Which is strange for me, in sixth form i did textiles a level and i was obsessed by it, i was sure i wanted to go into textiley art. But i think after so long away from that i found it so difficult to get back into, all my samples were terrible! i left completely uninspired, wondering what to
As soon as i got into researching ideas it got a little better, though by this time i was pretty disheartened and a little behind.
I definately got behind in this project quickly, because i wasnt enjoying it as much as F.A.C i wanted to almost be inspired by those ideas and take them forward...which is why i began to look at geometric patterns and camo again, which i really enjoyed before.
so as soon as i got into this, i researched it out and started looking at jigsaws, which was brilliant.
Jigsaws well excited me, the whole concept of many tiny pieces creating a much larger picture.
I started playing around with painting jigsaws to look like their backgrounds...
Then started looking at more geometric patterns for ideas on camouflage etc...
Whipped up a quick example jacket of geometric camouflage, thought it looked pretty cool but was a bit simple.
I then began to have a few ideas about pattern cutting, with jigsaw seams, tried many ways, but they all stuck out at funny angles, until i considered making it reversible which really gave me some good ideas.
after a long process of finding out what worked etc, i flat pattern cut a toile and with that went on to make this reversible lycra mens jigsaw jacket...
The end result i was fairly pleased with, i had a few disasters but definately enjoyed my venture into sportswear,...whether or not i will venture back im not so sure. Its definately a specialism, because there is so much attention to detail and it has to be fitted, whereas mine is baggier than i had originally wanted.
I think this project wasnt up to scratch of many of my others, but overall i am fairly happy for how late i started...
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