Thursday, March 24, 2011

Manipulation

These are the various manipulation techniques i researched during the week


Pleating





 Boning


 Oragami





 Gathering

Quilting
 



Twisted 





Knitting

Four needle (tubular knit)
four needles used 
creates endless tube effect
 Striping 
Creating stipes in knit
 Intarsia 
knitting shape patterns into garments
 Increasing knit
 Decrease knit
 Rib Knit
Creates a vertical patten of knit 
 Moss Stitch
Created by purl and knit stitch
 Ladder stitch
Known as the matress stitch 
created by purl and knit stitches 
 Loop Stitch
loop effect created by the technique 
also need crochet needle to knit this stitch
 Cable stitch
Created by crossing over one stitch over another 
 Ridged eyelet
To enable ribbon to pass through knit 

Research Week fashion ranking

Themes
We were given 5 words to research and explore during this week

  • Memories 
  • Decay 
  • Electric 
  • Tribal
  • Enclosure 



Memories 






 left behind (finger prints ,tracks )

 Skeleton,mummies
 Masks memory shape of face


  • old letters ,postcards  
Decay
Facial deformities
corpse ,bones
Decaying plants and flowers


 Facial deformities





 corpse ,bones 



Decaying Plants and flowers 

Electric


 Electric lights

 Static electric

Nuclear Electric
Tribal
 Primitive 
 Modern take on primitive tribe dress

 Primitive Mohican
 Modern mohawk
 Punk rockers Sub cultural tribe

 Chav sub culture tribe

Ska (rude boy)

Enclosure

 Prison
 Encased (in burial)
 encloses in clothes (metal)
 Zips
Corsetry