Contextual Research

(Cog Fashion Designs)

                                                   Connection, rotation, rust and decay

My initual starting point for this project was looking at BMX cogs on bikes, I started cutting the shape out on my reflective journal, then started to design my own designs. Looking a bikes was not enough so looking into broken clocks and watched was perfect to had to this project and went into printing to develop my designs (above).

I needed more contextual research to looking back at wrapping technigues i did when nitting and stitching to create a veriaty of fabrics. it reminded me of egyption mummys. I already like the idea of stiching overthe top of things and actauly showing it insted its often hidden away, just like the mummys. i design a few fashion illitration to genrally gwet the whole feel of this theme and i like it. so i started working on some desing ang thinking about print also.

(Sophia Kokosalaki Egyptian Inspired Designs 2008)

I enjoyed this project alot, and was happy with my outcome but i recon i could of come out with alot more. if it wasnt with getting not anough inperation and i feel like manipulating fabric by sowing and nitting in not my thing, the reason why i concentrated on printing. if i was to revisit this project i would go back so my intial research and the egytion theme and combine them togetehr and restart some desing but sticking to the print side of it all and then actaulty print onto fabric that had the same kind of feel and texture as old mummy rags and hopfully try to create some kinda of garment and soem powerfull illtration to go with it.