FINAL SHOOT

I love my final photographs, they are so delicate and beautifully show the theme. I was supposed to change the localization, the whole photoshoot was made in my garden. The model is quite dark, and at first, she seems to be a little bit sad, but she's wearing very colorful, layered dress, which reminded me about the childish vision of women. She's this image. Similar to Alice in Wonderland, she seems to be lost in the reality she's in. There is the contrast between her and the dress. It was a long journey to find the concept I want to stay with, but I love how I discovered my final garment. It was a very long process, with many things that I haven't used. I spend a lot of time making samples of different prints. I printed 3 meters long piece, but at the end, I didn't use it. It looked really bad and ruined my vision. I know that It would be great if I would use them in my final garment, but I don't want to be unhappy with my outcome. All the prints are in my sketchbook. 

                         

WEEK 8

This whole week was about making. I learned a lot, I think It was very productive week in my whole year. I talked with the teachers how to make patterns. I have basic knowledge about it but I needed to extend my dress, and add some changes.  It was really easy and I made it quickly. I mean it took a lot of time but It all went very smooth.                  

                                
                                    


Tuasday was a completely disaster, my sewing machine stopped working, and I was not able to sew everything. So next day I came earlier to take sewing machines from CLR. It took me a while to see how they works, but after an hour I started sewing. I made the whole base for a dress. It looks exactly how I wanted so I am very happy.


                   



Then I moved to pinning my materials, and cutting them. I have three colors: pink, yellow, and baby purple. I bought also bottle green, but It completely doesn’t work. I mean it’s nice but it destroys the vision of something very childish, because It makes the whole garment darker. Today we also had the photoshoot but I haven’t taken part in it. I planned my own photoshoot earlier. I will have a model and photographer so I hope it will be great! I want to make the photos outside, to catch some light. I was calling to the gardens, where I wanted take photos, but they are not answering, so probably I will change the location.

WEEK 7

Week 7 is about to end, and I think I haven’t done some things that I planned. I bought the materials that I chose previously, they were based on a color palettes that I was doing during last week. I need to choose the color from my painting, to make it more clear. I think I will do 3 or 4 color palettes, and add samples that I made. I still haven’t done mood boards and concept boards. I think it’s because my ideas are still changing, and I can’t stay with one idea. This project ’s a journey with lots of ups and downs. Today is Thursday and I’m mainly working on a stand, taking photographs and sketching. I bought 3 meters of tuille (pink, yellow, black) and white synthetic material to make my final print on. I’m still trying to figure out my final garment. I want to make as much drawing, photographs as I can, to connect my ideas in one coherent lineup. Next week I want to saw everything and do a photoshoot.

Today I figured out that I want to use my favorite film Alice from Wonderland, as a connecting my ideas motif. It's so magical, and I think it fits perfectly. Everything in this film is so incredibly fascinating. In the world of Tim Burton, everything is possible, it reminds me of being a kid the whole life. I love the magical gardens, and I think I will plan a photo shoot in the similar place, I know one location in Shoreditch and it's called Nomadic Community Garden. I will go there and take some photos to see how it looks like, the place is abandoned and run-down, but I want to have a contrast between the magical, full of hope person, and the world around, which is so beautiful in their ugliness.

Photos of the location:

Today is Friday. This week was very long, with sometimes really hard days. I was tired because of my work, project and the decisions about the unis that I have to make, but I am happy now because I figured out what should I do next, and how I want it to look like. During weekend I want to continue with working on a stand, because I am not really sure about garments I made during this week. They are fine, but I think like I can do it better. I made the design board with a final color palette. For future I need to work on my fashion ilustration. I am not a big fan of my drawings, some of them are better, some not. I am really good at more realistic drawings, and the abstract ones sometimes are to abstract, and it's sometimes hard for me to find a balance. 

On Monday I will came to school to make print on my material, and then start sewing. I want to finish my garment untill the end of week 8. I need also to update my bibliography!! (Alice in Wonderland, Dark). On Monday 21th I have planned a photoshoot. Everything is prepared, I have a model, make-up artist and location for shoot. I hope the weather will be fine! 

WEEK 6

The week 5 is about to end, and I have the breakdown. I have no idea what to do next. I have research so many things, and much more is in my head. To move somehow I decided to spend few days in the prototyping. I need to make more samples to finalize or maybe start my design process. I think I started a little bit too late, but I think that I can figure it out. I have some problems with the machine, they didn’t work properly, so I wasted some time on trying to fix them. Also sending files for printer wasn’t easy. I think it just wasn’t my day. But I have about 8 samples of my paintings that I’ve done during weekend. I also made more samples, that I have done today. I scanned my previous paintings, I played a little bit with the scale and then I photoshopped them. Actually, by accident I think the last two samples are the best. They are very colorful and full of the energy. 

                           

On Friday I started draping from materials that I created through this week. Everything was good, until I realized, wait, it looks like a dress for a kid, I was like „hah it’s so funny”, but all the materialsI used were so colorful, and at first I didn’t realized that I am making colorful things from the beginning. I am the kid, everyone telling me that. Maybe that’s the answer I was looking for, from the beginning. When I was thinking about my FMP I wanted to do something about unconsciousness, I wanted to watch films about people who are finding themselves, who are looking for answers, why they are doing this and that. I was always a fan of psychological and philosophical books. But It’s a contrast. Philosophers are more thinkers, but psychologists are more science-based. I want just run away from the reality that people created, there’s no such a thing as real reality or unreal reality, it’s one. But we as a people can in our heads can decide who we want to be, and we can just do it. I want the time to stop, the time is passing and I am getting older.

I think now I am sure that by creating the clothes I am creating my own reality where I can be fully myself. I learned that is only in my head and can be represented by my work. I want people to feel free with their own minds, to connect inside with outside, I want to make it work together, in the harmony. When I was small my dream was to travel, be all the time curious about the world around me and each day learn more. Why people around are telling us that we need to grow up. GROW UP, IT’S LIFE, LIFE IS HARD, life is not hard. It's all in our heads. It’s all like a fairytale, the 'real' time doesn’t exist, we just need to move on, because we don’t want to be bored. I want my clothes to represent dreams, fairytales, the imagination of a kid. Happiness, sadness, angriness. The basic emotions that are still with us, no matter what the time is. We all love, we all are sad sometimes, but we're just looking for a way to be happy. My collection will be about looking for the happiness. 

MID-REVIEW FEEDBACK

After mid-review I feel calmer and more confident with what I am doing. At that moment my work is graded as a merit, from which I am very happy. My feelings about my work were the same as my tutor. I know which parts of the grading criteria I am strong with, and which one I need to develop further. 

Context: I think I have a good understanding and knowledge of subject used in my work, but I know that I need to update my bibliography to be clearer. 

Research: At that moment is in the merit level, I think I should make more sense of what I have (by making mood boards and concept boards). I need also continue the theme in the next sketchbook. I want to take parts that are the most inspiring and add even more research to it but connected with the design development. 

Problem-solving: Is at the pass level, so I definitely need to work on that. I will experiment more with sampling, tomorrow I have planned the whole in prototyping. I will be doing embroidery, heat pressing and maybe laser-cutting. I want to have materials to work with, and trying which one works, and which not really. 

Planning and Production: Merit level, it's coherent and reasoned planning. What I planned is very realistic, and when I was planning I was thinking about my ups and downs and having time to fix some mistakes so I'm really happy where I am now. I'm is not stressed about the deadline. Working with learner planners is very helpful, thanks to that I can plan my time effectively and see clearly where I am, and how much work is left. I need to add my learner planners to the blog. 

Practical skills: Pass level. I agree with that completely. I am on my half-way through, I've just started my design development so I think I can easily develop my work from this moment. I will use the methods that I have learned during my foundation. I will start from stand work, taking photos, photographs, and drawing, then I will move to Frankenstein collages, and working between 2D and 3D. 

Evaluation and reflection: Merit level, I need to organize my blog, add photographs, to enable the reader to visualize where I was with my work. Posts need to be longer, and more reflective. 

Presentation: Pass level, I need to select what parts of my research I want to continue and develop, I need to stick some pages because they're falling apart. Concept boards!! They will show where my main idea is. Maybe print it like I've done my portfolio? 

WEEK 5

At the beginning of the week, I had a group meeting, where we were talking about our work (where we are, how it's going etc.). We were writing feedback for 3 people in the group. I found this time quite helpful, by writing feedback for my friends I started thinking about my own work, and how I can improve it. By looking at different sketchbooks I changed my mind, and I wanted to start design development.

At the beginning of the project, I didn't want to do any clothing. I was overwhelmed by the number of projects, and I needed something new, but when I felt free about what I can do I really want to make something wearable. I am thinking about connecting the idea of the installation with the piece of clothing. I captured that in my project I love layers. Everything I'm doing has a lot of layers made from various materials. I am thinking about making a dress which will demonstrate the time, but not in an obvious way. I want to create textiles inspired by my journeys, feelings.

I loved some of the sketchbooks I saw in the group tutorial. It was some good work there. I felt that I was in a good place, and everything was done correctly, but I should definitely develop my work further.  I decided to make more samples and experiment with different techniques. I watched many videos of artists working, which helped mine with finding new ideas.

By the end of this week, I want to make sense of my sketchbook, add more samples that will illustrate my ideas. From Tuesday I want to start design development, and adding more research. I want to make these two sketchbooks creating one story, but more visible on the garments, and more clear. In that moment my sketchbook is creating the story, but it's really broad. I was thinking about the time in case of 'how to illustrate it', vanishing people from the photos, which means that some people we meet in our love are no longer there. Sometimes it's sad, but sometimes we can meet the new ones, that can stay and change our lives forever. I want my sketchbook to be really personal, I will add photos of people from my life, they were creating amazing maps, the connections between them was sometimes astonishing. I connected the idea of maps, that I have used during my trip into the mountains with the relations between the people.

MY FEEDBACK :

           

                        

EASTER BREAK

During my easter, I have been in Poland. I visited few galleries in Warsaw and found some interesting artists, but the most interesting and inspiring was my trip to mountains. It was amazing how beeing in so calm place, can make you feel inspired. While hiking I was looking at the big mountains, the river, and a small waterfall. I was feeling there so small, with no influence on what's around me. The water there was running so fast, the birds were singing. But the rest was motionless. It was such a different reality. The time was passing there differently. I took a lot of pictures of rocks, water. I was looking at the structure, started sketching and painting. I loved the energy of the place, how weird but at the same time amazing it was. What more, while riding the car, and beeing surrounded by this magic world I felt like I am in the movie. It reminded me about the idea of life as a theatre. It's my own journey, and maybe the time doesn't exist at all? It's all the movie tape, but when it ends?  I finished my research sketchbook filled with photos from my trip, I started making samples of textures inspired by the photos.

My plan for next week is to start next new sketchbook and make sense of what I have done previously. I will scan some pages, photoshop them and make concept boards. It will be my starting point. At the beginning of the project, I was thinking about making an installation. Something similar to the work of Josh Faught. I anted to make the tapestry, but now I fell like it's not what I want to do. I connected the idea of the time, fate and nature and found some really interesting shapes and textures. After creating concept board I will develop my ideas further by working on a stand, taking pictures, photoshopping them and drawing.  I have imagined dress with a lot of layers according to my 'time' and 'reality' themes. I want to make it colorful and textured.

CUSTOMER PROFILE

FMP WEEK 3

WHAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED AFTER BREAK:

• 1st sketchbook complete - to include primary, and secondary research investigated and responded to in a variety of ways to include 2D and 3D.
• Blog updated - to include customer profile post and how your investigations or designs are speaking or not speaking to this audience (6 posts minimum should be uploaded at this stage - 2 a week).
• A mass of ideas ready to evolve; to start toiling or to extend upon toiles for eg.
• Samples and fabrications ready to update and evaluate further via prototyping
• Maybe you would of developed 2 or 3 design boards to facilitate the above

Group tutorial feedback: 

First of all I need to do the Customer profile, talk in my blog about it, maybe build a muse. 

I will build many layers in my sketchbook, it represents how many structures the time has, many realities. I was thinking about the idea of tapestry of life. I used mythological Antropos and Clotho with building my idea of leading the thread through my sketchbook. It symbolise how time continiues, as well as power of the fate. I will research artist Hussein Chalayan. I will look at the Idea of vanishning people from photographs. I found this idea really interesting in case of how time changes our perception and realationships with people. 

I finished my sketchbook before the easter break. It went really well. I used feedback from the group tutorial, researched more artists and experiment more. For easter break I'm going back to Poland, but I have planned trip to mountains, so I will try use this trip as my inspiration point. 

COLOR WORKSHOP

FMP WEEK 2

In the morning I continued my research in the library by photocopying books that interested me, and worked well with the topic. I felt quite free with choosing them so I have many sheets of paper that later on I will probably not use. I am making the folder with images that works and that don’t, maybe later I will make use of them. 

Group meeting was really helpful. I showed my research and we decided that It is all about the contrast (even the title is contrast itself). At first I was thinking that my „losing the track” is something wrong, but then I thought that it’s quite hard to change that. Maybe easier will be make use of that. I am overthinking everything, which is not bad, but sometimes quite hard to explain. I organized my  research that I have collected by taking papers that are the most interesting and make sense together. The rest of the research I will have for later. Now it’s easier to continue. I’ve chosen the time as thing to start with. I have theoretic background as well as the artist who use the time as a main theme in their work. I will make deeper research about the most interesting pieces or artist. Inspired by them I want to take my own photos, draw, record. I will make „samples” and add it to research sketchbook. I had a meeting with Sarah, which I found really helpful. Now I am more calm with what I am doing, because I know that I am doing right. I researched deeply „time” by founding artist that are working with this theme. I started using different media in my sketchbook for example tracing paper, string, bag bins etc. I used continue line to represent the time in a symbolic way. I was painting to music, trying to represent my vision of the time. 

CONCEPT BOARD:

According to my research, I have visited Josh Faught exhibition in Saatchi Gallery in London. I found it really inspiring in case of methods of working. He creates sculptures, textiles, collages, and paintings. Is the best known for using different techniques such as knitting, crochet, and weaving that I want to explore in my work. I borrowed the knitting machine from school and started making samples to experiment a bit. From knitting I moved to weaving to make more samples, using a variety of media. I found it more exciting because It’s much easier to weave different things such as bin bags, cables or paper rather than knit them.

During my research, I changed the theme a little bit. In my project proposal, I was writing about different realities, how we perceive the world, how different people may see the world in so many ways. When I started doing my library research I found many books. I worked out the research method which works for me the best. I am taking books that I found the most interesting, then choose from them these the most inspiring ones. I realized that realities, perception, illusions are the minor part of what I'm interested in. That was too vague to look at. The most interesting book was the one about the time. 

I researched this theme deeply by looking at the artists that work with this theme. I also looked at how people see the time. I started painting, drawing how I perceive this weird word. I found many references to themes that I was interested in at the beginning, such as perception, dream, music, surrealism. These themes are connected naturally, but I think that time is my best starting point. I made a whole sketchbook of research using variety of media. 

FMP WEEK 1

Really great about this week is that I found in the library( by the accident) lot of interesting books and albums. From some of them I just photocopied interesting pages, photos etc. I found really interesting book to have further view on the theme. It is book about imagination, thinking and perception. It is really broad. I found there informations about artists connected with concrete themes for example hallucinations or day-dream as well as philosophers, psychologist opinions to make the statement more reliable. I want to do general research just to find the starting point of my further research. I borrowed a knitting machine to make some samples. I also went on the exhibition to saachi gallery. I loved the work of Josh Faught. He inspired me to make knitted samples. I tried just to experiment different styles. It was an installation, he’s work is mainly the tapestry. I was continuing making samples, but I stopped because of the technical issues with the machine, I also ordered weaving machine to experiment a little bit with weaving. I want to make more samples using different media. I have done also samples using 3D pen, at the beginning it was quite hard, It didn’t look good, but during experimentation it was better. I am a little bit confused about with my research. It is definitely to vague, not specific and hard to classify. I started looking at to many things in one moment. I think I need weekend to think about it one more time and make it more clear. 

Question: Can I have in my research sketchbook many things that I am trying, my experimental journey, or I need to prepare my research first, and then decide what to put into sketchbook more specific?

I will write my blog on every Monday, because it is easier to write after weekend while I am clearing my mind a little bit. 

Blog will contain:

• learner planner 
• expectations vs. reality (how It went)
• answers for my questions 
• photos of what I have done (sketchbook, notes)
• goals for next week 

Project Proposal FMP

WEEK 23&24

This project is called autonomous substrates, during this week I want to use some ideas connected with my FMP. We have been digesting the brief and decide upon a silhouette or shape to expand upon, as well as working with my peers and discussing the brief and support each other with new ideas. I was really excited to see how to input computer language to form an output on an external device. We were also exploring shapes in 3D software. I was also experimenting with the 3D pen, which I found really interesting to work with. I prefer this method, rather than rhinoceros, which was irritating me (I am really bad in that kind of programmes), but It was good to try. I've done samples using the 3D pen, and then I transferred it into the design. I want to design a bracelet which might navigate person. To explain it more clearly I was thinking about people with health issues such as Alzheimer. I think that kind of fashion accessory might be helpful to keep safe for example an older person.

WEEK 22

During second week of the project textille designers were focused on creating garments, my friends from fashion promotion were thinking about photoshoot and final vision of the project. I created samples in chosen materials with logo of the brand.  I liked the team meetings, they were really helpful to understand what who is doing. I wasn't really happy from this 2 weeks working collaboratively. I think we could do everything much better, starting from planning, and to do lists. During this project I learned a lot about group work, now I know how to organise all the work.

WEEK 21

For this industry project researched all the given designers. The most interesting ones were Balenciaga and Craig Green. I applied to be a textile designer in both choices because I wanted to check if I am not maybe more textile designer, rather than a fashion designer. It was a really helpful experience. I learned that I am not a textile designer at all. I think our group has problems with discussing the ideas, each person has their own point of view, but at the beginning, we didn't have a cohesive concept, that will enable comfortable work for everyone. I found it sometimes stressful. I didn't like that as a textile designer I have no impact on the design. I created a concept board for textile. I wanted to use recycled materials, as well as paint and print on them.

WEEK 20

This week was continuation of three words. I am really enjoying the process of research as well as design development. I experimented with different media for example cement or lush bombs. I created samples of textilles to see what works or what doesn't, which was really fun, because I decided to paint and experiment with sewing. I was working on the stand a lot, manipulating with fabrics and taking photos of the process. I used my samples as an inspiration for creating the final textille, which I painted. One part of material is very colorful, I used pink, blue, green and yellow, the other part created by my friend. I wanted her to show her emotions on the textille.

I receive a feedback from Maria, which was really helpful with developing my ideas further. After short talk I started drawing from quite abstract shapes that I created on a stand something more concrete. I've done illustrations on a 'person' which was more visible, rather that looking at nonconcrete idea. Also I decided to create from my painted canvas a specific textile using digital printer. I want to use my garment as a part of clothing that will be an additional piece, wore on something simple so it that can be moved and used in many different ways. I created a pages that illustrates may research and design development. I decided to use only photos that I will take by myself, or from books. These portraits from my resaerch board I have take for my foundation portfolio. I decided to use them, because they beautifuly present my idea of reflection and emotions that are hidden inside us.

WEEK 19

This week we started our own project based on the 3 words that we have chosen. I decided to choose Man Ray, reflect and grotesque. I found this three words really inspiring. I admire work of Man Ray and his surrealistic aesthetics. I thought that the connection between that words might be interesting. During that week basically, I was focused on research. I experimented a lot with different media trying to find the best point what will connect my research. I started by visiting the galleries, such as Tate Britain where I visited the impressionist's exhibition. I haven't found there much for my project, but it was worth seeing. Then I moved to Tate Modern, where I went to Modigliani and Rachel Whiteread exhibitions. They were so good !!! I was inspired by the methods of Modigliani's painting and I decided to use it in my final outcome. Rachel Whiteread was really interesting because of the simplicity of the shapes in her sculptures. She is using industrial materials such as plaster, concrete, resing, rubber and metal. My favorite part of research day was definitely visiting Rosie Wyle exhibition in Serpentines Gallery. Her childish style of painting in connection with the adult mind, and the mature themes of her works is incredible.