finishing projects

I feel like Ive hit a milestone, completing and handing in all my first projects.

I have had my Critical studies presentation, which i think went rather well, even though i was shaky and slurring my words, but i wasn't the only one. It was a good opportunity to see other peoples point of views on the texts too. 

I finished my Tuesday project, the garment made from a pair of trousers, a bag and a shirt, i think it turned out rather good, a really nice silhouette, and a different shape. I even made a stencil in the style of Caroline Broadhead and used silver spray paint to finish the top off with. After using it to do a few illustrations from, I used my friend Ella to model it in Hyde park for the photo shoot. I was going for the whole, relaxed, play full mood for the photo which i think was represented in the garments shape, so i had Ella playing with some fallen leaves, which also fits in nicely with the 'it fell from the sky' theme. I was happy with my sketch book work for this project too, i love how sketch books tell a whole story and process' over the eight weeks or so that i had gone through, when i look back on it i realise how much projects absorb me.

I had also managed, in the three short weeks, to start and finish the pattern design and making of a found image of a garment for the Friday session, my garment/photo was off a Micheal Korr dress from Harvey Nichols which is £990, which i am very proud of! i found this project challenging in the best possible way. I loved the pattern designing and the whole process really, i must admit there was a lot of un-picking that had to be done, but hopefully i will have learnt from the mistakes that i made. I found i was making really small and silly mistakes, so i will have to remember to take more time to think before acting when making another garment next time. The dress was made in Calico for the project, but i would love to make it in some wool fabric or some Tweed. 

I also managed to get together my thirty illustrations, which turned out quite good really, i was pleased with the range of techniques i had used, although some were repeated a few too many times maybe. They looked really good all bound together though, and i never thought i would reach thirty images, it seemed so much when we first got given the brief.

On the whole i am glad to have the first projects out of the way with, i have had a lot of fun with them. I can't wait to see what the next ones are.