Reading Between The Lines

The aim of this brief was to make up a wide variety of fabric swatches based around stripes and present it on mount boards for presentational reasons. I decided to focus on books lined and/ or stacked on the shelf. By looking at the images provided, you can identify the stripes present through use of colour, age, embellishment, texture and so on. The stripes may be vertical, horizontal, diagonal etc, providing me with much possibilities to work with.

Noriko Ambe is sculpturor who specializes in paper making. Here, the paper is cut into to create a layering effect which furthermore, reminds me of the books' pages or even a stack of books. Either way, this encourages me to use a range of techniques and to experiment with different weights of fabric.

Her, I am looking at the side panelling of old Celtic books. The leather is quilted using various threads and utilizing different patterns. The sewing machine enables me to create such patterns due to the patterns provided.

This is my colour story for my project. I pulled the greens and creams as I thought it best suited the old antique books. Using spray paint and stencils, I printed onto the fabric. Combining the stripes and print together, I thought it would be most relevant to title the project 'Reading Between the Lines'.

These are the eight fabric swatches based on my source imagery. Technques ranges from fringing, layering, darts, folding, boning and so on.

This my moodboard and final swatch.



Fabric Manipulations

 These are a few pages from my sketchbook in relation to fabric manipulation. Having taken inspiration from our household and outdoor environment, I recorded my sources through digital media and furthermore, made fabric manipulations under the influence of my sources. I used a wide range of sewing techniques including gathering, smocking, fringing and boning etc.

I feel like I benefited from this particular project as it allowed me to gain new skills on the sewing machine and research a wide variety of sewing techniques and fabric manipulations.

Stripes

Stripes make a comeback for spring of 2011.
From seaside stripes seen at Fendi and Jil Sander, Retrograde stripes seen at Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuiton, to geometric stripes seen at Prada and Proenza Schouler.

Rodarte Spring/ Summer Collection 2011 consists of striping. You can identify the stripes through use of colour, texture, textile etc. The floral print works really well with the stripes also.

Viktor and Rolf Fall 2011 Collection also features striping. The vertical and horizontal stripes are layered to create structure and form.

Missoni is well-known for its tribal -like prints and rainbow colours. The patterns alternate between stripes, zig-zags, wavy stripes and so on. All in all, the use of colour divides the textile prints into many different striping patterns.

Missoni Spring/ Summer 2011 Collection

Fruit of the earth and stripes were the