Fashion: Pattern. Day One

We've been given our brief and it has to do with the urban environment and our own environment. So we create patterns from urban and/or environmental objects like manholes, tree bark, baskets, rust, paving, etc. 


What to do for Monday: Use your immediate environment to source and photograph relevant imagery. College buildings and grounds, playground, etc.. Photography, sketching, collage, rubbings. You will be expected to bring a body of imagery to class with you. Group tutorial to discuss initial ideas and possible directions/developments. Fabric manipulation techniques.


So I was wandering around Limerick and my house wondering what I would like to base my project on. I took a few photographs...maybe got a little trigger happy...and my conclusion?? Very linear urban geometric objects. 


In Penneys I went through the shoe area and wondered what kind of patterns would be underneath the shoes so I did that and was instantly inspired to create using those marking and any markings under any shoes.


I also did a bit of experimenting today with fabric and manipulating it a tiny tiny bit. 


Here are my images...from inspiration to experimentation.

playing with ink

embroidery

dying using coffee

P.S

This is very unrelated and off topic but I'm just so excited about it... I went to see The Wanted on Friday night....it was AMAZING!!