CRITICAL REVIEW | Final Major Project Student Name: Anand Kaur Johal Pathway: Fashion and Textiles FMP Title: I LOVE WEED To begin with, my project is all about my love of the natural world, and in particular the interesting textures and surfaces found in nature. In my proposal, I talked about how in the modern … Continue reading FMP CRITICAL EVALUATION →

As a whole, I feel that my project successfully communicates my concept; my work captures my passion for the natural world and the way I work is very clear through out my sketchbooks due to the sense of flow across them, and there is evidence of the calm and meditative nature of my work/processes. From … Continue reading FMP EVALUATION →

I received the images from the photoshoot today and was very pleased with the way they turned out, and so was my tutor. Both the garment and the backdrop complimented each other and communicated my concept well; it shows nature as pure and untouched by the manmade world, and full of beautiful textures and details. … Continue reading FMP WK 8 →

Today was the photoshoot day. this has been the climax of the past few weeks, with everyone working hard to finish their garments on time. I finished mine yesterday and had some time to do research for my shoot in terms of props/styling and possible poses for the model to try out in the studio. … Continue reading FMP WK 8 →

Ten very sore fingers and many blisters later, I have finally finished the wooly moss texture. It took alot of perseverance, but I did get it done and it looks very effective, especially since I used two colours aswell. By coincidence, I think the blue and green patches of 'moss' also remind me of satellite … Continue reading FMP WK 8 →

While still continuing to add my moss structure, I have also been trying to develop an idea that stops the top left section of the garment from looking sparse. I didn't want to add the same moss textures as on the rest of the dress as four of these sections just don't look right, it … Continue reading FMP WK 7 →

Now on day three of adding in my moss texture, I am beginning to realise just how long it is taking (around a whole day, sometimes more, for each section of moss), although I have to say that it is worth it. The texture looks exactly how I wanted it to, just as though there … Continue reading FMP WK 7 →

With the base garment complete, I could now start incorporating my textiles. The first and main texture I am adding to my garment is a moss texture that I created using simple stitches of wool, but not pulling them all the way. I chose to use two colours and two different types of wool for … Continue reading FMP WK 7 →

I spent today working on the finishes of the garment before going on to incorporate my textiles. The sleeves and bottom of the dress were going to be left with raw edges, however I thought it would be better to hem the neck instead of leaving it raw as it may become too messy. I … Continue reading FMP WK 7 →

I started to construct the final garment today. I have chosen to use the organic cotton canvas that I have been using in my samples as it is quite thick so it will hold the structure that I want to create well, but also the weight of the fabric will allow the garment to hang … Continue reading FMP WK 6 →