FINAL SHOW AT NEWCASTLE COLLEGE

 

Museum of Modern Art

 

On a trip to New York recently, I took a little look round the Museum of Modern Art and the work of Piet Mondrian caught my attention. I really like his use of line and blocks of colour. This could help inspire some of my prints in the future.

 



'Composition in Red, Blue, and Yellow'

'Broadway Boogie Woogie'

'Composition with Red, Blue, Black,
Yellow and Gray'

 

Made in Jesmond

The second brief of my second year at Newcastle college was a live project for 'Made in Jesmond'. I was asked to design my own product  range to be sold within the shop. I have chosen my own theme, which was oriental, drawing inspiration from the Oriental museum in Durham and Newcastle china town. I have really enjoyed this module as I was able to get down some interesting intial drawing and also florals which I haven't had the chance to draw from in a while. 

 

I chose to make a collection of screen printed silk scarves as I am particularly interested in making fashion outcomes. I think I am stronger at fashion than interiors etc and screen printing is something I am really beginning to enjoy.

 I think my first scarf print turned out the best, as I was unsure about the composition I used on the second and the pink I had added into my colour palette.

 

I created my own swing tags asI think they look more professional. I learn't alot from this project about creating my own products and this could be a potential option for my design work in the future.

Chanel Autumn/Winter 2012-13

Whilst doing my research into my trend I came across the Fall/Winter 2012-13 collection from Chanel, inspired by the Subterranean world. I loved the idea of the crystals, and the colours really stood out to me in shades of precious gems. My research had already made me think about looking at underground caves and the rocks and gems in them but this collection really inspired me to go down that route.

Chanel Autumn/Winter 2012-13 Ready-to-wear
Vogue.com

 

Subterranean

I have just went back to college for the final year of my foundation degree and after a long summer off I'm looking forward to getting back to work. The first brief of the year is 'Skills for Making' and we have to use the skills we have learnt over the past year, and start to work in the direction we want to go in. I have to choose one of three trends from 'Subterranean', 'Geometric' and 'Folklore', and research and develop my theme to finally produce a collection of garment fronts. I really enjoyed making my garment front last year so I really excited about doing this module. Out of the three trends, the Subterranean trend appealed to me the most. I thought it would be very interesting to research and keep me interested throughout the module so I'm very excited to get started.