PA - Joy Division #6

Tadaa! So I finally got around to upload these photos and edit them, I must say that it is ten times easier at college on the Macs as they just WORK. I think my Macbook Pro is having a slow death, but I need it to survive so I can take it with me to university. 

So what to you think? Bit boring, okay? 

Advise of the day: don't attempt to sew in silk its just not worth it, it gives you more grey hairs than you could ever imagine. 

xoxox

Hannah

PA - Joy Division #5

Just to show some Joy Division print samples before I show you the final outcome. 

The massive blue splodge wasn't intentionally, it was a bloody first year that knocked over the ink pot - and then she even said that it was okay, because it's 'only' a sample! Deep breath, I could have ripped her head off! I suppose it was pleasing when my tutor told her of, hehe. 

Anyway even after doing samples, the final outcome actually looks significantly different if you ask me, but I guess I notice it more as I am the one working on it and the details are noticeable for the one working on the project, 

Hope you're all well and enjoying your Tuesday! 

xoxo

Hannah 

PA - Joy Division #4

Sorry for being so quite lately, but I haven't got much to show you, as everything is at a stand still. Most of the time I'm doing journal work and I'll spare you from that, unless you of course are interested?

Here's part four from the Joy Division project, I have actually completed the project now, so I'll show you the final outcome soon! 

On the above images I'm prepping the screen with my print, ready to get exposed - and pattern cutting the dress/tunic that I'm printing the print on. 

Today its bank holiday in England and I am spending the day with my grandparents - to celebrate my Grandpa's 87th birthday, which is actually first on Wednesday. 

Still haven't had the opportunity to go back to Wendover Woods to look at the location during some dryer weather, as it still keeps stucking it down with rain. 

xoxo

Hannah

PA - JOY DIVISION # 2

I have finally chosen which design I'm going for my Printed Accessories lesson, it's the face of Ian Curtis, which was in at late 1970's band called Joy Division, funny enough!

The print is going onto a silk dress, which will be a nightmare to make! Wish me luck!

xoxo

Hannah

PA - JOY DIVISION

We are just about to start a new project in Printed Accessories, titled Joy Division. All I know for now is that its going to be based on this late 1970s post-industrial Manchester post-punk band. Tuesday we saw the documentary about them, really rather depressing and tragic.

The collage about, is my attempt to make a mood board, really not my strong side, but we were asked to produce a mood board for our next lesson, which is tomorrow.

Here's the proof that I have done my homework or should call it "self directed study", as college would put it.

Another news is that I have just received my new Olympus XZ-1 camera, so there will hopefully be a few more updates, with lots of photos! Hurray!

xoxo

Hannah

PA - Play Part Four: Final outcome

All photos taken by me, on a borrowed Nikon D3100.

When I started make this blog post I thought it was going to be a quick one; adding text on the pictures on Photoshop easy peasy and then upload them on Photobucket. Well first of all I got so excited that I uploaded the pictures before adding the text, so had to delete them and then upload them again after adding the text. While then uploading them for the second time, suddenly some of the text was missing on two of the pictures! Time to reload them again... and again!

Frustrating I'm telling you, but because I'm so determined I have done the blogpost for you!

None of these scarfs are the one for my Mum, but all of these scarfs have been made by the team that I was in. We made 6 in total, but cut one into pieces, because we didn't like it and ended up putting it your journals instead!

The prints are designed by Daisy (I cannot remember which building she used - embarrassing!) and I (Sydney Habour Bridge) and as a team we then printed them. As the actual building/bridges are cut into sections we could play around with the placement so it wouldn't become so obvious! I'm so pleased with all of them! Turned out so much better than I expected them to do. My favourite is the navy blue silk scarf, the effect has been achieved by using discharge paste and a leaking iron, plus an industrial steamer. I looks absolutely beautiful in real life... Although the hemming is absolutely dreadful...

What are you're thoughts? Would you buy any of the scarfs if they were for sale?

xoxo

Hannah

CS - Grey Gardens Photoshoot

All photos taken by Charlotte Doherty check out her lookbook.nu profile!

So here's some of the photos from todays result. Charlotte, Zoe and I went out in Aylesbury and did a mini photo shoot in 2 hours, which was a bit pressured, but Charlotte managed to get the photos she needed - it was mainly for her and Zoe's purpose than anything, as they are doing a retail project based on Grey Gardens, but they could choose to promote on of the design students collections and they chose mine! So far Charlotte has posted 10 photos on Facebook and these are just my favourites...

What do you think - dress and photos?

You wouldn't have thought that I spend bloody ages pressing that dress, it looks so creased! But in general that linen isn't very cooperative as you would have hoped for!

Got some other good news today from my tutors; my form tutor reckons that if I do everything to the standard that I have done so far and keep working hard and pushing my boundaries my predict grade for the my final diploma would be D*D*D* - so the highest you could possibly get, translated to UCAS points thats 460! Wow, above an beyond, lets hope it all works out for me! No pressure as my form tutor Ali said!

Penny from Printed Accessories said if I hand in a beautiful sketchbook which contains all the work it should have tomorrow and I do some hemming and I can bring the scarf home! Hurray - watch out Mum that's your present! (Don't worry she already knows...) So NO preview pictures before Christmas Eve unfortunately for you guys!

I'm also currently working on filling out my UCAS application, only a few bits missing, which I need help with from college. There's different types on National Diplomas so have to sort that one out, which one?! Then there's the personal statement which Ali, is brutally sorting out (5th draft will there ever be an ending?) and of course the famous five choices... Won't be revealing those anytime soon, way to scary! And hopefully all this will be done by Friday, all paid for and accepted by Ali, with the reference too, send of! Hopefully with no regrets afterwards, fingers crossed!

Hope you have a lovely week!

xoxo

Hannah

PA - PLAY Part two

Nick hand drew this fashion illustration on a screen print. (Why is there a line underneath?)

Daisy did this one, same technique, although followed a template - excuse extremely bad photos!

Daisy also did this one. Daisy is an absolutely amazing illustrator! Love her drawings! Free hand.

Me! Done by me, 'free hand' (inspired, did my own little thing ;)) on a screen print.

Here's a little update on what we've been doing in Printed Accessories lately. Sorry for the bad updates recently, but there's just hasn't been enough hours in the day!

This is all done to get some basic skills in hand drawn screen printing.

Have you ever done it before? Any thoughts?

Have other posts coming up for you, finished my basic toile on Friday and I'll give you a little update on uni's, went to University of West England today!

xoxo

Hannah

Quicky

I have been discovering that my dress that I did last year, 1950's Summer Loving, has been to into a window display at the Aylesbury Shop on the inside windows. Just wanted to show it, probably already seen this dress a few times. But our dear Creative Director, kind of makes a big deal about having students stuff in the Shop. So I'm proud, which I honestly must say doesn't happen that frequently.

In my Printed Accessories I was asked to bring in an Illustration that would inspire me, as I would either have to copy it or get inspired by it to make my arkepak (I've clearly spelt this material wrong, but have absolutely no idea of how to spell it...) illustration, that will be used as a test print at some stage (next week). The artist is called Tadaomi Shibuya.

xoxo

Hannah