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.
