My Reflective Statement..

This unit taught me how to research, document, and express my thoughts and ideas in a more explicit and obvious way, through textual and visual details.

To my surprise, I have actually enjoyed creating my blog.

For the rough guide as well as the other study tasks and work, I used appropriate material to define and illustrate my ideas and interpretations in the most coherent way. Visual information is an important component of my work as it is a powerful approach to communicate my ideas to the viewers.

Looking at other blogs while working on mine, I realized that I quickly lost interest in the ones that had heavy written material. The projects presented to us, and the research we had to present gave me a great amount of knowledge.  My blog presentation is simple and clear. I tried to get my idea across in the most distinct and direct way. I have given my opinion, but also looked at other opinions in magazines and online articles. I have been following two blogs that have inspired me in creating my own: www.thesartorialist.com and www.garancedore.fr.

They both have great photographic content accompanied of short and straightforward descriptions.

Looking back at my work, I now realize I could have talked a bit more about personal experiences, exhibitions, and interesting information about art and design. 

The Museum of Brands

Barbican - Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion

Pictures taken from    http://worldmanabouttown.com/2010/10/27/future-beauty-30-years-of-japanese-fashion/

Aware: Art, Fashion, Identity

  Imponderabilia Performance, 1977 - Marina Abramovic - Performance - Re-performed continuously in shifts -

Yojhi Yamamoto Femme collection Autumn/Winter 1991-92

'Son' of Sunzai Suru, 2010 - Hussein Chalayan -Installation shot from GSK Contemporary - Aware: Art Fashion Identity, Royal Academy - 

Pictures taken from http://www.anothermag.com/current/gallery.aspx?id=659&image=21362&modal=false

Weave ...

During those two weeks, I mainly worked and created my samples with viscose, exploring different ways it could be used. I combined it with cotton, silk and steel, and different kind of ribbons and thread.

The designs full of colors, yet simple, are all linked. I probably could have played around a bit more with it- experimenting with different yarns, weights, and other materials- but I think I handled myself.

Print ...

Even though I used to know how to use Photoshop, this first week in print made me discover different tools and pattern techniques that I did know nothing about.

This block taught me how to print, how to dye, the different techniques-for example devore- as well as the colored, white, and illuminating discharges.

I tried to explore my collection and drawings as much as possible through the colors and their combination making them look playful and “candied”.

Pop-Up 2 : 3D Creation

For our second pop-up project, I decided to use all different kinds of candy, marshmallows… as my objects.

Before our photography induction, we were asked to create 3d objects inspired by our original collections. Trying to interpret my theme around childhood and candy, on the basis of textures, materials, colors, and form, I used tissue paper around ping-pong balls, and stuck them together with varnish to give them a shinier finish.

I think that the creation, as well as the pictures looked much more interesting then the original collection, and that is why I replaced it and explored my creation for the upcoming blocks.