Always on the lookout for design and pattern inspiration
Serpentine Gallery London
Exhibition. Rotterdam,Holland
Skip.Shrewsbury UK
Exhibition.Rotterdam,Holland.
Recording design inspiration
Colour
Recording colour on the move.
When colour,textures and motif distribution catches your eye of course you snap away, ready to inspire the students
Garden in Herefordshire UK
Path construction Staffordshire
Gallery Rotterdam,Holland
Aftermath of event Shrewsbury,Shropshire UK
Working colour
The 1st years complete the colour assignment.
Using flat colour and how to balance a composition
There are a myriad of skills and techniques(and indeed pure inventive, creative talent)employed when starting out to create a new design or pattern.
Here the students use their own instinctive ability and resourcefulness and combine it with the theoretical and practical skills we are sharing with them.
With confidence
Having now understood the effect colour can have on a design and mastered how to handle accents and dominant hue the students confidently experiment.
This module has all been about flat colour next year we look at texture and it’s application.
Introducing colour
Fabulous colour experimentation from the 1st years.Mixing and taking ownership of all their chosen colours and combinations.
It’s fascinating to witness the confidence gained from trial and error and finally SUCCESS from selected colourways and combinations.
Sketchbooks
The experimental sketchbooks from the 1st year are showing fabulous promise.The students are becoming engaged and involved in colour research and development.Now,as they move onto considered design and pattern making,they have an invaluable colour source reference they can refer to and build on in the future.
Working to Industry standard.
The 3rd years get to grips with industry led outcomes.The next stage is professional printing and finishing.
Preparing a professional portfolio.
Below details of working designs.
The Alchemy of Colour
Continuing with their exploration of all aspects of colour the first years get to grips with the science bit!
How do you achieve that perfect tone,how do you made that a shade lighter,how do you set the colour for good? All is revealed.
How to get the colour you want (and love!) into fabric
The first years are having a fine old time learning how to dye yarn and fabric the exact colour they need.
Running alongside their colour mixing for print and design the students are getting a thorough grounding in the art,application and appreciation of colour.
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