Working On The Stand

I was really looking forward to this part of the project where we take several items of clothing, unpick/cut it up into pieces to create design ideas. Overall it was a really fun task however at times it did get quite frustrating, I think this was due to the fact that I cut up the clothes into too small pieces.

Initially I knew I wanted to work with denim as there was something about the material that I liked. I liked the idea of pockets, zips and fastenings. And I knew I would find it in the clothes I used in the above picture. I wanted to use a variety of clothes also. So as you can see I used things from jogging bottoms to asian kameez to a formal shirt. This was because I wanted different textures and fabrics in my design ideas.

So, because I cut the material into small pieces, I had quite a few pockets, zips etc and not enough material to use for the garment. If I did do this again, I think I would only select some things to cut and keep the rest as big pieces to use for the garment. On the other hand, the designs I did did come out very unusual and although it took a while it was fun to work on the stand.

Below are some pictures I took, the rest is in my sketchbook:

I liked the way I was able to scrunch up material to create a different texture or to fold, pleat and overlap to create layers etc. As you can see from my illustrations they do not have colour. This is because I prefer illustrating that way and especially because I really wanted to pay attention to the detail instead and felt it would come out good with a fine line pen.