Film of churchs

 

 Primary Research

church Pattern

 I wanted to capture the shapes and patterns of the church through a motion of film. I have layered different clips of the shoots I took at the Bristol cathedral to create a moving repetitive pattern. I did this to create my own inspiration of how I can create different designs within my collection. I also want to develop this film into a projection and film a model with a white garment as the projection of the different shapes and patterns project and move across her body. I will be doing this so I can get a better understanding how the prints can be displayed across the body form and onto a garment.  I have used free royalty music for this film from Moby’s website as for my more developed and important films I will be collaborating with Oisin who writes his own music but this process of film I have worked on now is just for my own research and concept

Churches

Primary Reasearch

Through my second year project I have based my print designs and drawing on modern or historical architecture. I will be carrying on this concept but through historical architecture of church vaults. I have chosen this concept as I have always been inspired by church vaults and have felt that I could create dynamic and rhythmical designs with this type of concept. I have been to the Bristol cathedral and I was able to take some photographs of the ceiling. I wanted the capture the different shapes, lines and patterns the vault demonstrates, this will be applicable for when I start drawing or designing from these photographs as the shapes demonstrate complex structures.

Mirjam Rouden Interning

Mirjam Rouden

Interning

This week I focused on pen drawing different types of flowers. I spent all week on these two drawings. I wanted to make these designs as detailed and life-like as possible. I looked into science books and books of flowers from the book shelf at Mirjam Rouden for inspiration of designing flowers. As this week they were getting ready so sell their collection to somewhere abroad groups of interns including myself were told to cut fabric digital samples ready for their sale. From looking at the new collections it has inspired me to create designs that are complex and dynamic.

Mijam Rouden Interning

 Mijam Rouden 

Interning

In the second week of my internship I was told to do more maintenance work. That involved cleaning screens with a water jet. This was quite long and tiring work but through this process it has helped me to understand how to clean a screen properly when taking off the old print design and the chemicals that are used to clean the screen until completely see through. I was then told by Cindy to focus on more intricate flower drawings with colour and tones. The drawings that I do will then be scanned into the computer and the team of designers will mock up print designs with my and other intern’s drawings. I feel like this process of drawing has helped me to create more intricate and refined work that I want to create in the process of my degree work.

Mijam Rouden Interning

Mijam Rouden

Interning

 Over this summer I interned at Mirjam Rouden Textile design studio. Located in East London, Bethnall Green. Mirjam Rouden is a textile designer specialising in Print design and she is well known for her digital and colour discharge prints. Mirjam Rouden’s prints have been known to sell at Inigo which is partnered with Premiere vision. Mirjam Rouden’s prints are internationally sold to countries such as Italy, Paris and the US which gives Mirjam and her team the privilege to travel around the world. Her print designs have been known to feature in companies such as Diane Von Furstenberg, Banana Republic & Maladrino. 

In my first week of interning I was expected to provide my portfolio so Cindy one of Mirjam’s head designers could identify my strengths in designing, drawing and digital skills.  So this week I was directed to focus on drawing florals with black ink and black pencil and go on errands on the tube to get designs printed onto tracing paper made for screen printing. I enjoyed this process of work as I was able to work on my drawing skill and take time on drawings to create perfect floral shapes. I was also told by Cindy to work on small drawings of flowers onto tracing paper, she wanted me to work on tracing paper so it is easier for the team to make printing screens with the tracing paper. I found the work enjoyable as I feel I my strengths lie within drawings and designing.

V&A Exhibtion

Alexander McQueen savage beauty.

I had the privilege of seeing the Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty Collection at the V&A in London. The collections were overwhelmingly beautiful and striking. There was limited involvement in the exhibition as no photographs were to be taken and no sketching either. The exhibition was also very crowded and you were only allowed to view his work for a limited amount of time. Besides that his themes within his collection were breathtaking and there was an almost magical atmospheric look to his clothes. His earliest work demonstrated a raw and edgy culture to his work.

What I found most striking was his Romantic Nationalism and his Platos Atlantic collection.

His Romantic Nationalism concept came from his Scottish ancestry. The room looked regal and majestic and the classical music in the background complemented his work. I discovered he first used tartan in his Highland Rape collection but soon came back to it 11 years later in his beautiful collection called ‘The Widows Of Culloden’. This collection was a much softer and less aggressive rendering than his Highland Rape collection. 

Platos Atlantic collection was to the end of his exhibition.  I find this work inspiring and creative. The narrative behind this collection was his most fantastical concept. The collection is about if the ice caps melt in the future and the seas have risen.  The dress collection represents what we as a society would look like if man had evolved under water. The dresses are presented as an army of fishlike creatures, a sort of hybrid animal alien form. Within this collection in my opinion he has been able to master the quality of digital printing and there all derived from natural organisms.  From seeing this incredible collection I have been inspired to create narratives in my designs and prints. I think with a narrative to my work it will provide a better understanding and thoughtful process within my collection. I also inforce film within my project so I can identify the narrative with my work though fashion film making.

Fashion film for Rianna Phillips

                 

Fall 15\16

 http://www.riannaphillips.com/

 Fashion film for Rianna Phillips 

I found it most exciting working on the fashion film for Rianna as I was able to have complete direction to how  the model should move and perform with the pages, I also had the freedom to use dynamic editing shots with creating the film. Making this film for Rianna has helped me develop my editing skills with rewinding clips and mirroring shots. It has also given me the opportunity to make fashion films on a professional level. The Music is by Oisin Baber and this music was specifically designed for this film.

 

WORKING FOR RIANNA

Behind the scenes:

Fall 15\16

http://www.riannaphillips.com/

Interning 

Working for Rianna Phillips was exciting and I felt like I was able to claim my own independence interning for her. She directed me to create two films for her new collection. This was a big achievement for me as I specialize my work with fashion film making. The first film to be created is a behind the scenes film that me and my friend Sion (a film student) both worked on this part and filmed the process of the photography shoot throughout the day. I wanted to capture as much as I could from the hair and makeup to the direction of photography. I set both cameras to high brightness setting and a high resolution as from looking at Rianna’s work she has a very clean, crisp look to her collections. I edited the film to show shadows between each clip I did this to show how time of the day goes quickly whist filming. Below is the behind the scenes film I have filmed and edited. The music is by Oisin Baber a student in Bristol that I was able to collaborate with through a connection of my sister. He wrote this music to fit perfectly to the different shots.