My final piece

My final knitted garment...

A few knitted samples...

Below are some of my preferred knitted samples which I feel really express the ideas within my theme. They articulate the notions of distortion and fragmentation well due to the stripes appearing upset and distressed. I have combined a variety of yarns which I feel work best in sample 1, and will perhaps experiment with further. The samples mainly consist of the holding technique and deliberately laddered areas knitted with a contrast of fine and thicker textured yarns.   

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Rhythm and Line..

Optical Illusion

Eastern Ethnic Colours

For this unit, I wanted to focus mainly on colour. As a response, I decided to base my project on a ethnic far east theme. At first, I looked for all kinds of inspiration related to the word ‘Ethnic’. However, as I started to study closer, I realised that I was more drawn towards the exotic bright colours of the far east instead of the block primary colours from Africa. I love the rich, intense, tropic colours that relate with the east and have taken inspirations from photos of Thailand, India and China.

Wearable Art...

My inspiration...

 

Vanessa Beecroft:

As soon as i saw these images in Wallpaper Magazine  i loved them, and i based my project pretty much based around this idea. It opened my eyes up to fashion and knitwear being used for different reasons. Ideally i want to make a piece of 'wearable art'. For this brief i'm really interested in collaborating with another student, perhaps a photographer to do an interesting photoshoot, as i see my final piece, not so much being a wearable fashion item, but more an item of clothing for an instillation.

Colour...

Samples...

I really like the above sample, the picture doesn't do it justice but it's a mix of a white wool yarn and plastic mono filament wire, it's is stiff and structured, very unlike any traditional knitted fabric. The wire is difficult to knit with but i think it could make a really interesting garment, because of the square shape it keeps.

I have thought about using a very delicate lacey fabric, like the above and making the shape i want with a metal wire frame, soldered together, with the help of a 3D student.

This is the sample i am going to take further and develop. The yarns are a mix between wool, very fine viscose and plastic wire. The mix of yarns create a really interesting drape and structure to the fabric. Parts fold and curl and then some parts are stiff and rigid. It makes the fabric more 3D, just what i wanted. As well as this the technique used makes the shape uneven, parts jut out and some parts go in. I am going to develop it further to see how i can make it into a garment.

Moment of Impact

For the Design and Contemporary Practice unit that I am currently working on, I became inspired by images that are not usually considered beautiful, and found myself being interested in the ideas relating to 'moments of impact'. I wanted to focus my interest on the idea of distortion and fragmented objects that can occur at a certain moment of impact. I am particularly fascinated by the unexpectedness and chaos caused within a crash or explosion that can instantly upset the peace at the blink of an eye. 

With this in mind...I wanted to express these ideas within my work, emphasising on the textures and colours within the distorted fragments, to convey a sense of disorder and disruption caused by a collision or blast. 

Below are a selection of my sketchbook pages which express my initial ideas and research...

Few inspiration boards....

These images have came from numerous places, whilst looking around for inspiration as to what to base my current project upon.  I found the knitwear I had chosen and what stood out the most was the fact the garments all included quite traditional knit techniques, but had been adapted in someway or another.  This is where I started thinking I would like to do something like this, as it will help me with new techniques and combining techniques together.


I am hoping to do a series of jumpers and vest's showing a wide range of techniques that I have hopefully adapted, mixing hand and machine knit together.

The inspiration for my project comes from the amazing coral reef. Looking at the three dimensional shapes of the living creatures beneath the sea to inspire delicate and soft knits. My most inspirational image during my research was an image of a jelly fish that gave me lots of ideas to move my work forward and to experiment further with my knitting. Ive been working with fine yarn and have also experimented with screen printing using some metalic foils. Here are a few bits from my project!