Monday 2nd February.

Completion of branding project.

When looking at the final collection of fabrics I have created for this branding project aimed at Issey Miyake, overall I am happy with the outcomes. I am glad that I had the chance to experiment and aim my work at a different context, and I really enjoyed working with heat setting polyester, and I think that the final samples I produced using this technique are the most successful and interesting. 

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Personally, I think that my colour compositional work and the colours in my final samples are the most successful points of this unit of work. If I was to improve on this work, I would love to take longer in experimenting and pushing this heat set process, as I feel like it could develop into something really interesting and unusual.

Self Initiated Project development.

In hope to get the chance to develop and support my context for my whole practice as a student, I have been in contact and have applied for a volunteering role at Manchester Art Gallery. Having a passion for contemporary art and gallery spaces has drawn me to this, as I would love to pursue a career under this category and so this would be a fantastic opportunity to be involved in.

Screen shot of application for Volunteering Role Manchester Art Gallery.

In terms of my self initiated project, a second tutorial with Amy this week has been very helpful in decisions about yarn colour, quality and knit techniques I want to include in my pieces of knit.  I intend to reflect and interpret the concepts and ideas behind my visual imagery, through different textural qualities and techniques within my knit pieces. For example, representing the weaker structure of the city that has been effected by poverty and uneven distribution of economic growth with fine yarns- in the colours that represent the negative connotations (reds, oranges, blacks) and in contrast, representing the economic growth in the stronger layers and connotations of the city in much more fancy, smooth, flourishing yarns.  I love the idea of these pieces representing and changing through these different structures and qualities, communicating these different emotions as intended in my concept.