Crit and Assessment Briefing

January 09, 2017

The craftCO meeting this morning was helpful, dispite only being a small meeting, it has made me realise, after actually discussing it aloud, that my cork coasters that I have laser cut are more suitable and I really must change my plans for those. The cork has burnt, it smells and the black markings are rubbing off. I could try to solve this problem by cleaning it up or hand cutting which won't necessarily  remove the smell and all might be so time consuming, meaning not worth the money in the long run (if these are going to be sold). I am thinking that wood would be a better material to work with further as this also invites more questions on how it has been printed on (sublimation printing) I will continue to create, design and make next week after the assessment work has been handed in.











I continued designing fashion conclusions this afternoon, using AVA to play around with repeat structures as I was initially thinking of doing two in repeat and 4 as placement prints. In my group crit, Nick suggested to have them all as a repeatable print which enables manufactures repeat the print if necessary. I also got a positive response from my illustrations and context experimentation which means I will now spend more time on these to perfect them.

I was unsure how to display my designs, in terms of repeat and scale, as well as how I would portray my ideas further of negative space in the garments. I played around quickly with the space where I applied my design, changing the scale etc as a test. I prefer the scale larger but with other areas of the garment with a different scale of the same print on it too.
For the rest of the week I am going to finish off my interior designs and create the mood boards for both projects to display them in context.