Sunday, 11 May 2014

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.

Saturday, 3 May 2014

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