Right so last time I spoke to you, was when I started felting, soon after this I realised it would take along time to felt whole pieces, and it would create a collection with much creativity, I then started to look at felting fabric in between, this come out with some lovely results and I started to bring a level of fashion design to my textile which was my main struggle.
We had a toile review and it was so relieving to see my garments on the stand room for development was need but I was pleased with the stage I was at.
Heres a picture of Two outfits that I designed.
My shapes need more consideration and for a week I had been looking at different ways I can master a shape for my textiles to be applied to, look at other designers that I like looking at silhouettes I like.
I also needed to find a solution for my textiles instead of wasting time, i decided to start producing textiles with effective results.
Then I came across another process called Nuno felting :O
This picture is where I cut into a blazer I then took off some of the felt to make a layered affect on the revere, this helped my felting with other fabrics problem and it also created a layered affect that I desired from the first time I started using felt with this I will develop more, maybe experiment with more layers seeing how many I can get, this is a big step in the direction of applying textile to fashion.
Then to Understand my silhouette, I wanted a structured but fluid idea, this idea is obvious but the way in which you can convey it can be subtle, this is how i found knitting, knitting with big needles can create a structure that you can see, I decided to stretch and pull the structure against a jersey dress I made, making the piece more vulnerable, relating back to the wearing down of rocks in the process of erosion.
Then when I started designing again my confidence still struck, I didnt no how to, it was hard i wanted organic shapes but how can you draw organic shapes?
So thinking about basic shapes making them slightly bigger for the body and using textiles and applying a silhouette with an organic shape by pulling and sewing on top of it, felting with silk chiffon with give me fabric with structured and stiff qualities but also with a loose and uncontrolled feel.
This idea of applying an uncontrolled fabric is hard because there needs to be a level of control somewhere, this is where my basic silhouette shapes come in, it also feeds my concepts that erosion is a natural process and it shapes the rivers and rocks in the world.
Sorry for the lengthy Blog but needed to get you up to date
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