Final Photographs...

I've been so excited to see my final photographs from the photo shoot last week! It was exciting to see them being shot, to now see them on paper forever to keep! I am so proud of my work and the work Jason done. It really captures the look I was going for and I love my close ups of the details I have put into my embroidery.

 

Look 2 - Innocence, up-cycled jumper with screen print in pigment & discharge with bugle beads

& embroidered beret

 

 

Look 2 - Innocence, up-cycled jumper with screen print in pigment & discharge with bugle beads

& embroidered beret

 

 

 

Look 3 - Metamorphosing, Up-cycled RAF jumper with crochet back, screen print & stitches

& embroidered beret

 

 

Look 3 - Metamorphosing, Up-cycled RAF jumper with crochet back, screen print, foil & messy stitches, & embroidered beret

 

 

Look 3 - Metamorphosing, Up-cycled RAF jumper with crochet back, screen print, foil & messy stitches, & embroidered beret

 

 

Look 1 - Creation, Up-cycled Army jumper with screen printed layered prints in pigment & foil 

 

 

Look 1 - Creation, up-cycled Army jumper with donated foiled shoulder pieces and embroidered back

 

 

Look 1 - Creation, Up-cycled Army jumper with screen printed layered prints in pigment & foil 

 

 

Look 5 - Deceased, up-cycled Army shirt with screen print, foil lace and embroidered shoulders, and embroidered beret

 

 

Look 5 - Deceased, up-cycled Army shirt with screen print, foil lace and embroidered shoulders, and embroidered beret

 

 

Look 6 - Preservation, Up-cycled military jumper turned into shrug with dip dye, embroidered beads and foil print, and embroidered beret

 

 

Look 6 - Preservation, Up-cycled military jumper turned into shrug with dip dye, embroidered beads and foil print, and embroidered beret

 

 

Look 4 - Maturity, Up-cycled men's shirt, cropped with foil print & embroidered fronts and epaulettes, & embroidered cap

 

 

Look 4 - Maturity, Up-cycled men's shirt, cropped with foil print & embroidered fronts and epaulettes, & embroidered cap

 

 



Jason Little Photo Shoot...

Excited for the photo shoot & getting my whole collection shot for my portfolio. Great to see the final outcomes in a professional environment. Just have to wait for the final printed versions. It got suggested to me by Jason Little the photographer, to use a green background rather than a grey or a white backdrop. I was a bit apprehensive as I did not know whether the green would blend in with some of my green garments. Knowing he knows more about it than I do, I trusted him and I'm so glad I did! I loved it! The green worked so well to make the whole collection and theme more grungier and moodier like I wanted it.

The whole day was a success and I left feeling very proud and excited to see the finals. This has been what I've been working towards for since February and to see it all finished is a little over whelming. A special thanks to Jason, the hair & makeup specialists & Abbie Martin for being a great model!

 

 

 

 

 

Final 2 garments...

Final 2 garments on their way to being finished! Really proud of the way they have been going. Can't wait to get them photographed & put into portfolio. I love the combination of print and embroidery to use different layers on my garments. Also the distressed look of how some of the prints have been coming out, not perfect, and this is what I wanted.

 

Coming Together At Last...

Been a bit hectic recently, trying to get everything finished in time for videos and photoshoots! I've been loving it though, great to see the collection coming together at last! 4 outfits finished for the video. The video was a great experience to work with a different department, learn how those types of things generally work and to see the collection two 3rds of the way finished, I left feeling a little proud. Even though I was the last person to go & it was an extremely long day it was worth it and everyone done their best. I loved the way the beading glittered underneath the studio lights, really sparkled and showed the designs well.

Now on to do the final two...!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Little Catch up...

A few images to show what I have been up to. I've really been getting into my embroidery which takes up all of my time! Which would be annoying for anyone else but I just love it! I love buying new beads and thinking of how I can use them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



A Change in Direction...

I've been having a bit of a crisis within my FMP and I didn't really think it was going well and I couldn't get into it. Having the garments ready made in front of me was something making me stuck and I couldn't think of how to change them because I wanted them to be wearable. I also didn't like the idea of garments being stuck together to make a new outfit, 3 waistcoats in one or patch worked together. I feel like that look is really drab, been done before millions of times and I didn't have that many items that would go. I believe it would have taken a long time to source items that go along together nicely (time I don't have) and as I'm being donated things, most of the stuff found is out of my control. I just didn't want to be unhappy with it and I was starting to get really unhappy. I don't know whether it was just me being picky but I just didn't like most of the outcomes where things where placed as patches and didn't have a purpose,  they were just there.

So I had a deep thinking time and decided on I'm not going to focus on whole outfits. I am just going to be looking at tops such as jumpers and shirts and berets. Using the garments as the canvas to apply the techniques I like on top rather than changing the shapes necessarily. Making a whole outfit was putting me off too. Things look lovely on their own but combined with another item could look too much.

This aside I am feeling a lot happier. I get to focus on the applications I love the most - print and embroidery and I have just getting carried away with it. Typical when you've got hardly any time left! Time is going too fast! One day it's Monday, then it is suddenly Sunday!!

Here are some snapshots of what I have been up to...