I have had such a hectic weekend, doing uni work almost every spare minute I have had. On friday I spent the afternoon indigo dyeing some tote bags that I aim to sell at the Christmas Market- which didn't go too successfully. So on Saturday I spent a little while trying to decide what to do with them, I have ironed the ones that worked better but some were very pale, which means I will have to re dye them, meaning I will lose the shibori pattern!! I plan to make some labels (to patch on the front) using sublimation this week in preparation for Thursday where I hand them in. I have spent all of today (Sunday) trying to get through some of my research report, which again, hasn't been particularly successful. I am finding it so overwhelming, as I know how big it has to be at the end. Because I have such a large amount of research, it is so difficult to be selective and edit the most accurate and relevant information which I can analyse well. Using Pat Francis' advice, I have been trying to WIDEL but this is hard when I have goals to meet and practical work to do too!
I have been drawing for the fashion project, mainly my photographing collections of objects then editing them using photoshop to develop them creating more "drawings". From the sticker stencil idea from Nick, I have been using spray paint over objects to create negative space drawings. I quite like this concept and have further developed this by printing out the developed photographs and used a craft knife to cut out the spaces, leaving the negative, outer space behind. I have been using both parts of the cut out creating negative and positive space when spray painting over them. Tomorrow morning I am booked into the print room, to play with resist on screen with some stencil thats i have created using acetate and card.
This evening I have been researching into colour palettes, on WGSN, tumblr and instagram to create a solid selection of colour palettes to help me tomorrow in the print room. I plan to print mainly on papers but I will use some fabrics too- I am thinking about using the CAD embroider soon to develop my designs in to samples. This might not be the path I choose but its an idea- especially after attending the advanced CAD workshop the other day.