Moulage

We have been having moulage workshops with Angie whilst working on the interdisciplinary project. Its a skill that i think will come in useful over the next couple of years, and its a way i have never worked before. 

Working with calico, you drape it over a dress makers mannequin pinning in pleats, darts, folds etc. until it fits exactly how you want it to. then with a pen or pencil you mark on all these darts and folds, then take it off the mannequin and cut along all the lines that were drawn on as seams, add notches, and neaten dart lines. his is then laid on pattern paper and drawn around, seam allowances added, notches, piece numbers etc. until the pattern is complete, then the garment can be re-made using the paper pattern and the right fabric. Its a brilliant skill to have, i found it hard to understand to begin with but now i really have my head around it. I will definitely use this skill in the future.

Even though we didn't have to use this way of working in this project, i decided to use an idea from my sketch book to test it out, and i really like the geometric effect, i also think if i added the sleeves to it that i experimented with earlier it will make a great piece, so i think i will use this in my final piece.