Ideas that went no where

For my final outcome I have decided to use the laser cutter rather than the other media's I had experimented with. The laser cutter produced such a refined professional clean cut out come that I personally was very happy with - I felt no need to use the other samples I had experimented with.
The experimentation with shape using the white top was interesting, but I felt it was not enough of a progression to use as a final garment.
Using wet print was an idea that originally interested me, but some of the samples turned out messy and not as nice as I thought they would. I felt the prints were not good enough (as such) to use for a final out come. Same with the rubbings and sample I did using flock.
The embelisher created some lovely effects (bonding two fabrics together, the withered look, old and new fabrics- all qualities I was looking at) but the samples looked messy and there was to much going on in them (to distracting) to use as a garment design.
The process of learning and using all of these different methods lead me to my final idea and designs, so even though I did not use them in the final outcome the process of producing them was vital and very useful, I felt like I really explored all my options. After experimenting with all of the different ideas and methods I could accurately gauge what I wanted my outcome to be. I asses all of the samples I had produced and felt the laser cutting option was the strongest.

Left over pieces

The above images are of the left over pieces of paper and fabric from the laser cutter. They pieces are so nice Im going to try to incorporate them into the final design some how.

Close up of fabric

The image above is a close-up of the fabric that was laser cut. The powder blue fabric has added to its femininity and elegance. under each piece of fabric I put some paper (as to stop the laser over burning the fabric while being cut) and the cut out left on the paper is beautiful. The paper is crisp white and around each of the edges of the cut out sections it is slightly burned, giving it a lovely effect. Im thinking that when we do the filming - or just some experimentation with the cut out as a filter and to create shadows would turn out well.

Laser cut images of fabric

Images of laser cute fabric. I like how they have turned out, however because so much of the fabric was cut away the fabric is very fragile and I reckon its going to be impossible to sew together and wear. I should have done it the other way round- have the lines that are remaining have been cut out.

White shirt experimentation

Working with actual garments was always the idea for this project, and seeing as I have already changed the garments visually through print and other means-I have been experimenting with changing them physically. One of the while shirts donated is what I have been working with, once taking it apart I realized there are many interesting shapes that are in the shirt- plan on re-modeling them on a mannequin.

In the images above I worked with the naturally occurring shapes of the pieces, I did not alter or cut them in anyways- focusing on shapes, edges, layering, and folding.

Laser cutting-Screen shot

The image above is of the revised image (after vector works) sent to the laser cutter to be cut into the fabric.

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