ONLINE PORTFOLIO

http://www.artsthread.com/profile/paigeturner/

An online portfolio that holds all my work that I have done inside and outside of this course, some work that has been displayed on here in the past and a few more sightings.

Each project has a short description as to what the project was and what I have done for it, some projects need more boards added.

Feel free to take a look and share the link around.

COSTING AND SPEC SHEETS

Most of you may already know what these sheets are. 

They appear to be like a receipt, showing all the information of what was bought to construct the dress concluding the official price of 1 garment which will be assessed on how much the dress is worth and how much it could be sold for. These sheets also help with sizing, all these measurements are taken into an account and help create a size grid.

BLACK BEAUTY GARMENT

Black Beauty project is almost over and with garment development handed in I can now share the final product.

Throughout garment development I have gathered samples of multiple bodices and skirts that has shown the progression of the alterations throughout the pattern cutting process. These alterations allowed me to learn how easily and quickly alterations could be made. I was able to construct these samples by using the knowledge that I have gained from previous projects which shows my self-progression.

In this project I was able to look into different techniques of constructing which has allowed me to expand my skills and current knowledge in garment construction. I looked into dart manipulation and panels, fish tail patterns and panelled patterns for the skirt, all of which could be possible to construct my design but opted for the ones that stuck to the concept of the design. I was also able to go back into moulage for the veil which I was a technique that I learned earlier this year.

Problem solving played a big part with construction as it played an important part in altering the patterns and the garment. The issues that occurred were due to the bodice being too big for the stand, excess fabric, placement of the pleats on the middle panel and the lining. These issues were solved by going back to the patterns that were made and adding on and taking away the excess to allow either function to the garment and for the garment to appear more like the design. The main issue that occurred was sowing the lining to the dress on the hem line, I found this difficult as the dress appeared to be in a loop once it was inverted. With the dress having a large hem it was important to line up the panels together to ensure a smooth finish and presented to industry standard. Solving these problems have allowed me to take my time with my process to ensure to prevent problems occurring.

What went well with construction was the assembling of the bodices together in the final fabric and of the skirt. The fabric that I chose for this dress was black denim with a brocade felt pattern. The fabric itself was made on the bias which helped the dress to have flexibility with it being fitted to the body. For the placements of the patterns I attempted to have a continuous pattern throughout the garment by matching up the patterns for the dress with the pattern on the fabric. This allowed the pattern to continue form the bodice to the skirt and throughout the panels.

My concept for this project was ‘Black Beauty’ a concept which entailed bringing the beauty out of the darkness which has been portrayed by the veil and the dress. The dress represents the beauty as it holds the most detail and compliments the female body and the veil represents the darkness, hiding the beauty within.

The design for the veil covered the whole face and the shoulders, adding the armholes into the veil showed that the beauty is strong enough to come through the darkness, ie: the veil. The construction of the veil was best made from using the moulage technique, by placing the dress on the stand and draping the chiffon material over the stand I was able to use designer tape to mark out the new shape of the veil. Using chiffon allowed the design to still have its darkness and be able to see through the veil. Constructing the veil also gave me the opportunity to work with binding.

INTERVIEW PREPARATION

Workbased learning this year has been based around work placements. One of which I am already doing which is designing and constructing a dress for Rachels Graveyard which is a company based in brighton. (more will be posted in the near future). 

We are allowed to do more than one placement so with this is mind I have taken into account of finding another. The one that I have found is working for the company 'DISTURBIA'. This opportunity alone did spark my interest as I do admire the company itself and a fan of some of their designs. 

To gain an interview I sent two versions of my CV, the creative CV (which i will link to at the end) and the document.

For preparation of my interview I included some of the work that has already been featured on the blog, some from Rachels Graveyard and from my current project 'Black Beauty'. I did take some time to alter some of the designs that Ihave alreday done in the past to make them more appealing towards 'DISTURBIA' which they did approve of. By doing this is showed that I had interest in the company and understood it's ethos thoroughly.

My designing technique that appears on my presentation boards involve fabric swatches, this gives a general idea as to what the final product would look like and gives a slight 3 dimension feel. Cropping out sections of the fabric samples bring an edge to the designs and shows that you are updated in design techniques.

Other work that was brought to the interview - 

- http://thisisdarkmatter.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/creative-cv.html

- http://thisisdarkmatter.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/portfolio-moulage.html

- http://thisisdarkmatter.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/rachels-graveyard.html

- http://thisisdarkmatter.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/black-beauty-portfolio-development.html

- http://thisisdarkmatter.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/design-development.html