David Mellor Cutlery Design

This cutlery is simple and practical. It retains a classic, tried-and-tested handle shape while being completely minimal and without decoration. It's striking in its simplicity. And its rounded, smooth shape is elegant and modern.

Eileen Gray 3D Design

With a combination of Art Deco and modernism these designs are clean lined and elegant. the animal skins and sculptural elements evoke the exotic while the use of white and chrome create a look that is effortlessly modern.

Fashion

After seriously distorting some basic bodice blocks to create wacky shapes out of paper, the task was to cut, manipulate and ultimately make my wacky shape fit a mannequin, and here are my results! With hindsight a little more simple and elegant could have been good but there's some nice contrasts between the fluid flowing shapes and the boxy cuts into some of the pieces.

My piece has the combination of structure and fluidity that I associate with the internal workings of shells. The paper lends to its bone like quality. For some reason (probably the swirls and the shape over the shoulders at the back) it also makes me think of ancient Greek architecture and imagery.

As an exercise in design development there are certainly shapes and lines that I can bring out onto other pieces and it strikes me as a highly fast and effective way of generating ideas.

I went on to digitally develop my design by taking elements and positioning them on the figure.

 A bit sketchy for an illustration but great for developing my garment.

Surface Pattern

 I worked on these observational drawings as a starting point to my pattern.
Using different grounds definitely improved the final image quality. The most effective method of working I found was to work mainly with ink, I accentuated lines with a graphite stick and worked into negative spaces with emulsion and masking tape. I think the limited use of masking tape on the left drawing was effective at improving the outline of the shape.

These are the second set of observational drawings I created. This time I put a lot more thought into colour and technique and I believe the outcomes are much stronger. Layering different sized images created attractive negative spaces that I could take into my work.

I took shapes and lines from these drawings and created mono prints which aren't visually to my taste. Although there are patterns and textures that could be incorporated into future work.

Taking inspiration from my previous studies I created these two final panels. They both share colours and techniques that help them to look cohesive as a pair of panels. the wool stitching running through both designs helps bring them together while the collaged grounds improves the texture.

The final stage was to create fabric samples developed from my panel. So far I have only managed to develop one but I will update with more soon.

Rodarte

The combination of colour and texture adds severe drama to this collection. Mixing sheer and opaque fabrics creates a visually complex yet stylish effect.

 This dress has a femanine silhuette but toughens it up with fabrics and surface quality. Thw longer sleeves and high neckline reminds me of a less theatrical Alexander Mcqueen.

The wide ranging textures and fabrics on this dress are brought together by an extensive use of dark shades and black with only a small amount of neutral tones and purples.