I were to redo this task I think I would try cutting out paper with a Stanley knife and creating interesting 2D shapes across the models body, also I had the idea of cutting parts of the models clothes out in symmetrical shapes and reversing them, which I have seen before and thought was very effective. My time management for each task was very good and I finished on time for each.

For task 2 I was pleased with the designs that I created; which were inspired by the clothes that I made in task 1. on each page I created a full body outfit with five accessories down the side of the page. Each of the accessories related in some way to the main outfit.

For the last task, I feel that the way I placed the clothes to be cut out has maximised the potential for my patterns to look good. However I feel that the photos were a bit dark and dull so if I had the opportunity to redo this task I would use more coloured paper to add some colour and interest to my work.