MONO GEO RESEARCH PROJECT
BY AMY PRICE
CONTENTS PAGE INSPIRATION/ MOOD BOARD DRAWING/ MARK MAKING DEVELOPMENT WORK FABRIC SAMPLES POTENTIAL OUTCOMES
INSPIRATION This project is about structure- based on mess displayed in organised ways. There is order to everything whether we see it straight away or have to look deeper. The idea of layering grabbed my attention, creating 2D fabrics that have a 3D look about them. If a fabric looks bold and enticing the consumer wearing the garment, will feel bold and confident also. All the fabrics are hand crafted and together are part of a research project into pushing boundaries of textile print and design. Black and white was chosen due to the initial idea being chaotic, and adding colour may have complicated the not so perfect look. So using simple colours in exciting ways has proven to work well.
MOOD BOARD MONO-GEO MONOCHROME
GEOMETRIC
DRAWING/ MARK MAKING Drawing is very important at the start of a project to then work from and develop through to the end. Lots of geometric stencils were made during this project to experiment and print with in many different ways, for example printing through the holes with paint, then ink to create more splodged effects. Flipping the stencil and printing with the excess paint which creates block areas outside of the shapes.
DEVELOPMENT WORK The splodged shapes effect worked well with perfect shapes layered over the top. The laser cutter helped create a crisp look and helped the layering idea come into action (even if it was just on paper to experiment with). When planning how to transfer ideas onto fabric, development work is key to help the process along.
FABRIC SAMPLES Testing was key in this project and exploring the range of equipment there was to hand. Disperce dyes were chosen to be used heavily for these fabric samples. The stencils used in development where then re-used when applying ideas to fabric by dabbing disperse dye through the stencils, and experimenting in the heat press by reprinting the painted papers until the dye faded out.
Another technique used in these samples is devore, again masked out by stencils. This created a delicate effect so when used with a geometric shape the effect looked different to if a screen print or disperce dye had been printed onto the fabric through the same shape. (Top two opposite)
POTENTIAL OUTCOMES The fabric samples were designed for womens fashion. Here the fabric samples have been placed onto similar garments the fabrics were designed for to see how they would look in situe.
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