working together!

I have learnt in the breathe workshops as well as in the breathe sessions that in a working in a team helps with coming up with new and different ideas, especially as it was to do with texture and techniques. working in a team enabled us to bounce ideas off each other and progress.

Latex samples!

Me and Amy (who is also in the same group) spent the day making seaweed looking latex samples for the elders.

These were easy to make, we mixed paint into the latex and on clingfilm put on the latex and added into it bits of fabric, string, yarn and ribbon, anything that we had laying around.
we found these look really effective and would look good if they were put into the fringing.

We did lots of samples but i learnt that in order to get something that looks right you have to do as many samples as you need to see what works and what doesn't. Also working with Amy we found we had different ideas that we both then tried and come up with something better.

Saw this image and thought of the things i am doing in breathe!



Here is the link to the website i got it from, http://www.somersetarts.com/directory/show.php?entry=466

textiles research.

I have looked at a few books for textiles research, I haven't got any images but here are the books i have used.

Campbell-Harding, V. 2006. Edges and finishes in machine embroidery. Batsford Ltd; New edition edition.



Grey, M. 2006. stitch dissolve distort with machine embroidery. Batsford LTD.


Grey, M. 2006. Raising the surface with machine embroidery. Batsford LTD.

Inspiration!

A few photographs from Weymouth beach (from battle for the winds) that may inspire me for Breathe, for colours and textures mainly.

Breathe!

Breathe club.


Breathe club this week was the same, with a few workshops going on, and again was enjoyable. This week i had my sister visit me so i took her along, she's not usually into art/textiles but she enjoyed herself. We made Barnacles, which is the first time we had made and was easy and therapeutic to make.

Breathe session.

Saw this and thought of the hunters cape.


http://www.creativetextiles.com.au/

http://www.preniac.com/art_breaks.php

Saw this and loved the colours and the way the fabric has been manipulated. would be good for the textiles on the elders costume.

First Breathe club.

Wednesday evening will be when every breathe club is on, this is where we will produce textiles and creative things in little workshops for the breathers costumes, and also where people in the community can come in and help us. This Wednesday was the first one we held. I really enjoyed it, even though not many people did turn up which was disappointing, it was a relaxed environment where we could just chat to people while making something that isn't too hard to make.

This week the workshops were:

• Painting the base costumes.
• Fringing.
• Cable tie bracelets for wrists and ankles.

breeches research!

Before making my breeches i did a little research, looking at the different shapes, fabric choices and gentlemen's clothing in the 18th century in general just so i had a bit of an idea of what to expect.  Here are some links to some site,

http://www.ballindalloch-press.com/society/clothing.html

http://larsdatter.com/18c/breeches.html

http://www.history.org/history/clothing/men/mglossary.cfm

Work-plan

Week	Work plan by day

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
12.03.12 -          18.03.12	Introduction to the costume store, and started cutting out fabric for the first garment.	POP brief, 9:30 -12:30 Finish cutting out patterns. Late night study for BFTW	Work on the shirt. Stay for late night study	Introduction to Breathe. Work on the base costumes and screen print t-shirts.	Dye room in the morning to screen print the shirt for BFTW. Work on the shirt in the afternoon.	Work on learning agreement and blog entries.
19.03.12 – 25.03.12	In the studio all day to work on the shirt. Finish learning agreement and work plan.	POP lecture, 9:30 – 12:30. Dye room to finish screen printing on shirt for BFTW in the afternoon carrying on into late night study.	In the studio all day working on the shirt. Stay for late night study. Make sure learning agreement is finished.	Working on breathe all day. Hand in learning agreement and work plan 11:30 – 12:00.	Going home for the Easter holiday.	Catch up on blog entries.
09.04.12 – 15.04.12		POP lecture, 10:30 – 1:30. Research for POP essay.	In studio all day starting a new garment. Breathe taster evening session 17:00 – 20:00. Blog about first day back and first evening breathe session.	Working on breathe all day.	In the studio working on the garment. Blog if need to.
16.04.12 – 22.04.12	In the studio all day working on the garment. Work on Blog.	POP lecture, 10:15 – 1:30. Research more for POP. Late night study to finish the first garment.	Studio is available to come in and work on the garment. Breathe club.	Working on breathe all day. Work on blog.	Visit to Chichester exhibition.	Work on blog.
23.04.12 – 29.04.12	In the studio all day working on the garment. Work on blog.	POP tutorials going on. Work on essay. Late night study to finish the first garment.	Blog review. In studio working on the garment.	Working on breathe all day. Work on blog.	In the studio all day to get the garment finished.	Work on blog if need to.
30.04.12 – 06.05.12	POP tutorials going on. Work on essay.	POP tutorials going on. Work on essay.	In studio all day, starting the last garment. Breathe club. Work on blog.	Working on breathe all day.	In studio all day working on the blouse. Work on blog.		Work on the blog if need to.
07.05.12 – 13.05.12	Bank holiday.	Use the studio to work on the blouse. Stay for late night study. Work on blog.	In studio all day working on the blouse. Breathe club.	Working on breathe all day. Work on blog.	In the studio working on the blouse.		Work on the blog.
14.05.12 – 20.05.12	In the studio all day working on the blouse. Work on the blog, keeping up to date for hand in next week.	Hand in for POP 11:30 – 12:00. In the studio working on the blouse. Stay for late night study.	In the studio to work towards finishing the blouse. Breathe club.	Working towards finishing the blouse. Work on blog.	Last studio day to finish the blouse, and make sure all the garments are finished and pressed ready for hand in.	Work on the evaluation for the blog.	Finish any last entries for the blog.
21.05.12- 27.05.12	Hand in 11:30 – 12:00.

Learning agreement!

NAME:                                   Danielle Bannister

COURSE:                             BA (Hons) Costume with Performance Design        

UNIT TITLE:                                    Self Directed Project                    

REF. NO./LEVEL:               CSS518

WEIGHTING:                        2.0      

DURATION:                         9 Weeks       

HOURS OF STUDY:          300 Hours    

Unit Leader:                         Adele Keeley/Graham Cottenden

Your Blog address:           deedee22.blogspot.com

DESCRIPTION:

In this project the costume store I intend to develop my sewing skills to a higher standard. I will learn new processes of how to put different garments together and how to finish them, as well as new techniques that I may not off had chance to do on other projects. I will also develop my time management skills, as I only have a certain amount of time to make a garment I need to set certain days outside of set sessions to work on them as well as including breathe and any other projects I have going on. I will also be working on the breathe project, to help work on costumes for the breathers in the Olympic opening celebrations in Weymouth. This will give me the chance to be really creative, as a contrast alongside the costume store. There will also be a lot of problem solving of how to create certain things for different elements of each costume, in which skills I learn within making garments for the costume store may help as well as trying out other things I may not be able to for my garments.

I have chosen to do the costume store project as I want to develop my sewing skills. I also want to gain confidence in making garments which I believe this project will help me to be. Confident in the way I look at garments and work out how different garments are put together and then be able to go off and make it, knowing that the whole garment is put together correctly as well as my sewing lines, decoration and finishes being neat. Also working on breathe will allow me as a break from the neatness and accuracy of the costume store garments to be creative in the way costumes can be made, and be able to develop more into my own creativeness. This will allow me to work with textiles and work out how to do things and put things together more creatively than simply stitching pieces of fabric together.  

I will be producing three garments for the costume store, an Edwardian shirt, waistcoat or breeches, and a Victorian blouse. As for breathe I will be producing a body of work that will be more creative, as I will be making parts of the costumes working on top of the base costume to create accessories and shapes. Alongside this I will be documenting my progress on my blog for both costume store and breathe.

Aims:

A1       To provide opportunities for self-initiated, autonomous learning

            and develop the ability to plan time and work independently

A2       To provide opportunity to study the contextual development of costume and performance design

A3       To further develop the creative, intellectual and practical applications of research and contextualisation within a self initiated environment

A4       To propose, develop and evaluate professional aspirations through professional development planning

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this unit you will be able to:

LO1     Identify and define the context for the development of your own work towards professional aspirations

LO2     Demonstrate an understanding of the development of Costume with performance design

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LO3     Have developed the creative, intellectual and practical applications of research and contextualisation

LO4    Consolidate and demonstrate professional aspirations and planning                     

Assessment Requirements:

A body of construction work to include 3 garments for the costume store (patterns will be provided). And a body of costume interpretation work for Breathe, under pinned by personal development planning (in your blog journal) and a final written evaluation (750 words) evidenced in your Blog                   100%

Each assessment requirement must be passed at a minimum grade of 40% to successfully complete the unit

Assessment Criteria (specific criteria related to the learning outcomes and linked to the statement of generic assessment criteria matrix):           

           

1. Evidence of knowledge of contextual and theoretical issues – The level to which you have considered the context of your project and evidenced that to your body of work (LO1, LO2)

2. Evidence of understanding through synthesis and development – The application and extend to which research has informed decision-making and project development together with the appropriate management of time (LO2, LO3, LO4)

3. Evidence of evaluation and reflection – The extent to which you have reflected on the progress of your project and used it to inform personal development planning (LO4)

4. Evidence of realisation through the communication of ideas - The presentation of your work and the level to which specialist knowledge has been applied, communicated and evidenced (LO3, LO4)

Reference Material

This will vary according to the needs of the individual project.  You will define Reference Material through personal investigation and consultation with staff and list it in your Learning Agreement.

A. Gernsheim. Victorian and Edwardian fashion: a photographic survey, 1982. Dover publications Inc.

E. Friendship. Pattern cutting for men’s costume, 2008. London: Methuen drama.

J. Cole. Professional sewing techniques for designers, 2009. New York: Fairchild publications Inc.

J. Druesdow. Men’s fashion from the turn of the century, 2003. Dover publications.

P. Stevenson. Edwardian fashion, 1980.

R. Ettinger. Men’s clothing and fabrics in the 1890s, 1998. Schiffer  publishing Ltd.

STUDENT……………………………………….DATE………………..

TUTOR…………………………………………..DATE………………..

Breathe Designs

I will be creating two costumes, one from the group called the elders.



These are the group designs, i will be creating the bottom middle costume.

The other group are called the hunters.



I will be creating the bottom right costume.

All of these have been designed by Kate McStraw.

1st day back!

The first day back was exciting. After a refocus meeting with the whole year, the costume store group had a meeting. In this meeting we got told what we was going to make within the next 3 weeks, either a waistcoat or breeches. I am making a pair of breeches in black moleskin fabric. Here are a few photos of the example pair of breeches.

After the meeting we spent the rest of the day cutting out our pattern pieces both in lining and top fabric.

Aims for this week:

• Cut out all pattern pieces.
• Mark and flat tack.  

Pleats!!

This week was the busiest week with trying to get my Battle for the winds costume finished, as well as trying to complete the shirt. By the end of the day on Monday i got all the pleats done and started to put the shirt together. I was really pleased with the pleats and glad i did start them again, the only thing i didn't do was tack the center point of each pleat as i learnt this would of made it easier on me and maybe a little quicker when it came to sewing down that line.
This is a photo of the pleats that i didn't starch, as you can see the lines of the pleats are not straight and look  uneven.

These photo's are of the pleats that i did starch and they look loads better as the lines are much straighter.