Update on school work

Two more months to go. I have a whole lot to do, but the 2 biggest projects are the only ones I will try to update you about. From the two collections we will realise one design each.

Knitwear:

The objective: create a collection of knitwear pieces, that don't fit into the standart categories of clothing. (no scarf, no dress, no jacket, instead for example, jacketgloves, skirthood...) Inspiration should be taken from european folkore.

I chose the folkore from the region Estremadura, and for the final piece this specific picture has been my main inspiration:

Next update I will write about the material, and show you the sketch of the final design, and maybe some handknitted swatches.

Sewn Project:

The objective: Chose a specific painting from the period between 500 BC until 1900. Research the fashion of the period, and the character portrayed. Design a jacket.

My Project: I chose this painting by Ange Tissier. Paris, 1860, "Algerian Woman with her Slave". It is a beautiful artwork typical for the Oriental Theme in Western Art of the 19th century.

Design and more news soon!

drawings... more and more

since I am working on digitalising all my artwork at the moment you can look forward to a lot of posts containing drawings, sketches or painings from my own brush. I hope you enjoy!

My dress.. samurai inspired

I am so proud to present my dress you, my lovely readers! I got pretty good grades, and measured by the amount of work I put into it (especially compared to others) this was quite surprising.

Do you remember my endless posts about starching? All this talk about me trying to achieve a paperlike effect? Does it makes sense now?? :D Tell me if you like it!

Planning a long night

This is the skirt of my dress so far, it's still hanging like wet hair .. but wait for the starch to see how it stands!

I have one week until the exam, so this week should be a busy one... No sleep for me! I am horrible at working in advance, and on top of it all a talented procrastinator. On the bright side: The less time I have the better I get!!

I wish y'all a really enjoyable week, and good luck to all my classmates!

Silhuette studies in markerpen

and why do I crave sugar so much right now????

Starch experiments

For my Samurai collection, I want to work with very geometrical shapes and sharp edges. I try to avoid soft lines and instead create very refined silhuettes (later I will probably add softer lines for a contrast). So I have been experimenting with starch to give the fabric properties of paper.This is the starch. I made it cooking flour in water until it became a gel with the consistency of honey.
I applied it to the pieces of fabric, and rubbed it in. After an hour I put it on the drying rack.

interesting futuristic object found

I found this on the market at a stand where they sold household and technical stuff. The lady selling it told me if it doesn't work she can exchange it. Hm. I had no idea what it is supposed to be used for neither what I'd use it for so I just said yes and thankyou. It's cool because it can move like a fish and you can stretch it out or push it together into a little packet. I was considering to make it into a necklace, my friend said it could be a cigarette holder... now its a ring!!!!

My Tombow and I

experimenting with my new tombow pen... and the technique of not lifting the pen of the paper ever!

Supposed to be: kelly bag

I made this from the plum stones and rice. My inspiration was that I wanted to make a new kelly bag, one made of brown leather and sheep fur. Haha. You see how that worked out! Well, if you have a lot of imagination you can see where I come from. It was fun to do though, and I like the outcome!.. needs to be framed now!

guess who:

Over the last months I also began to draw more again, and I'm loving it. I am still trying to improve my technique and all to achieve this "effortlessness".

So can you guess who is this pretty lady?