On my first day of development there was a knitting workshop which was perfect for me because knitting is something that I would like to use in this collection. In the workshop Bid went over some of the techniques that he had previously taught in our first project at Ravensbourne. One of the techniques that I really love is the lace knit because you can create different patterns and shape using the holes. I'm going to try to use this technique to recreate some African symbols/patterns in the knitwear.
I also photocopied the most important pages in my sketchbook which I then taped to my board and made connections between the research I'd done and how I'm going to use it my designs. I felt like this helped me to clear my head after my research stage so I could start to think how I was going to use this research and how it will all work together. It also helps to have the pages from my sketchbook in front of me so I don't have to keep flicking through it to find what I'm looking for so this turned out to be very useful for me.
When I got home I extracted shapes from my research and used them to do some quick paintings focusing on mark making, lines and shapes. I'm going to then use these to work on the stand and start to get some design ideas flowing.
I also collaged these shapes onto a suit and I really love how it looks and the aesthetic of a man's suit with these organic natural shapes. Following from this I want to deconstruct a suit and maybe a shirt and mix it with these shapes and see what happens.
I feel like today was a successful day because I was able to organise my ideas and think about how I'm going to move from research to development.
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