Shoe Project Comments + Reflection

Kieran today looked at our books and I was told that my research and idea's were good but to start to design my shoes and to look at ways of embellishing the leather if I so wanted to and to create my patterns since I am looking into the idea of printing or laser cutting the leather from a pattern that I have made using ancient Greek symbols etc.

A design created using Image Maker on Calico.

Therefore I will start to laser cut some patterns out on paper and will also start printing some patterns onto fabric that I design and will then try to do the same onto white matte leather if I have the time to.
I have also started my marketing research for the shoebox section of this project and have started to look at conceptual packaging, and have completed my S.W.O.T & pen profile for my research. This will help me to identify the packaging that I will use based on my research into my clients and the need of my shoe.

Lasecut Project Reflection + Comments

Today I was told to work more on the mannequin and to make the pieces we're making more couture, I have therefore decided to find some origami 3D shapes to make and put onto the jacket that I will be making, and we need to also make the outfit less fitted so I am focusing on the 3D shapes rather than the fit of the jacket.

Some inspiring pictures I intend to work from:

My Handmade Item - Garnment construction

I drafted up a pattern from a book to make a little summer top to wear with some high waisted jeans out of a book that I got brought recently and got to try out when I went home for a weekend. I used some material that I already had since this top was meant to be only for PDP and to practice my garnment skills and to help me draft patterns better. this pattern was designed to be super simple and for beginners but I'm rally glad that it came out well but will be changing the length so that it is a little bit longer since it came out a bit shorter than I wanted but otherwise fits really nicely else where and especially when worn with a belt on the waist.

Illustrator - First Lesson

Illustrator is the programme that we need to use with the Lasercutter, therefore I have downloaded Illustrator and have put my patterns into Illustrator.
We opened up a new document in illustrator, you can have multiple art boards up on illustrator to work with. The fill is on the top and the stroke is at the back behind the fill and you can double click to change the colours. in appearance you can change the line width by changing the stroke amount. \the white mouse will allow you to select a point and move a point around. With the pen tool you can create a circle and then using the straight line turn any curved lines into straight lines to create a square

PDP Day - Table

For our PDP appointment we looked at how we felt we were getting on and about work placements for summer. For my work placement I am trying to get a work placement at Debenhams for a week to do Visual Merchandising as I want to try everything out so that I am sure of what I want to do. I also want to try and apply to work in the Design section of a high street store i.e. River Island or Topshop. Angela has said that in order to try that  I need to up-date my CV and to also create a portfolio, so I will be trying to do that in the next few weeks so that I can start applying early.

Comments + Reflection

Today I showed Claire my book and she said that the pages that I re-did looked really good and were much better organised.
She has said that I need to try and make some pro-to types of the shoes that I might make just so that I can have a play around with shapes etc, so I am going to do a few quick designs and make some mock ups out of card. She also said that I should try some collaging since I am using geometric shapes which I will try a few pages in since I think some interesting shapes could come out of doing so.
I also needed to figure out how to fit my Olympia theme with my Artists which could be harder to do however I have started to do that and have started with Jean Dubuffet which has been fairly easy and I've managed really well so far.

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