In today's textiles lesson we looked at different ways in which we could manipulate both paper and fabric. - Each of us students had to research into a technique we found interesting and teach this to the rest of the class.
I have come up with some really exciting samples as a result and can't wait to see how these will inspire my garment design!
Here are some of my favourite outcomes from the lesson!
Origami Lotus flower
Created an origami lotus flower, taught by Florence. We had to follow a range of complex folding techniques to create the petals and leaves.
We had a go at first creating this in paper to understand the technique and we then made it in fabric, using interfacing for added stability. - Making it in fabric was actually more simple than I'd have thought and the outcomes were really beautiful - we also used either a tacking stitch or button embellishment to secure on place!
American Smocking
We were next taught the technique of American smocking by Maddie, whereby you would draw out a grid on you square of fabric, stitch around each square of the grid and pull tight to help the formation of a flower-like pattern!
I though the results of this technique were really gorgeous and would look really detailed and effectiove on a garment design!!
Origami Rose
Aleisha also taught us how to create a twisted origami rose, which looked really effective and is definitely a technique I want to try to recreate in fabric.
Creating the rose also consisted of a range of cutting and folding techniques and the overall shape was twisted into place at the centre to achieve the shaped of petals and lines in a rose flower!
The next challenge of definitely to create this in fabric.
Origami butterfly
Eve also showed us how to create these pretty origami butterflies with folding and cutting techniques. I actually found the process quite challenging in the beginning! But after a few tries I achieved a good outcome!
These could also be something that I could try in fabric for a really effective result. Perhaps I would use something like this in a headdress for my white on white garment design?!
Other techniques explored during this lesson include folded origami diamonds, a fabric star, shaped pin-tucks, twisted pleats, etc!
I can't wait to further experiment with these techniques in my own work and look at how I could develop some of them forward into my garment design!
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