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When exploring the era’s of design, something that really stood out to me was the deference in colour tones and how colours have been ascribed social meanings for thousands of years. We tend to think of the meanings of colour in fixed terms: red for anger, yellow for cowardice, pink for girls and so on.Continue reading “FMP – Exploring the Significance of Colour”

When visiting my Grandma’s house at the weekend, I found this to be the perfect opportunity to gather photos of wallpaper and textiles around her house, as the interiors of her home is very retro and contains lots of amazing textile items. One thing that stood out to me is the amount of floral fabricsContinue reading “FMP Primary Evidence – 70s Floral Interiors”

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/abirchdesign/ To begin gathering research and information for my project I turned to exploring trends of wallpaper styles from the 50s/60s/70s/80s/90s as well as current designs. Using Pinterest I came across a number of designers who I felt inspired by and who’s work visually expressed the style trends of their era. To begin myContinue reading “FMP – Researching Artists and Trends”

When developing ideas towards my FMP project, I decided on a topic which I am very passionate about and have quite a lot of self developed knowledge on. The aim of this project was to progress around the theme of Health, Fitness and Wellbeing. I believed that choosing a topic which I have key interestContinue reading “FMP – Planning”

To begin BA week, I was told to create a concept board which resolved around an era and designer of my choice, I decided to look at designs from the 70’s which lead me onto discovering the textile designer Barbara Brown. Lots of her designs can be seen in my concept board, I find herContinue reading “BA Week Project”

Attaching the sleeves was the third task in the pattern cutting workshop, I found this aspect very difficult as at this point I realised I hadn’t left a big enough seam allowance either side of my front and back panels. Despite my errors I decided to make the most of my creation so far andContinue reading “Pattern Cutting – Part Three”

Once i had marked out my dart locations, and cut into the paper of the bodice block for the front and back toile, using the slash and spread method i was ready to pin it onto my calico to then be cut out. Slash and Spread.. The slash method, both slash and spread and slash and close is a fundamentalContinue reading “Pattern Cutting – Part Two”

What are darts and what do they do? Darts are folds and sewn into fabric to take in ease and provide shape to a garment, especially for a woman’s bust. They are used frequently in all sorts of clothing to tailor the garment to the wearer’s shape, or to make an innovative shape in the garment. What typeContinue reading “Pattern Cutting – Darts”

 Autonomous… Describes things that function separately or independently. Substrate…An underlying substance or layer that can be added onto. To begin this project my task was to pick a word from one noun, one process, one descriptive and an outcome, the words are chose were.. Lubaina Himid – A British artist who’s work revolves around black women,Continue reading “Autonomous Substrates Project”

When creating our re-brand customer profile, it was important to research the current Balmain customer’s interests and age range to help us gain an idea of how to appeal to as many customers as possible. Balmain’s current customer is in the age range of 30-40, an upper class business woman, who has interests in shoppingContinue reading “Industry Project – Balmain Customer Profile”