Sketchbook Research

Primary Research

I started collecting primary research such as images of sea creatures, shells, and clothing items from 'MOO' this all helped my research stage because I took inspiration from various images and also researched into my clients business. I then started a sketchbook to document my ideas.

Photos I took of shells from around my house, the shapes, patterns and colours of shells inspired me.

Photos I took of items in the 'MOO' boutique to get a feel of what the clients were already designing.

More items from 'MOO'

I created a mind map of everything I would include in my project and sketchbook.

My new live project working with 'MOO'

This project is to test our time keeping skills by working with a client,  we have been asked to produce 5 printed samples that could possibly be put on a Avant Garde garment. 'MOO' is a clothing boutique based in Barnsley, they make unique accessories, clothing, and leather bags. There designs and products are made from 100% natural fabrics that are beautiful and one of a kind. When I found out I was doing this project I felt privileged that my design could possibly feature on one of there garments especially designed for this project. The specifications for this project that they required were:

1. Avant Garde style garment print
2. marine invertebrate sea creatures
3. monochrome with one contrast colour
4. minimum of 5 A3 samples

We were asked to design it for spring/ summer 2014 this meant that I had to look at light summery colours and fabrics that were definitely in trend at the moment, I looked at textures, depth, layers, embroidery, fashion and fabric manipulation. Fabrics such as silk, muslin, cotton and devore fabric were all ideal for my chosen material whereas heavy material such as velvet would not fit the brief. Avant Garde simply means new, unique and experimental ideas. Invertebrate simply means animals/sea creatures without a backbone (spine).