Moo-

http://www.moo-designs.com/shop/bags-bags2/moo-satchel/

 

By Looking on the Moo website I am able to see some of the bags that moo, make themselves, and also how they make them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I then visited the shop to see for myself, and have a look around the shop to give me an idea on what the shop owners like for the bag designs. This has gave me alot of ideas, and has helped me too look into different artist and different patterns.

 

 

 

 

From going into the shop and looking on the websites its shown me that not only do they make bags, but they make clothes aswell and also shoes and accessories.

Weaving.

 

Here is my weaving sample done on the loom, Icreated this by first picking out 4 colours which I think went well with my theme "autumn" I then used a long stick and tied one colour at a time around it and then weaved the stick in and out to create this piece, each time I changed colour I would repeat this process until I got to the top. I then took it off the Loom and tyed each of the loose ends into knots to stop the weaving from coming apart.

Felting.

 

To start of my felting, I began by laying down a towel, getting a bottle of water and getting some bubble wrap this would stop the water from going all over the table later on. I then choose the felt which I wanted and got the pieces all together. I then began by ripping the felt into little pieces.

 

By the felt been in little pieces I was able to make sure that it was all joined on top of each other with no gaps in it, so later on the felt would all stay together.

 

I then choose coloured felt, which yet again linked into my autumn theme again. I used these colours to create a pattern, mine was trees and leaves. This I thought would lead and follow the drawings I'd been drawing in my  sketch book and on my visual sheets. I then began to pour water all over the piece and then I rolled the piece up in bubble wrap makeing it into a sasuage. I then had to roll it for a long amount of time, makeing sure that all the felt was stuck together. My final piece didnt contain any felting as I dont think it was my strongest piece in the project and I didnt enjoy doing it. Although my felting sample did work better then what I thought it was going to do.

Screen Print Sample for Nature

 

                   Here is one of my samples I did to see if it would work when coming to create my bag.
   I first got some white cotton and made a colour up out of different dyes, which I thought looked like autumn colours. I then traced a pattern and handed it in so that my pattern would get put onto a screen. When this was done I was then able to print onto the fabric that i had dyed, for this to be my finishing sample to see if it would work when coming to my final piece.

Evaluation for Nature

Evaluation.

For this project I had to create a sketchbook, visual sheets, a mood board and a final piece which I choose to do a slouch bag. Through out this project I think my sketchbook worked really well I tried my best making sure I researched into all the different areas I was asked to, I got my information and images by looking on the Internet, in books and going into galleries. Another thing I enjoyed and think worked really well was my visual sheets I enjoyed doing them and using different medias, this being from pencils to puff binder this was so I could experiment . Another thing I loved doing was creating my bag, I'm very hands on and thought making it was really fun, even if I did find it difficult at times I pushed myself towards the end to finish it and to make sure it got handed in on time.

When doing my work, I made bag designs which I thought went well. But because I ran out of time, I had to do a simple pattern which would be my screen print onto my bag. so that was something I had to change. I also was going to add a big woven panel to my bag, but because of running out of time again and leaving it to the last minute I wasn't able to fit this to my bag. So unfortunately the weaving I did do went to waste.

Whilst going through my sketchbook there was certain pages I had missed or didn't finish so this was a task I had to overcome and make sure it was finished on time. Because I didn't find these bits till the end it took me back abit and left me behind struggling to finish everything else on time.

 I didn't really work well on my time management, I didn't schedule everything in to slots to make sure I got them all done, so this is something I would learn for my next project. I found that at the end of my project I was left with just an hour left and I still had sketchbook work to do and my bag to create which I found affected my bag. As it could have been better.

I feel that even though i ran out of time, I handled it very well and managed to get everything done in time, even though my bag wasn't the way I wanted in to be I still managed to make it and I like the way it is. This is something I really need to concentrate on for further projects, to make sure I didn't fall behind again.

I used alot of different medias which I like to experiment on including puff binder, different pencils, oil pastels and screen printing. I also enjoyed trying out Knitting, weaving and poly print. I used the medias in all my sketch book, visual sheets and mood boards.

While working on this project I looked at different artists that was a part of some of the work that I had created, such as knitting, weaving, and screen printing artists this was another topic I found interesting to work with as i hadn't researched into them before. I found out information about them and also loved looking at the work they had created by using the same medias as which I was using myself.

Another media I used was felting, this is a media that I didn't enjoy working on and I don't think that it's one of my strongest points in this course. Unlike the weaving which I really enjoyed working on and was planning on this going into my final piece. It was something easy to do and I think it looked nice as well. I tried both cardboard loom and the normal loom, if I was to do it again I think I would choose to use the normal loom as its alot easier and quicker and by using the cardboard loom I wasn't able to finish the weaving in time.

If I was to do this project again there isn't alot I would really change. I found that i really enjoyed working on this project, even though through out it I found it difficult. I took on a challenge and made sure that everything was done to the best I could have done. Yet again the time management was something that made me struggle.

Evaluation for Information

Evaluation.

For my project "Information" I looked into all different types of information, from logos to writing to pictures to books. To gather all my information together i got a sketchbook so that i could keep all my work together and make sure it looked presentable and tidy.

For my research i began by creating a mind map so i could pick of different types of information. I then began by looking at labels, washing machine tags, logos, newspapers and many more. I used photos that i had taken myself, photos of the Internet and my own sketches and paintings of things to do with information.

As I didn't get the task till after the summer Ive had a lot to catch up on but I think I've done really well to catch it all up. Although i think my work could have been alot better if i did have had time to do it over the summer as it's had to be rushed to make sure it all got handed in on time. So I do wish that I'd got it before the summer so then it would have been better and I would have been able to get more things in the sketch book.

Through out my years of doing art and design Ive always enjoyed looking at Bansky's work and Andy Warhol. So for this task I tried to focus on Bansky as he uses alot of text on his work and it also gives out information in his pictures and drawings. I really like the way he works and the images he uses, I love looking at his work and find it really interesting.

For my repeat tracing I took images and drawings from my sketchbook, but also looked at different images/logos that I didn't use in the sketchbook what i found along the way of creating my repeat tracing. I then began by layering alot of my images on top of each other, which kinder made it harder for me. So then i had to over come this problem, and add patterns such as, dots, lines, and broken lines in too block images.

For my development after I had looked into each different type of information, I tryed and picked a certain area to focus on to make it more easier for myself and for my work. Then by concentrating on the certain area which was logos. I used tracings, drawings of my owns, and images of the Internet. I also added bus tickets and different papers to my 2 visual sheets to make them more interesting. I then began by doing my Tracing i collected all my drawings/ images together which i really liked and turn it into a big picture. I think my tracing could have been better then it turned out to be, but i think it worked better then I expected. For my samples, I did screen printing, I also did samples on the sewing machine, with different paints, and also by collageing different papers together.

Even by me doing work on the sewing machines all through out school, when it got to doing my first day on the sewing machines in textiles, I found the day really stressful as it was new experience and i had to learn different things, and how to create different pieces of work. Once I got going I got into it and enjoy it.

I did alot of experiments from using different paints I haven't used before, to doing different patterns on the sewing machines, i also did puff binder once i had created my tracing. I tie dyed different kinds of fabric before printing on them as well to test out new ways of creating backgrounds for my image to be printed on. When printing I went from just using one colour to print with to using 3/4 at a time once I got into the hang of things.

The textile processes that i did enjoy are Printing, i found this enjoyable because it was something different and i thought it was a easy process to do once i got the hang of things. I also liked the way my print came through at the end and the effects different paint/ puff binder created on my fabric. One thing I didn't enjoy much was on the sewing machines i found that creating a pattern on Layer and Burn was harder then what i thought it would be. I did enjoy tye dyeing and then doing puff binder onto the fabric I found this worked really well and was interesting to do!

I think that my sketch book didn't go as well as i would have wanted it to go as I didn't have all the summer to do it, i would have liked more time on this so i could have collected more research and filled my sketchbook up with more information and pictures. I think that my repeat tracing and my screen printing went really well and worked good! I also found this interesting.

Because I didn't get the project till after the summer, I think Ive worked well in the time period that Ive been given to get my work done and make sure its all finish in time for the deadline date. However if I had more time then i could have made my sketchbook more informative, and I could have filled it alot more then what it is now.

             I am pleased with my progress so far and think my work is going really well and i am excited to see my finished product.

 

Before applying heat to my layer and burn.

Tye dye and Puff Binder.

    First i got some plain white cotton, and then died it so i would have an effective background,
         I then used to Puff binder to print my pattern on to the fabric once it was dry.
                             Then used the heat gun to make the puff binder work.

                                      Using white cotton and diffrent colour dyes i created this.

My first time on the sewing machine //Examples.

 

 

 

1st Print Room Day

                                                  This is my first attempts at Puff Binder.

 

This was my first printing, i experimented on paper first to see what it would look like without wasting fabric. I focused on using one colour at first, then i would move on to working with more colours when i got used to printing and felt more comftable with the work.

 

      I then decided to do more screen printing with my repeat pattern using two colours, still on paper.