The Final Outcome

After creating an innovation garment, I have developed and experimented with techniques that I have never been introduced to before. These techniques have opened my mind to not only using these techniques and design to these techniques but to also develop my skills and experiment with the different methods of producing a garment.

The Production Process

Developing the creation - A Work In Progress

final concept

The Final Design.

After experimenting with a variety of innovation techniques as a group we have decided to work with subtraction cutting and screen printing as a technique:

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Final Design - Composing In A Group

To compose a final design I worked within a group, this included Cassandra Williams and Louise Perry:
http://www.cassawilliams.blogspot.com/ 
http://louisemarieperry.blogspot.com/ 

As a group we put all are concepts and research of communication together to develop a final design. The inspiration I helped donate to the groups final designs was the feminine torso of the human body allowing movement to be a clear communication method. After many discussions we produced the following design, which interpreted the subtraction cutting technique, feminine natural torso and the concept of body-con fabric.

Screen Printing Technique

Screen Printing a interesting, simple textile technique that allows 

 you as a designer to print a unique print of your choice.

The printing technique uses a woven mesh placed in a frame as a stencil for your design to be printed on to. The image that you would like to print is attached by the transfer ink or sometimes another range of printing materials. These can then be pressed onto the mesh. The next step is to uses squeegee which you drag across the screen stencil. this then forces the ink through the holes of the mesh in all the open areas of your design. Here is a demonstration of the technique used: 

Photographic Evidence of Screen Printing...The Equipment

 Paper for initial testing.

 Black ink, spoon, squeegee.

 Calico testing Fabric or real one.

 Woven mesh screen with your unique image.

flat clean surface.

The Process

The Woven Mesh Screen Clean

 Placing the ink on to the screen

Using the squeegee, dragging the ink down the screen

 

Line of Ink ready to be dragged

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Designs Sheets Explorations

 Design Sheet 1

 

Design Sheet 2

 

Design Sheet 3

 Design sheet 4

 

Design Sheet 5

 

Design Sheet 6

 

Design Sheet 7

 

Design Sheet 8

 

Design Sheet 9

Design Sheet 10

 

Design Sheet 11

 

Design Sheet 12

 

Design Sheet 13

 Design Sheet 14

 

Design Sheet 15

 The Design sheets above show a range and variety of experiments that explore my prior research into communication. Through the humans body motion I was inspired to studied the movement of the human torso expressing emotions through the skin: twisting, bending, negative space, stretching, speed, volume and motions. All these elements are dependent on how a human wants to express themselves. An artist that helped me to develop my work was Muybrigde, this is a man that experimented with captured the humans locomotion on film through photographic shots. Another dramatic influence on my designs was the inspiration of the form and layout of dance. This motion art is a way to transfer forms and shapes to express unique individuality.

Initial concepts To Further Develop Within Designs

Initial Designs

The Motion Designs

The above composition explores my earliest designs creating movement through a garments structure. This is produced through a combination of metal rings, this allows motion to be portrayed through the garment. I then developed this concept by adding fabric into my designs. The fabric I have selected would be nude chiffon, allowing maximum motion to the garment making it extra sensitive to motions. 

The Sensitive Designs

The two design sheets above demonstrate the concept of applying sensitive pads to garments, these sensitive pads will pick up the bodies movement and to show this it will send signals to a speaker, which will play an audio reading of specific movements which are captured. I have also explored my designs relating to all my previous research within dance wear, including Body- Con, such as leotards,crop-tops and play-suits.  All these inspiration allow me to develop my main theme shown through-out my project, which explores the human body while in motion.

Capturing the Movement through Negative Spaces

The Fourth design sheet that I have produced has been inspired by my previous research into negative space and creating a motion developed from a simple  movement. This concept inspired me to explore and develop my designs using nude(natural and contemporary) chiffon which is gathered within the main seams of the garment. This allows maximum fabric to overhang on the body. meaning the fabric will sense any simple body movements. Therefore the fabric can create a motion through the whole body by these innovative garments.

Natural and Organic

 Throughout my research I have explored the natural shape of the body and how it is altered through-out the perception of the body moving or expressing itself when dancing. Therefore I dedicated my research into the female form, which demonstrates this images dramatically. The Torso is a natural image that seem to be a constant image that was exaggerated within dance therefore this image of either printing, shaping or developing the bodies Torso is something I will further develop within my future designs.

INITIAL CONCEPT - AS A FINAL BRIEF

Through-out my project I have analysed and studied a variety of communication. I have then developed into my strongest area of the human body expressing movement. This dramatically inspired my work. Therefore the final concept of my work is to interpret movement into a unique garment that explores the unique human form. This area will cover: body-con, nudity, torso images as a print whilst still composing a unique voluminous garment that indicates and reflects to my first prior research area of dance. All this will be composed of through innovation sewing techniques which I have studied throughout the module.

Human Motion

Nicole Tran Ba Vang body suits-last minute inspiration...

 Composing a body suit....nude..organic.. body-con.... this is dramatic influence on to my final designs I have only just discovered this designer that experiments with skin as a clothing which is the same development I have studied throughout researching Muybridge. I find this work almost ironic and an illusion to the eye. the concept is based on our unique form as a human.

Developing A Unique Torso

The above composition explores a variation of a torso image that I selected to use to print on to my final garment. To do this I experimented with a range of photo-shop techniques altering the tone, adding effects to compose a unique image.

The Final outcome was a harsher tone with a cleaner contrast, creating a professional torso image:

Exploring Concept Inspiration....

Concept One 

Concept Two

Concept Three

 

Concept Four

Concept Five

Concept Six

Concept Seven

Concept Eight

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Concept Ten