Untamed Creativity In My Precollege Courses

This week I’ll be letting everyone know about what I’ve been up to in my classes. In HLD 014: Accessories Design Techniques, I am curently working on a large tote bag. I’ve learned a lot and acquired manny new skills in this class. It was the first time I’ve ever used an industrial sewing machine, which i learned is a lot harder to use than the type of machines most have in there homes. I also realized how important getting correct measurements and proportioning your fabric to get the most out of it as possible is. The class is great, my teacher is really patient and helps us all so we can really create whatever design’s we come up with.

I also take HAR 087: Advanced Fashion Design Art Techniques. At the moment we have two projects. One of them is to create spring related separates (pieces that could be interchanged) and they have to be inspired by any exhibit of our choice from the FIT Museum. My inspiration came from the Vivian Westwood exhibit, specifically the “Statue of Liberty” garment.

The second project is for the Vivian Westwood Contest. We are to choose a dress, object, or historical painting from before 1950 and base a modern garment based on it. For that I was inspired by a dress from 1867 also found in the FIT Museum. In this class, I’ve advanced my croquis and learned how to draw different and unique patterns. One of the reasons I’ve learned so much in this class is because the teacher for this is constantly reviewing everything and showing us demos so we truly can understand it and use the newly acquired skills.

Both of these classes keep me busy the entire time and take unbreakable concentration on the final product. My Accessories Design Techniques class has taken me on trips to Mood Fabrics as well as other fabric and trimming shops to find out were to get the things i need to bring my designs to life while the Advanced Fashion Design Art Techniques class has taken me to different exhibits for inspiration on my designs. Accessories is a little more hands on and running around since I go from pinning to sewing to ironing, and then for Fashion Design, I stay in my seat sketching and shading. They sound like complete opposites right? But one thing they do have in common is the hard work. You really need to be a perfectionist at every aspect of it, whether it’s the stitching of your bag’s braided handle or getting all the details, like princess lines, on you design to make it unique.

My absolute favorite part of this whole experience is that while following the guidelines of how to create the garments I can really do no wrong. And thats because its my design! It can be whatever I’m feeling or thinking. In both classes the teachers teach me how to create my creations and never squash my blast of creativity. It can be as lush and luxuriant and wild as I want it to be! (:

Amanda


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