Evaluation- Practice Unit

In this Unit I found I have developed my experimenting through the use of live briefs alongside our main practice. I have used these to push my use of colour and material and also through techniqes and style. I have enjoyed working to my own brief alongside live. This has pushed me into alternate research contextually. I feel as though my use of colour improved after my feedback from the Bradford textile brief to then be shown in practice for the Michael Kidner Brief.

I have communicated my ideas well visually through drawing, photographs, artist research and contextually and developed this well through to my final collection. I think it shows through my strong use of media’s in drawing as well as my material choices when inlaying through my knit samples. I have pushed my concept to show movement and abstraction through use of fabric. I have developed texture to express my concept. My samples show a range of structures shown through urban life style such as ladder’s in comparison to pleats.

Ladders

I am pleased with my garment construction however I feel as I have designed and constructed my first initial pair of shorts early on. I now feel my samples have developed further into darker colours, different technique proportions and silhouette could be improved upon. I now feel as though they are a weak point to my collection of work for this unit. I would like to re consider a different design to complete my look but this is something I will work through in unit X.

I am very pleased with the outcome of my second garment, I am pleased with the use of inlay on the straps, and I feel this gives strong detail to the garment to push the high end elements. This is definitely something I will push further through my looks. I am also pleased with the technique used on both front and back of the garment and how my yarn choice hangs on the body in a draped yet boxy way demonstrating the structure of urban surroundings yet incorporating my concept with movement.

Garment 2

Although I have used a small range of techniques in my final collection of fabrics, I feel as though I have pushed the way they have been used. I feel inlay was very successful in communicating my concept as I have experimented in crossing the inlay over across the front of the bed and back up to represent transport tracks and also using inlay through monofilament and mohair to show the movement visuals through brush like strokes in the texture. I would like to push this even further in my garments through unit x.

My focus throughout this practice has been extremely varied through yarn research and styling, to silhouette and colour as well as technique and texture. I have particularly found Marianne Kemps weaves inspiring to push knit techniques further from weaces. Also Erdems use of texture with femininity and elegance and also Craig Lawrence texture and silhouettes have inspired me through my use of monofilaments. 

Craig Lawrence