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Final Pics

These are some of the pictures of the denim jacket on a mannequin, I think it looks really good professional, I am really happy with the final outcome.

After finishing the neon bone and adding washers and clock parts, I decided to add a scatter of these under the bone shape on the fabric. I decided not to add more stitches or large sequin shapes on to the fabric as i didnt want to distract too much from the amount of work that had gone on to the bone.

I did still want to make my own sequins using splashes of colour. I used Photoshop to select and layer splashes of dye or paint that had been scanned in along with my drawing sheets and then photocopied this on to acetate. I experimented attaching the sequins together and found the best way would be to pierce each sequin with a  needle and use a tiny little split ring which would still allow the sequins to move. I only wanted the top sequin to be attached to the garment and the rest to hang freely. I also decided to push some of the clock parts through the sequins to tie in all of the different areas of this design. I felt that this brought it all together more as well as still being mix matched.

This is the final finished garment! After playing around with length and composition of the hanging sequins I think the finished design is really strong, works really well and I think this is my favourite design out of them all.

Denim Jacket - Finally Complete!!!

After going back to the jacket in between other garments, I finally finished it. I added more embroidery and embellishments along the side of the garment and around to the back, more cluster to the neckline and creating separate feather sequins to overlay the denim wings. I was finally happy and satisfied that the jacket was complete.

 After cutting the pocket off the left side of the garment I decided to sew it back on to the collar. I really like this idea and feel that it works really well because it is quite unusual.

I ordered sequin roll from Josy Rose and punched my needle through it to create a hammered effect and the couched down the discs on to the jacket. I feel it gives a metal plate effect.

I started adding raised satin stitch, safety pins and hanging chain from them.

One Week Left!

Finished another final today! Which means so far I have 5 totally finished and another 4 that are nearly finished, a few of them just need a few sequins stringing on so hopefully I can get everything done! Out of all my designs, this was my least favourite... until I pinned on to this mannequin, having it pinned around the shape has totally transformed the look of the design as the shapes on it really fit the body well I am really happy with this design even though I struggled with it at first. With it being digital print, adding embroidery to it made me feel like I was just filling in parts and not really adding anything to the design. I ordered more sequins from Josy Rose (http://www.josyrose.com/) picking amazon green and metallic reds as I knew that they would really stand out on the design with out making it look to halloweeny.

Sequin close ups,

Whale Bones

I used a sketch of a whale skull from the Natural History Museum and made it more abstract after being inspired by Manish Arora, I painted and filled in the inside shapes using block, clashing pigment colours contrasting nudes with neons. I really like the idea of 'treasure and trash' as I like to mix sequins and crystals with nails, nuts and washers. Again I painted the hardware using nail varnish and spray paints. I think the colours are a lot brighter than the other bone shape and the chain is a nice finishing touch to the design. I feel that this works really well with my mix match brief and used a symmetrical design so I could break the rules with unsymmetrical colours and embellishments.

Continued..

I started to embroider and embellish into the bone, sewing around the edges so it was permanently fixed on using contrasting neon threads. I used contrasting colour to the nudes like greens and blues and then tried to use more neutral colours on the neon pink such as pale pink washers which i sprayed and light beads and sequins. I used chain and embellishments to parts of the bone. I am so happy with the finished design, the washers add a weight to the fabric and the tiny cogs give a quirky twist. Once the garment has been made up I plan to scatter more washers and clock parts around the fabric with french knots, stitches, negative shapes of sequin fabric and home made printed acetate sequins. I'm really excited to continue with this! Also used the super macro setting on my new camera to take these close up shots of the embroidery, I am well impressed with the detail and colour!

Length

Up close you can see the detail and the HOURS that have gone into this, but what I wanted to do was show that its a skull from far away but then when you are up close see something different, so here are some full length shots so you can see the design!

One down...

One top shape finished!!! It doesn't look like a lot of work but it takes ages and I still would rather embroider for hours than print or do machine embroidery. I thought I would have so much more done by now but this week I met up with friends who I have not seen for months, went to see Jimmy Carr last night, which was amazing and he wished me luck in the 'rag trade' and took up a lot of time making folders, business cards and so on for my professional portfolio, which needs to be handed in on the 28th! but yes, anyway here is one complete shape, that just needs making up into a garment!

Sequin Wednesday

Yesterday I spent ALL day sewing sequins on to my length, I want to try and finish it so I don't have to keep coming back to it. The past few weeks while I have been digitally printing I have been sewing on large black sequins to the 'eyes' on the length. I machined in sketchy lines and then started building up texture using clear, matte, flat, cup and crumpled sequins together, I am so happy with how it looks, I love the colours and different textures together!

Continued...

More embroidery on the jacket now, I was not too sure at first but I like the jacket more now, I am really happy with the use of colours together and the different techniques combined.

Changes...

I decided to cut up the denim jacket and removed a pocket so I had space to embroider, this would allow me to add colour and make it more mine.

Embroidery Samples

Taking inspiration from fossil shapes I have been experimenting 'mix match' embroidery, clashing colours, layers of materials and 3d embroidery.

Denim Jacket Day 3...

After 2 13 hour days at Uni the front two panels are complete!! I also coated and exposed another screen to mirror the wing and printed that on to denim and pinned on the back. Still need to attach them properly, I also need to figure out what to do with the collar.

Denim Jacket - Day 1

I decided to embellish the front panels of the waist coat, the collar and maybe some detail on the pockets. I have just started clustering on a mixture of seed beads, metal beads, painted nuts and washers all with a metallic and metal feel. I cannot wait to see how it looks, but starting to love it already! I feel a lot more excited about working into the garment shapes.

Individual Options - Tribal

These are the final images from my Individual Options project. This is the first time I used Photoshop and my drawings to create digital print designs. I then embroidered into my designs afterwards enhancing the print adding embellishments and stitches. A symmetrical theme runs through my collection, as well as bright colours and tribal shapes.