15th May '16 I've started dying my final fabric having cut out the two top pieces and put them in the iron filing mix to leave overnight. The two bigger pieces wouldn't dye in the bucket which I realised was because the surface of the fabric needed more air so the iron filings would rust; instead I place hem in a sledge due...
So I thought I'd write something a little different today, for those of you who don't want to read about what I'm doing at college all the time, and share with you my 'new in' clothing pieces. The first thing on my list was summer tops after having a panic the other day when I realised I was going on holiday in a week and still...
21st April '16 I felt like I was stuck working in 2D because I couldn't picture the shapes on the body so decided to move onto the stand. I took shapes from the photos in my sketch book and tried to translate them onto the stand which is a method of working I find a lot easier to create more interesting silhouettes....
Bleached Samples: I used different coloured fabric and rubbed bleach on them in an attempt at getting a distressed surface. Dissolvable Fabric: I took inspiration from the urban surfaces photos and built up texture and stitches to recreate this look. I experimented with the peeling paint effect by painting onto fabric layers of ink, acrylic paint and glue then ripping the...
