First weeks of been an assistant

This was the first week of been an assistant to the 3rd year. The girl that I was meant to be paired with wasn't here and im told is never really at college so i'm not sure why they paired someone with her especially when i have got 100% attendance as when it comes to the 3rd years writing a report on how I helped them and how I did i'm going to be at a disadvantage.

I got paired with a girl called Lucy for the day, she is doing a different path way to me but it was still interesting to see what she is creating. She didn't have her sketch book on her so I couldn't see her development but she showed me her final line up. It is all based on war and everything over sized showing that they are to young to go to army as nothing fits and just green fabrics very inspired by army.

My first day was to go and do some research for her on

1. Swing tickets

2. Fabric labels

3. Website set ups

4. Coat hangers

5. War memorabilia

So it was a pretty easy day and didn't learn anything off her as I was in the library doing the research but I was able to see some places to get the swing tickets from etc which Imo sure in turn will help me when it comes to me doing my final collection.

Marit Fujiwara

I came across Marit Fujiwara a textile graduate from Chelsea college of art and design whilst searching for textile designers. Her work is amazing i love everything about it!!!!

Tent dress

Artists Adrienne Pao and Robin Lasser have created tent dresses or 'wearable architecture' for the outdoors.

They say their work is about seduction, 'a fusion of architecture, the body and the land', that 'poses the question of what lies under a woman's skirt in the 21st century'. Lasser & Pao

Multi functional dress which can be worn and then slept in giving it two purposes.

Hussein Chalayan

In 2000 Chalayan created a collection which included a table skirt inspired by his experience as a child during the war in Greece. This collection was based on the war time impermanence of homes raided and been forced to leave the house quickly with very few possessions.

This concept of clothing having more than one purpose has been explored by a number of different artists and fashion designers resulting from personal experience with war and frequently moving homes.

Weaving Into A Hessian Style Material

On these samples which i love i have cut different photographs for mainly the colour and the texture into small strips and then woven them into the fabric. I am not sure what the fabric is? It is almost like dried straw. I think it works really well but would take ages on a garment though having to do it on that scale.

A Series of photographs of burning the woven sample

These photos aren't in order of me burning them because I thought it was quite interesting seeing the sample jump from been unburnt and melted comparing that to one with a flame in the middle.

I like the scale of these samples. The camera was set up on the tripod in a well lit area with just natural light so the shots are quite clear.

Weaving & Photography......

My new project is based on photography, weave and changing its original state which is why i have slashed photographs up on woven them. Here are a few pictures of the loom and what my first sample looks like before its finished.