If next year when I'm in my second year at college and a first year turned around to me and asked what was the best thing they could do in their first year it would be without question that no matter what else they would rather be doing or how much they dislike a certain subject, putting it off is the worst thing you could ever do! Getting it completed and out of the way is definitely the only and best option any student could take, and I've learnt that the hard way!
However, I did as I said I would and this morning handed in my 6 completed A4 textile samples, I am not best pleased with the quality and know for a fact that I could have done so much more if I had actually just done it at the time I was supposed too! Certainly would have had a fair few better nights sleep recently, I feel like a peaceful zombie right! All my friends keep going on at me about making sure I go out and celebrate the night I finish college on the 29th etc but to be perfectly honest, the only thing I shall be doing on Friday the 29h of June is having a glass of wine with my mum in the garden because I think we both deserve it after all the support and motivation she's given me, but all this will be swiftly followed by having a longggggg bubble bath and an early night!!!! (Shall do my partying on the student night after instead, would be rude not too!)
Anyway, back to my samples? Would you like to see? I know I could achieve a lot more and I'm hoping over the summer while on my mission to improve my sewing skills I reckon working on a little textiles wouldn't be a bad idea either...
So, from the top!
This one, my Rainbow as I like to call it (which is annoyingly upside down in the photograph and I do apologise!) this one is based around Homosexuality. I researched into the issues that young adults and teenagers face when coming out or realising their same-sex sexuality preferences and how it creates unnecessary circumstances such as bullying, prejudice, abuse and sometimes can even cost a life due to suicide. It relates really well to my topic of eating disorders and peer pressure from my previous unit as a lot of young adults struggling to admit or cope with their sexuality suffer from horrific self esteem and quite often develop eating disorders as a way of drawing the attention away to the truth.
Anarchy in the UK but my way, for example, my colour pallet is based around one of the LGBT flags, Bisexuality is purple, pink and blue. A lot of people disregard Bisexuality as selfish, false and attention seeking but due to my research I discovered that there is a lot more to it that meets the eye. But for my sample I focused on trying to incorporate all my research within each design less obviously than the expected. Again I think there could be more development with this sample but that's a learning curve for next year.
This one is a simple hand stitch with embroidery thread around rolled black fabric to create a frail and weak looking rib cage. I didn't want to just do a 'straight' and basic rib cage look so I developed it to branch out and go off in a sort of hand span kind of way. I think on the dress design above which it is sampled for it would actually look really effective.
"Its okay to be Gay", can't get much simpler than that. This one is just applique in the colours of the Gay pride flag which like earlier are all the colours of the rainbow.
For my Final Garment I have made my own pattern of tartan fabric for the skirt, so my last A4 sample was an experiment of how to create a look and weave style for the final design. I've developed areas of my design during manufacturing so I need to do a page in my sketch book now about the development and sampling for the skirt part of the dress.
All in all, not to shabby I don't think. But I have definitely learnt more than just a textiles lesson with this one.
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