architecture as inspiration

after being asked to research architecture from my chosen era, i decided to use images i had already collected from over the years of national trust properties from around the country.i found that most buildings look as if they could quite easily be placed into a jane austen period drama. for my mini sketchbook, i will look into these buildings more closely and do some in- depth drawings as well as quick sketches.

skirt and t-shirt designs

before constructing my t-shirt, i drew some designs using a simple colour scheme and an item that links all three - lace.
i then drew some designs for my skirt also using simple shapes and pastel colours

dyeing techniques

a technique we have practised is dyeing. we tried three different types of dyeing; batik, natural dyeing and tie dying to see which is the most effective for our individual projects. in my opinion the best for my project is batik as it creates quite a simple visual and i can use any pattern and most colours.

My t-shirts

For my range of 3 t-shirts i dyed all the t-shirts different pastel colours and the constructed a flower for each. i then added lace type material to all three to make sure they looked like a range of t-shirts. i then tried to take some professional photos of the t-shirts on my sister but i am not sure how professional they looked.

A2 Samples

Using the information i have collected in my sketchbook and the influence i have so far i have made 5 A2 samples.
the most effective in my opinion is the white sample with the 3D flowers and the white hand embroidered flowers. i think i will use these flowers in the making of my t-shirts and skirts.

sketchbook sample pages

these are my samples presented in my sketchbook.
the first three are my weaves. i have already shown pictures of these but this is a picture of them in my sketchbook.
the fourth is an embroidery sample reading "sense", the second is a couching sample in the shape of "&" and i have then wrote sensibility as this is one of jane austen's novels.
the fifth is a collection of three samples. one is embroidery reading "park", the second is hand stitching samples and the third is embroidery with wool reading "abbey"
the sixth is two saples reading "pride" and "+" for pride and prejudice, another of jane austen's novels.
the seventh and final is a needle felting sample reading the word "emma"

corset history

this is my research page on the history of corsets in the early 19th century.