Sunday, 18 February 2018



Evaluation

                Trying to achieve an outcome that doesn’t come naturally to me has been a struggle. I purposefully chose a lack of colour with a strong drive on texture to try and challenge myself to broaden my understanding of weave. In my opinion I have not managed to create the standard of work that was possible, but have achieved what I set out to at the beginning of the unit.


                Working with white has been more challenging than I initially anticipated. I expected to not have to think about colour very much, but found myself spending lots of time looking into different tones/shades and how that may impact the aesthetic of a sample. Although it may seem limited, the colour white is much broader than I thought. Working with white alone was difficult and slightly restricting so I expanded into more of a monochrome palette to achieve contrast. This allowed for more development in my samples and crisp shapes.

                Mohair was a big aspect in my work. Initially through first and second hand research, I found myself drawn to softer things and wanted to therefore expand on that more. A combination of mohair and wool allowed me to create a soft texture and surface; recreating the sensory aspect that I developed with some of my 3D drawings. If I had more time I would have liked to experiment with flocking onto my samples to reimagine the idea of 3D drawing.

Sunny afternoons in the weave room ☀️ #weaversofinstagram #wip #weave #textiles #blocks #contrast

                Working on two projects at once has, so far, been the most challenging thing I’ve done. I found myself really struggling with juggling the two, mostly in terms of time management.  The issues I’ve had have been due to my own organisation problems and partly to do with perhaps trying to take on too much at once i.e. working with a concept unfamiliar to me. Although I have been able to distinguish where the issues lay, it will take time for me to correct the mistakes in the future.  With this in mind, having the John Lewis brief alongside my self-initiated was almost a blessing. My design plans for the live brief were much more to my taste and what I naturally gravitate towards. Having both project on the go allowed me to almost merge them together, to create designs similar to what I know best but also have the ability to develop certain areas in terms of texture.




                I have learnt a lot from this unit about how I work, what I like and don’t like, and how I can improve as a designer. I most definitely lean towards squares and blocks which I will work with more and try to develop in the future in an exciting and innovative way. I would also like to revisit colour in a new project. Although I have enjoyed working with white I have missed playing with different colour combinations and think this is one of my strengths. 


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