Over the weekend I began looking into more dyes that could work and I read that red cabbage is very successful. What was interesting about dyeing with cabbage was that if you add vinegar to the boiling mixture it produces a purple dye and iff you add baking soda, the dye turns blue. I was … Continue reading EASTER BREAK →

The session today was mostly centred around group crit, discussing each-other's concepts and giving out own interpretations. The first task we did was looking at different peer's images related to their concept (rotating around the table) and writing down words we associate with them and eventually writing a short narrative of what we believe the … Continue reading FMP WK 3 →

So the results of my dyeing experiments..... Unfortunately, my experiments yesterday were not as successful as I had hoped they'd be (although I was already sceptical about the artichoke dye). From the spinach I had expected to get quite a bright green but the result was a vey pale yellowy green, pretty much just a … Continue reading FMP WK 3 →

Today I was researching into natural dyes for fabrics and yarns as most commercial dying practices involve toxic chemicals, which leak into our water systems (especially heavy metals), and massive wastage of water and energy. So I set out to research how I could make my own dyes by extracting pigments from various plants such … Continue reading FMP WK 3 →

Keeping in track with my timetable that I wrote for myself in my proposal, I began conducting research into materials. My tutor suggested that I try going to the cloth house on Berwick street- I absolutely love this store and I could easily spend all day there, although I was still wary about the fact … Continue reading FMP WK 3 →

Over the weekend I started researching into sustainability- I have to admit I was feeling a little bit lost at the start as the subject of sustainability is a very broad area so I was unsure where to start. So I began by just collecting images from online and magazines that I would associate with … Continue reading FMP WK 3 →

Today's crit session was really helpful (maybe abit more than the Tuesday session) as it was more focussed on our personal investigations with group and 1-2-1 discussions about what we are communicating so far and what our next steps should be. I gathered some interesting ideas from the group discussion regarding my topic such as … Continue reading FMP WK 2 →

I used my self directed day yesterday and todays session to start organising my visual research material and responding to it. For now I have been using a mixture of images from magazines, online sources and my own photography, but I have yet to source some related books to gather images from... I have created … Continue reading FMP WK 2 →

Today was the first official studio session of the FMP, so it was mainly about establishing a way of working efficiently as individuals as well as taking part in a group tutorial to discuss the criteria and project structure. I found the group tutorial quite useful just to make sure that we understood what was … Continue reading FMP WK 2 →

I have survived the developmental stage. This section of the course has been challenging at times, however I have learned alot along the way. The past few months have been especially... interesting, trying to juggle the industry project, portfolio prep, preparing for interviews and assessment and starting the FMP- but I got here in the … Continue reading Reflection on Developmental stage →