The trick of the eye...

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!!!! I know its a bit late but better late than never right? ^_^

A project based on the design and surface mainly focussing on the fabric itself and not on how the garment is being constructed. However, it must be in a wearable state.

Looking at optical illusions and images which trick the eye, i created my own design for screen printing my fabric, sampling the prints with different colours and different widths of the black lines on the fabric.

The whole garment was hand stitched.

Here are the final printed fabrics::

If you tilt your head and move slightly, the print itself (curvy lines) appear to move.

Printing on wider lines gives the illusion that the lines are not parallel, when in fact they are,

I also used a puff binder, allowing the print to rise and give the fabric more texture and dimension.

the pinned garment

Designer: Joanne Tse 

Model: Grace Pullinger

Photographer: Daniel Igbinyemi

Completion of contemporary design

Final garment::

From the previous post (http://tsememoirs.blogspot.com/2010/12/contemporary-design.html) i had only made my 2nd toile; busy report writing and two weeks later. . . tah dah!! 

The only thing that you cannot properly see on the dress is the seam lines due to the fabric colour. A catwalk show was held in the fashion studio which went really well, seeing some very creative designs within the year group. 

Designer: Joanne Tse (me)

Model: Grace Pullinger
Photography: Daniel Igbinyemi

Contemporary design

Based on modern architecture and 19th/20th century corsetry, using techniques from corsetry, with shapes and seam lines take from modern architecture.

My final design (under developed).....

Black parts using polyamide with tie silk in the centre front and back panels, corded.  Hood made with sewn on rigilene 

2nd toile:-

The seams on the actual dress are too simple (therefore it is under developed) but now i am in the process of making my actual garment, using black coated cotton. The seams have changed into curvy lines at the back and front, where they meet at the side seams.

Very interesting to see how many different ways it can be worn, and not just a hood. 

P.S ~ wrap up warm and be-careful of the snow!!

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