CP2 - Manchester Arndale/Corporation Street Footbridge

Designed by a Manchester based architects Hodder & Partners after winning the design competition in 1997 the footbridge was constructed in 1999. Basically designed to get from A to B, the bridge connects the Arndale shopping center and the Marks & Spencer’s/ Selfridges building. The purpose of the footbridge was so that the public didn't get caught up in the traffic and congestion on Corporation Street and it was in a convenient location.                                                                                                                          

The newly refurbished bridge replaced the basic rectangular bridge that was unfortunately the focal point for the 1996 IRA bombings. After the bombings it was decided that it would be rebuilt. Costing just over £1m the cost was split between Manchester City Council and the Manchester Arndale shopping center. Designed in the form of a hyperboloid, when walking through it, its creates an illusion that you are somewhat spinning. It was constructed out of one sheet of glass which means with the hyperboloid form it is more structurally stable. In 2011 although it was safe it was suggested that the footbridge would be refurbished to make it even more perpetual. This meant that the footbridge was closed for 7 months which contradicts its primary purpose.                                                                                                 

The style of the piece is in keeping with the surroundings of this particular area. As most of it was ruined in 1996, the renovation of the city was becoming more and more modern. This footbridge was the placed as a representation of Manchester’s rebirth after the fatal incident.                                    

 

                                                           

Intentions Evaualtion

Experimentation has played a huge part in my practice in this project as I wanted to get everything right for my final two collections but also it gives me a great chance to work with different processes and fabrics, on of which is of good value. I have gone with two collections a digital collection and a print room collection. These both used the same colour palette and motifs which link them together. I've also designed my digital prints larger as I felt it was better to capture a repeat print on a larger sample and I also wanted to experiment with scale.

Over the summer I felt like I needed to take more risks when drawing. This meant working with different media and teaching myself to become more confident when designing digitally. Over the past weeks the Photoshop workshops have been of a massive help and they are skills to savoir for the rest of my life. To have the opportunity to be taught different skills for digital designs was great for this project and will also be very worthwhile for my future practice and employment. I've decided to give this project a name 'Newfangled Heritage'. This is something I have considered throughout my visual research, experimentation process and design work. Bring something old and something new together was something I was very interested in from the start and I have captured this within the dyed fabrics, motifs and colour palette.

During my print room sessions personally I felt this was a good chance to experiment with different process that could work within my project. From experimenting different ways of dying and printing in the print room when it came to printing my finals it was easier to pick our which process and dye would work best for me. I've put together a series of presentation boards as well. I have never done this before but its great to see my work come to life and what it could potentially look like in a series of different interior spaces. I also went out and research a few company's that are currently in the market to see if  my designs would fit within that industry and what I am aspiring to.

Throughout the project I felt like I needed to do more drawing work. This is something  I will be working on closely within the next project as this will help my work probably develop more and which will give me more to work with which can be refined a lot easier.

From the beginning I knew what look I wanted to create and I feel like I have exceed my own exceptions and pushed myself to more than what I had planned. Putting my designs onto projects has helped me contextualise my practice and is something I will be doing in my next project.

Tutorial 6 & Week commencing 17.11.14

Tutorial & Personal Practice:-

All this week I've been finishing off my samples and making them look as professional as possible on a budget. I have also taken out a few digital prints as I feel they didn't flow as well with the others. It was a hard process to eliminate some but one I feel would be worthwhile. I love the final presentation process as it gives you an good chance to re-evaluate your work for the last time and ask people what they believe has worked and if they would have done anything differently. I've thought really hard about my presentation of samples and hope it it fits well and looks professional. 

I have chosen to have two collection a print room collection and a digital collection. This is because I fell they flow better separate but still link with each other so they don't look like they are from a separate project. 

print room collection

digital collection

Tutorial 5 & Week commencing 10.11.14

Tutorial & Personal Practice:-

All this week I've been finishing off my samples and making them look as professional as possible on a budget. I have also taken out a few digital prints as I feel they didn't flow as well with the others. It was a hard process to eliminate some but one I feel would be worthwhile. I love the final presentation process as it gives you an good chance to re-evaluate your work for the last time and ask people what they believe has worked and if they would have done anything differently. I've thought really hard about my presentation of samples and hope it it fits well and looks professional. 

I have chosen to have two collection a print room collection and a digital collection. This is because I fell they flow better separate but still link with each other so they don't look like they are from a separate project. 

Print Room Collection

Digital Collection

Tutorial 4 & Week commencing 03.11.14

Tutorial:-

After showing my tutorial group what I had been working on we were informed to start looking thinking about presentation boards, layout and professionalism. So asking myself question like what is my concept? Who is my consumer? And also being to think where my designs would fit in industry….fashion, interior or art installation. This has given me and idea about using the skills learnt in the Photoshop lessons to mask my designs on to interiors as me and the feedback from my tutorial group feel my designs are defiantly suited for interiors.

Personal Practice:-

I’ve re-dyed more fabrics in the print room for my final collection but have dyed most of them a sand colour and then mono printed onto them. This will hopefully make my practice more diverse and not just being all one flat background colour. I’ve also been working on my presentation boards and thinking into layout and presentation of my samples. I’ve thought about my inspiration, concept and consumer and feel this is a good start to my presentation boards. Also this week I have finalised my digital prints and they will be ready next week. I have chosen to digitally print on the same fabric I have used in the print room as when I was experimenting on lighter fabrics in my experimentation process, the fabrics didn't strike me as interior fabrics. 

A few of my digital designs.

Tutorial 3 & Week commencing 27.10.14

Tutorial:-

Tutorial this week make me think more about tightening my selection of motifs so I've not got a wide range and just work closely with layering up my favorite that can/could work well as a final collection. I’m also going to start working on my digital prints now I've got an idea where my practice in the print room is taking me. 

Personal Practice:-

I’ve been mainly working on my digital prints this week. In the previous weeks in the print room I’ve found it hard to get the lighter colours to stand out on the dark backgrounds. Digitally designing make it easier to add light to dark, so from this I will be doing more darker digital prints. When I’ve not been able to get on an Mac at university I’ve still been in the print room working on and experimenting with my prints. I’ve had a go at mono printing more of a subtle coloured background to see what my motifs would look like on them. This has turned out a lot better than tie dying my final fabrics. 

Tutorial 2 & Week commencing 20.10.14

Tutorial:-

This week’s tutorial had me thinking more into my theme and how I’m bringing bits of old and bits of new. On screen I have ‘old’ and ‘modern’ motifs and I’m going to try out dying my own fabrics in the dye baths. I feel that the uncertainty of not knowing that its not going to be one block colour is good as it will give my fabrics a more imperfect look which is something I’m keen to capture. 

Personal Practice:-

In the print room I’ve been doing a bit of trial and error in the dye baths. I’ve been trying to match my fabrics to my colour palette. Its been quite a lengthy process but one that I’m happy with. I also had a go at tie dying my fabrics but boldness of the tie dye take your eye away from some of the motifs. I did try some tester prints on the dyed fabrics just to test the dyes and motifs on them and the reactive dyes sit a lot better rather than the pigment dye. When doing my final collection I want to be considerate when placing my motifs so with doing layout thumbnails in my sketchbook once my experimentation process is over. This makes sure I’m not over the top with the placement of my motifs.

Tutorial 1 & Week commencing 13.10.14

Tutorial:-

After the group tutorial about my summer work I was stuck on where to place my work with the current project. In my summer work I tried to work with different colours and media to experiment. I after talking to the group I feel like I don't really want to take most of my summer work into this project apart from the work I did from Turkey as I believe It doesn't relate to the things I've been looking at during the visual research week. 

I'm going to the start doing more Photoshop work and starting to refine my colour pallet as I feel this will start to bring all my work together and I can take into the direction I want to. 

With the visuals from the research week and the visuals from Turkey it was brought to my attention that it had some what of an Islamic twist to it. I've decided to go down that route and see what other research I can gather and develop into drawings and designs. I previous project I've worked on a large scale but I've decided to take a different approach by working smaller to try and make my work more detailed and then I can use the skills I've learnt over the summer in Photoshop and in the upcoming lessons to make them larger and develop them more. 

Personal Practice:-

This week I’ve been thinking mainly about working on my colour palette so it fits perfectly with my concept. At first I had 3 colour images I wanted to use but felt that it was too broad so narrowing it down to make a more refined colour palette. I wanted to use some dark and rich colours to represent the old fabrics what I looked at in the archives. I then chose to have a selection of pastel colours to bring that 21^st century edge to my designs. I’ve also chosen to add gold as well as it brings out the more flamboyant side to what ill be trying to capture within my designs. 

I’ve also been putting my motifs onto screen this week so I can have a print room/ hand done collection along my digital ones. I’m having two collections as I want the hand done ones to feel more rustic in comparison to the digital ones. The motifs I have added to screens are a range of sizes as I wanted to experiment with scale. I’m going to do a series of tester samples and then be selective when choosing to do my final print room collection.

Downing Collection & Special Collection Archive Visits

During the visual research weeks I was given the opportunity to visit the Downing Collection and Special Collections within the university and the university library. Presented to me and other peers, was different textiles, wallpaper, sketchbooks samples and block printing equipment. Whilst looking through both collections I was particularly drawn to the more brighter samples/ objects as I feel colour catches my eye more than monochrome colours. In the Special Collections archive I was interested in the William Morris pieces. I've heard of the artist before me have never looked up him work but I feel his intricate designs in these particular pieces are inspiring for me and my practice.  

Special Collection Archive

At the Downing Collection I really enjoyed looking at the old Islamic print design which was produces by roller printing. I was drawn to the bright and bold colours within the print but like the contrast of the dark and duller background. I also like the finer details within the print which slightly takes off the bolder edge. 

Downing Collection Archive

I was also drawn to the intricate work in the Downing Collection from the lace designs from one of the presentation books. There wasn't much information on the book but the I think I'm going to book to see the other presentation books in the library on lace. 

Downing Collection Archive 

Intentions Inspirations Workshop

Since starting at Uni peer review has been a great way to get feedback and tips from peers within the same industry. We all prepared a short presentation about the work we had done over the summer and where we want to take it next. I feel I am my critique of my work and used to find it hard to show my work to others but having the reviews is encouraging and motivating. 

My initial summer work was inspired by my surroundings which was very floral. This is something I have always admired. After doing the feedback I was given some great advice on how to develop my work and different ways of drawing and with different media as I'm very mush a stick and ink kind of woman. I was advised to try more mark making as these could develop into backgrounds of future prints. As I am very into colour another suggestion was to try and more toned down colour pallet just to see how I would/could work with it as I've always been focused on vibrant colours. 

I also work on my iPad over the summer to get a feel of drawing digitally. This worked well for me and had a great response from my peers. This was made into a suggestion of researching more designers and practitioners that are more digitally based and not necessarily in the textiles industry.

   

Cultural Activity - Turkey

Just before coming back to Uni I visited Turkey and came to terms with the culture differences out there from architecture to interior. One place that really stood out for me was Bodrum Castle. Full of historical artifacts and local culture there was so many items pleasing to the eye. A lot of the flooring was intricate yet went well with the boldness of the castle itself and I like the idea of contrast within design and this I thought was a great example. 

Bodrum Castle

Whilst walking round Bodrum/ Gumbet I came across little design qualities that inspired me and could inspire my practice. The Turkish lamps have mosaic characteristic which is also represented in the street art. I love colour and that's why these appealed to me the most. I would really like to illustrate this feature in my work and work into it to see what outcomes I can get within the print room and digitally. 

Cultural Activity - Sothebys Beyond Limits at Chatsworth

I've never been into going to a sculpture park and looking at fine art sculpture pieces, but after reviewing my thinking I thought the Beyond Limits at Chatsworth would be a great opportunity to dive into something that never really interested me before. Artist such as Damian Hurst, Marc Quinn and Christopher Le Brun. 

The exhibition taught me to really look into something and not just judge something from a first glance. 

http://beyondlimits.sothebys.com/video.html

      Zadok Ben David, Lawrence Holofcener, Baltasar Lobo, Beverly Pepper, Christopher Le Brun

Hoop-La

The one sculpture that really stood out for me was a piece called Hoop-La by Alice Aycock. Made from painted aluminium the size of this sculpture was stunning. I loved the organic structure of it is what caught my eye. This is one of seven sculptures of a collection for Park Avenue. Aycock's studio is based in New York and shes 'encapsulates the dynamism of this cosmopolitan capital.' I think the piece was placed well within the gardens as the backdrop of Chatsworth House in the background is spectacular. 

Influences - Eugene Van Veldhoven

As I'm going into my 2nd Year I feel its a great opportunity to start taking more risks and experiment more. I don't want to feel as if I can't collaborate within other areas of textiles. Pushing my work that bit further with experimentation will make my practice grow and push my boundaries.

A designer I have researched is Eugene Van Veldhoven who is textile designer who has presented his work at Indigo, Heimtextil and Design a Bord. His innovate thinking is something that I'm going to bare in mind within my own practice. He uses a range of techniques to create a diverse profile. His techniques include flock print, ultrasonic quilting, foil printing and embroidery which have been applied to upholstery, carpet, wallpaper and fashion. 

eugenevanveldhoven.nl/

Influences - Sarah Devey

I've always had a significant interest in surface pattern and colour and feel print is the pathway for me. I love all aspects of the print industry from designing to getting stuck in in the print room to editing digitally.  

Like me Sarah combines hand drawn and digital elements of her work and that is something I am keen to carry on with throughout projects. Her designs have been spotted in Topshop and Marks & Spencer. I love the amount of detail that comes within each of the 3 designs I have picked out from her collections and they have a fun and vibrant feel to them which is what I look for when researching influential designers/artists.

www.sarahdevey.co.uk

Unit X - Reflection

Unit X has been an all round enjoyable project. I've loved working with Chloe and Elysha and feel like we've got on so well and we've all taught each other new things to take into future projects. After coming back from the Easter holidays I think this was when we knew that we had to get cracking with what was expected of us and more. I can honestly say our time management has been brill and we've all pulled our weight and achieved an innovative set of garments that reflect our theme and narrative. 

We made all the decisions together and never once did I feel I couldn't put my thoughts across as 90% of the time we had the same ideas. By communicating with other peers and getting them to evaluate some of our work has pushed us even more and each time we got more and more ideas of what we could do. Unfortunately in the time that we have this wasn't going to be possible. If I was going to start the project again or carry on with this then I would defiantly push to more print ideas and more initial designs. 

Overall I'm proud of what we have achieved. We have worked brilliantly together and played to all our strengths. Working collaboratively wasn't at all as I thought it would be to say I didn't have a clue who they were at first. Even though none of us are shy I still believe our communication skills have grown massively. This was helped with the group presentations and will defiantly help us individually in future projects. 

Dress and bib on stand.

Unit X - Week commencing 28th April

This week we've really been getting to grips with our final designs and what fabrics and print techniques we want to use on our final garments. We've gone for very clashy colours and fabrics but we feel this fits in great with our project concept. 

Final fabrics

Experimentation in print room

In Fridays lesson this week we also got the chance to do another group refection. This gave us the chance to plan in advance what we need to do, how we are going to do it and when it needs to be done for. From previous projects making a weekly plan has helped my time management massively and is something I have pushed throughout Unit X to get the best out of our group. 

Weekly group reflection 

Unit X - Line of enquiry

 This is the first time I've work collaboratively but since the start of Unit X I feel I have learnt a lot about working within a team. Its made me think about respecting other peoples opinions more and how we can boost each others confidence. On the 1st April we had a peer review. From past experiences of doing these its helped tremendously. We went through the S.W.O.T process to help us analyse groups work more in depth, this stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. It was great to see what other peers thought of our research as this can only help and extend our practice. 

In this weeks print room workshop we had a team talk of all the techniques we want to experiment with. We all decided that we really wanted to try the foiling technique as this is something we have been interested in from the first week. This process worked well and we defiantly want to develop this further. There was a few mishaps with the first foiling bit I did as I applied too much heat and caused the paper to burn. This is the first time we have all done this process and at that point it was just a case of trial and error. We also want to try process like flocking, puff and using glitter instead of the foil. We have booked a few extra sessions for the print room after the Easter holidays so we have the opportunity to do this.

Foiling with screens

 We've also decided as a team that we need to start thinking about garments and garment details. Its great that we are all on the same page in where we want to project to go and how playful we want to be within designing and making. In today's lesson be brought along all our unpicked garments and started to work on the mannequin and to think about draping and how we can create shape and a funky silhouette on the stand instead of flat pattern cutting. This was great, it gave us the chance to get a feel of working with different weight and thickness' of fabrics together. Some fabrics worked better with others but overall I think this gave us much more of an idea of what fabrics we want to work with when producing final garments. 

We also put together a plan of what we need to do over the Easter holidays. We need to underpin additional research in garment details and if we want any particular elements within the garments. We have a group message online now so its easier to share pictures and ideas better. We've decided that we are going to design garments over the holidays and then come back at the end April with the designs and pick out elements and details of each others work that we like and work well and decide on a final outcome.

Unit X - Week commencing 24th March

This week we put all our images/ motifs onto screen but started the week off by working with the hand painting onto screen process. We worked well to create different elements of our research to put a first sample piece together. I already knew what kind of effect it would have but it was good to see what Elysha and Chloe thought of this process. We printed onto two different weights of cotton, and we like how some of the designs came out but some of the detail in the figures and text bled which meant it wasn't as defined as we would have liked it to be. This means we are going to try out more printing techniques and see which one we think works the best for what we want to achieve.  

Images for screen

We found with our hand painting that once the fabric had been steamed etc.. that the colours weren't as strong as what we had hoped for. For the next time we do this process we now know to use less water when mixing the dye. 

All of the team also went to London on Friday on a fabric sourcing trip. It was nice to have the time to get to know Chloe and Elysha better and to see what sort of fabrics they like/ want to work with. We got mainly samples from different fabric shops as at the time none of us could really afford to buy meters of fabric. We also decided we need to spend time to think of what garment/garments we want to produce before buying fabrics. However it was great to see places where we can source all different fabrics at different price ranges for future projects. 

Unit X - Research

For Unit X I'm in engineering print for fashion. This is something I'm very interested in so glad I've got the opportunity to do this option choice. We've been put into teams and I'm with two fashion students Chloe and Elysha. We've put all initial ideas and interests forward and feel that we've made a good start and progress for what we want and hope to achieve within Unit X.    

We all liked the idea of the circus at Belle Vue and have decided to look more into circus' and funfairs and what inspirational links and ideas we find interesting such as trapeze artists, fortune telling, circus freaks and carousels. We've also been considering what print techniques and processes we would like to do in the print room. As I did print in the last unit/project I feel like I can advise on what I think would suit different fabrics. 

We all have a love for colour and feel this is going to work well when producing prints for the project. I feel because our outlook of the theme is turning into being quite childish. (in a good way). We think we can have fun with colour and experimenting with different contrasting fabrics and processes. I think the foiling technique in the print room will work well and add that element of 'fun' to our work. 

On Friday we looked into creating a muse to base our design work around. We liked the idea of making the name of our muse real. From the Belle Vue archives we all said there was one name that really stood out for us and that was Madam Lola. We were also interested in making the muse weird and unusual. As we are research circus freaks we came up with the idea of 'Madam Lola' being a bearded lady. We then created quick drawings of different garments based on elements of our mood board.    

For my personal progress I have started to write a plan for the upcoming week. I've found in the past that this has really helped with my organisation skills and time management. 

Unit X Research Week - Pintrest

As part of Unit X its vital that I collect as much research as possible and have been advised to create a Pintrest. This has also been a great starting point to gather secondary research. Ive started into looking into fairgrounds which is the main theme but then after looking into what Blackpool and Belle Vue. I've found a number of designers that have used fairgrounds in their catwalk shows. The one that stood out for me the most was Louis Vuitton's Spring/Summer 2012 catwalk show. 

I've then started to look into the typography you see when you go to a fairground/circus. The boldness of it really caught my eye and how they light it us with huge bulbs. The colours as well can be very bright and this adds that to the spectacular impact I feel it gives to the overall affect of being at the fairground. circus etc...

When in Blackpool I saw what looked like a pupper in a glass cabinet. When you put 20p in it, the puppet laughed. Was quite creepy but I've never been a fan of puppets and clowns as child, but it reminded me of fortune tellers being in the booths and reading tarot cards. This is something I'm going to look further into as I think it will be interesting to research into. 

  

http://gb.pinterest.com/amyjanepink17/boards/

Unit X Research Week - Belle Vue

This week we were given a talk on the famous Belle Vue, yet I had never heard of it. Opened in 1836 and closed in 1980. It was great to hear about something that no longer exists but played a big impact on hundreds and probably millions of lives. People traveled miles to experience what Belle Vue had to offer from the gardens to the circus acts.   

As Belle Vue had so much to offer this has given me another starting point and another set of inspiration. Belle Vue's entertainment was spectacular at the time and was on arches and aches of land. But the place is none existent now. Belle Vue held concerts, sports, a circus, ballrooms, firework displays and most importantly I have found is the Belle Vue zoo. 

I'm intrigued by the idea that more than 3/4 of the people my age and people older have never heard of Belle Vue. Manchester Histories though are and have been creating archives around Belle Vue and on the 21st March will be publishing a digital map of the Belle Vue collections and archives that are being showcased around Manchester. It will aslo give me a chance to research into individuals that will have fascinating stories about life at Belle Vue. 

Unit X Research Week - Blackpool Pleasure Beach

During the first part of the archive visits, I went to Blackpool Pleasure Beach. As the theme for Unit X is fairgrounds this was a great opportunity to have a look at things beyond what the general public see on a day to day basis. It was a great starting point and was very inspiring. First we were given a presentation on the history of the Pleasure Beach and how the business has staying within the same family for generations starting with William Bean in 1986. The Pleasure Beach began very small with only a few rides transported from America. The park has established loads and now has features such as theatres, bars, restaurants and much more. 

I got the chance to compare the old and the new within the park. I was taken to the mini archive where I was shown old parts of rides and logos from over the years. So much has changed since it was first established and has become much more of an attraction for families. 

 Later in the day I went in the costume vault where I were shown old costumes from the ice shows and also current costumes they were working on. There were thousands!!! The roles of fabrics caught my eye as well at the head wear as they were mainly large feathered structures. These worked well for great primary research. 

PE Task 2

During sampling I've had the chance to explore different types of print in the print room and digitally all revolving around the theme of data. Throughout the project I've been looking into different artists and designers that have influenced my practice. These 3 separate designers that have influenced me in the print room, digital sessions and also creating collages for hand designs. 

Madame Gilles 

Madame Gilles really stood out for me. A lot of her work is influenced by Pop art and Andy Warhol and from her collages you can really see those elements coming through. Madame Gilles' use of collage and layering has influenced my hand designs. I also think that her work has an urban feel to it and has been seen on lamp posts in New York and having her collages on 3D objects in a city environment has encouraged me to use my surroundings when thinking about composition and presentation. I've tried to use different weights of materials when producing my hand designs to bring more depth to my work as my prints from working in the print room and my digital prints are all flat and I want that variation in my work.

Basso & Brook

I have really admired Basso & Brooks' digital design for a while but have never been able to interpret this in my work as I didn't know how to work Photoshop and Illustrator. As with Madame Gilles, Basso & Brook's use of layering has inspired me especially in my digital designs. Now I know some techniques in Photoshop and Illustrator I feel it has push my designs further and has given me that extra boost to work digitally. When designing my digital designs I looked at how the composition of each image has been manipulated in some of Basso & Brooks' designs and attempted to do this in a few of my digital designs as well. I feel that it worked with a few designs but it didn't reflect my colour mood/image as well as I thought it would. I had to be selective when picking my final samples and some of the digital designs didn't make the cut as I feel they didn't fit with the majority. 

I have learnt something new every week within print and have thoroughly enjoyed it. One process that really stood out for me was the discharge printing. Unfortunately I didn't manage to get into the print room after my digital designs were ready to use the illuminating discharge dye on my digital prints as I felt some need stripping back to work with the rest of the collection. The other designer I looked into was Ivana Helsinki and their S/S 2012 collection. I'm not entirely sure if some of the prints we're done using the discharge technique but I can see the elements of it in the prints. From viewing the catwalk show I saw different fabrics used in the collection and I wanted to try the discharge technique on the range of fabrics I had already printed on to see how each one would turn out.

Ivana Helsinki

Overall I believe that research is an important aspect of any project and can influence you tremendously and move your work and projects forward. I have learnt that inspiration comes from anywhere and not just in your area of study. Realizing this, for future projects I want to do more research outside of the box as this can expand my research and practice

   

Print - Week 8

This is the last week of print and have been trying to make the most of my time. I sent some digital prints to be printed out on Cotton Satin and Habotai. There is was quite a queue in the digital print room so not expecting the prints till the end of the week but this still leaves enough time for me to bonderweb the edges so they don't fray. I also managed to get some time in the print room which I was please about. This gave me the chance to try more of the different techniques from previous weeks print room sessions as I wanted to develop my designs further onto dip and tie dyed backgrounds as a feel it fits in with my colour pallet better rather than a plain white background because they look quite simple in my sketch book. I tried to experiment with the discharge printing by doing it onto a dip dyed background to see what the outcome was. On one I used my motifs and other I used one of the ready exposed screen with dots one which still fit well with my project and motifs.

My digital print came out really well and am chuffed to bits with the end results. I'm going to have to be selective when picking my final samples as I don't think all of them go together or compliment my colour pallet.

Once my digital prints have been processed and steamed I gathered all my hand and digital designs together to see what worked well with each other and if any stood out. I narrowed my samples down to ones which i think compliment each other and work well as a final collection of samples. Over all I am happy with my designs, but some of the digital ones the colour came out slightly different.