Flamingo inspired drapery.

Following the last time i sampled some of my ideas in the form of drapery i designed some further designs, also from being inspired by Sonia Rykiels collection (below).

I designed a various of 5 different designs using techniques that i have already trialled such as pleating,drapery, layering,print and embellishment.

Close ups of my designs. I kept a simple colour scheme taken directly from flamingos,and my samples. This consisted of pinks, oranges and nudes. I then took this further by taking it back to drapery but using different techniques such as ruffling and rouching...

With this dress i played around with ruffling up the fabric around the neckline to create a big and bold statement neckline teamed with simple and understated pleating that drapes. This creates contrasting textures along with contrasting colours to distinguish the difference in technique & texture.

This was probably my favourite design; appearance wise due to the alternative neckline. I prefer the right hand photo due to the bold colour statement! I have also added volumne to the skirt, to provide a more fitted shape and curvature to the dress, just like flamingos 'skirt'. Flamingos have more volumne towards the bottom half of their body where the featheres layer up.

I tried drapery around the neckline to add volume to a different part of the dress. I also like how the colours have naturally created a dip dye effect as they rouche together!

My favourite part about doing drapery is the way the colours connect and interact with one another creating it's own personality naturally. The accent colour of orange creates a massive statement along side the nudes and pale pinks, it adds depth to the fabrics and highlights the tones of the colour palette.

Pigment and Procion Printing...

I have been printing most of the day today trying out different layers and techniques and colours and scale and compositions, the list goes on although this doesn't show visually i have mentally been doing this as i have been going along. My aim: To have a 'neat' print! This evidentally didn't happen but i had fun experimenting and i hope by working into them i will change it's appearance.

Heavy weight cotton withprocion dyes.

Polyester

heavy weight cotton, pigment and procion dyes.

Light weight fabric, with flock.

detail of flock.

Flock texture detail.

Using a blank screen

Lightweight fabric, with tye-dye effect print.

Neat-ish print using pigment dyes onto lightweight cotton.

procion print dye and foil.

tye dye flock onto polyester adds weight to it.

flock onto tissue paper.

layered print.

detail.

layered print in flamingo colours!

print onto polyester

Happy accident with printed plastic and puff binder.

Puffbinder and print onto plastic.

Close up textured surface of puff binder onto plastic.

Puff binder melted together under the heatpress, i quite like it as it reminds me of little gathers.

This print went wrong, the composition is very unbalanced!!! But it shows how all the prints work together.

Delicate puff binder use onto printed fabric.

foil negative.

Overlayed printed fabric

using the negative bit of foil onto tissue paper and then printing on top of the clear plastic. Making the most out of the materials!

This was supposed to be my neat print and i was so pleased with it(until the splodge) i used a pearl pigment binder as a background, which was quite discreet and subtle but added texture.

detail.

Repeated pattern of flamingos using a different shade of pink pigment. Again using a textured pale background with a darker colour on top.

 My 'neat print' that i completed last was 'perfect' in my eyes but when i got home i found ink on it !!! I was so annoyed, i tryed so hard to protect it from other dyes so will have to go and do another one!!

Tomorrow my aim is too work into them with stitch!! It'll be a long day that goes fast!!

Jess x

ps- will blog tomorrow