PE TASK 2.

This year has been fun and I have enjoyed it very much. It has been hard work but that is one of the reasons I have enjoyed it so much. My fellow students and tutors have been great and very friendly. It is so good to be a part of a course with many creative and talented students and also very inspiring tutors. 

The  first option I chose was Textile design for Fashion, I was drawn to this because of the variety of things you could do with it. It also includes all of the disciplines such as print, knit and weave, but combining them with fashion. I enjoy drawing, illustration and garment making so this was a great option for me. I learnt a lot in this unit, especially key skills in photoshop and illustrator both of which I hadn’t used before. My illustrative drawing skills really improved and I was able to enhance this with the digital skills I also learnt.

I was a bit disappointed with the grade I got for this Unit but I completely understood why I got it. I didn’t do enough research and drawing to begin with , so when it came to designing my collection I was limited. I also didn’t concentrate on my colour palette and this was evident in the final prints which let my collection down as it didn’t work as well together as it should have.

TD4F Illustrations

Colour Palette

The second option I chose was print, I chose this because I have always loved print and I usually stick to what I know. I have done screen printing before so I wanted to work and build on the skills I already had. I found the workshops we had to be very interesting and helpful, the handouts were also a good idea as I could constantly refer back to them. I enjoyed being in the print room often and I feel like I threw myself into this unit fully and I think my work represented this. After my feedback from the first unit I decided to concentrate on the basis of the project which was drawing. I drew a lot of motifs so when it came to designing I had a lot of option and I could experiment with different ideas. To achieve a great collection of prints I knew I had to concentrate on my colour palette, I chose quite a busy, vibrant palette and I tried to include all of the colours in most of my prints so they looked like a collection. I chose a large colour palette so I didn’t get bored and this made my prints look very busy and interesting. After working on this Unit I know realise how important a successful colour palette is and I have kept this in mind when working on Unit X.

Print Motifs

Final Prints

Original Drawing

Unit X was a very different experience for me, but it was very interesting to work with students from different courses. It was very challenging as it was completely different to how I’ve worked before. I liked the freedom we were given and it was good to get feedback and support from my group rather than tutors. I felt like our exhibition was a great success and there was a vast amount of varied work. Overall this year has been great and I have developed many skills, drawing and digital print have been key to my work. I think I am going to use and enhance these further next year in Textile Design for fashion as fashion has always been something I have been interested in.

Unit X Exhibition

My work at Kraak Gallery