Kodatrace and Screen Printing

 

After my trip out to London I became inspired to draw from my own photos, using different medias. Once I had decided which drawing I would like to print onto a cushion I decided to start my Kodatrace design. I chose my drawing of Big Ben to put onto my Kodatrace because its such an iconic building and I think it would look effective for a cushion design.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once I had put my Kodatrace onto a screen I then began to dye fabrics and print on them. Both of my samples have a tie dye effect for the background and then I have printed my design with black pigment for both samples. I am really pleased with how my design turned out because its detailed and looks effective on the tie dyed backgrounds.

 

 

Day out in London

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had a brilliant day out in London a couple of weeks ago and I took pictures of the sights and things that inspired me. I took pictures of the iconic Big Ben clock and the London eye for primary research for my new project of a chosen country or city of my choice and I decided to pick London because it is one of my favourite cities in the world.

 

 

 

 

Lucy Sparrow

I have been trying to look for artist inspiration for the making of my sprite can. I came across a felt artist name Lucy Sparrow. Lucy creates over-sized soft versions of existing objects and major art works. I love her work because its colouful and unique and its given me inspiration for my can. All the pictures that I have uploaded have been taken from her website.

http://sewyoursoul.co.uk/

Ethics

In todays session we learnt about Ethical and Environmental issues. I was interested in the subject of copyright. A lot of well known companies have been in the middle of copyright battles, one of the clothing companies who have been caught out a numerous amount of times is Forever 21. The image below shows Forever 21 copying somebody else's t-shirt design. I have linked the website below.
http://www.dailydot.com/business/forever-21-ripoff-copyright-stolen-shirt-design/



Trend Companies

I have been looking at different trend companies on the internet and came across the trend company 'WGSN'. I then clicked on Juniors Essentials - Apparel Spring 2015. This shows some trends that this company think will be popular in spring 2015. I looked through the slides and saw the trend 'Duster Cardigans', which I think is going to be a massive trend next spring. To get more information on next springs trends go to http://www.wgsn.com/content/board_viewer/#/55238/page/1.

 

Also on this website I clicked on Junior Essentials - Accessories Spring 2015, and flicked through the slides to see what's going to be on trend next spring. I came across 'Tactile Choker' which I think is going to be a big trend next year. A lot of celebrities have been photographed wearing chokers and I believe that they will be popular next spring. I think it'll be popular because its unique and dramatic. To get an insight of next years trends click on http://www.wgsn.com/content/board_viewer/#/55422/page/7



GroupTask

 

For todays task, we had to get into groups and write about target audiences. We had to think about; Age, Gender, What they find important, Hobbies, Shops, Jobs, Political Leanings and Influences.

                                  Here's a picture I took of our groups work.

Paris

I went to Paris last summer with my family and decided to share some pictures that I had taken. Paris is such a beautiful city and we visited as many landmarks as we could whilst we were there. We saw the Eiffel tower during the day and a night, when it lit up. My mum took a picture of my sister and I standing in front of the Eiffel Tower.