Study Statement – PAD000 – Fashion, Creation, Innovation n Design

Student Name: Amit Mandaliya (133591 – 20172579)

Pathway to: Fashion Design

Theme: Innovation ‘n’ Technique in a Design

Identity, every time I come across this word, I always think of its what identity is all about. Identity means the facts of being who or what a person or thing is.

From the day I started the course to date I experience many new things related to art, design and, creativity like smocking, fabric manipulation, heat manipulation, origami folding and, many other things related to this. From the above mention, I have gone through some of the techniques but I was unaware of the name but now I’m fully aware of techniques and as well as the name. After studying all this I got to know that a technique plays an important role when it comes to creativity of an art. Without proper technique one can create a design but with the proper technique one can create a master piece of a design.

The project I’m looking forward to present is on the Innovation ‘n’ Technique in a Design. This will illustrate how we can use different technique in different way and create something innovation and how that design enhance the older design.

IDEA OF COMING UP WITH COLORS OF OUR LIFE.

At the starting of the course, I go through the imagination is more important than knowledge. How observing, visualization, interpreting, imagination, sharing idea makes you more talented. It’s not what you look at that matter, it’s what you see. From this, I started observing the thing which was around me, and after looking through all that stuff I get to know how new approach play an important role in every single piece of art. But this was just an imagination I was still looking for something unique that can reflect my own identity in it.

In the art workshop, we all have to introduce ourselves in that I observe everyone’s identity and get to know that people chose different approach with different prospective. How they can relate the different approach with their ideas. This was interesting starting with their perspective. So, I decided to include an approach and technique which was my identity. Yet this was not the end I still want something more interesting than enhance my project.

Further, as time pass, I was still looking for something unique, at some stage I found something but later I drop that idea as it was not attaching with what I was looking for. Then one day as I was looking into my WordPress site and I got my missing piece of a design which was redesigning and innovation. This was the perfect thing which I was looking for and finally, I ascertained.

How one can innovate something with their new prospective and their thinking of imagination. Finally, after collecting all pieces I come to the closure that my final declaration will be on the Innovation and technique in a design. How one can innovate the design by creating new aspect, approach and technique.

Design will show that how a simple design can be reflected if the proper technique and new approach and some innovation can be mixed with that design. Looking forward to this innovation is the new pathway for success, and with new approach one can bring change in the fashion and trends.

Theme:

Innovation ‘n’ Technique in a design is the approach which is the theme of my project. Innovation is the future, if you think beyond the everyone’s thinking you can create something new. Technique plays important role in every aspect and when innovation and technique come together on can create a piece of an art. This all ideas comes out from my mind from the technique which I studied during the course in which some of the technique I was aware of but I don’t know the name of the name. Through this study I got to know about the technique name as well as my thinking and design level which was inside me about how much creative my mind can think of.

My project relates to this because in my project I’m going to innovate the old design with the techniques which I’m known for or I can say that my identity. Through this project I can design the fashion in new era by putting the different smocking, weaving, heat manipulation, paper folding technique onto the fabric and create a design. This project will lead me towards many new thinking, new ideas and this will also bring my new identity out of me, which will help me to create new possibility of the new design.

Research, Technique and Process:

My project is all about innovation ‘n’ design in which as I mention above, I will be using different type of technique of smocking, weaving, folding, shibori onto the old design and innovate them into new design.

I have gone through many of the technique which are as follow:

Smocking Technique:

Smocking is an embroidery technique used to gather fabric so that it can stretch. Before elastic, smocking was commonly used in cuffs, bodices, and necklines in garments where buttons were undesirable. Smocking was used most extensively in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Smocking pleater was invented by Mrs. Read’s husband in South Africa during the late 1940’s to assist in his wife’s smocking venture.

Different type of Smocking:

American Smocking:

American Smocking is otherwise known as Counter change smocking. It has been popularized by a young woman in Arizona, Anne Hallay. This smocking is done on gingham, striped, or a gridded fabric. Basically 5/8” stripped fabric is made into squares and a honeycomb or Vandyke stitch is used to bring the sections together. Finished fabric will have the illusion of a solid fabric. No pleating is used for this type of smocking. This type of smocking is more often used in teenager’s garments. English Smocking is of three types namely.

Counter Smocking: This type of smocking requires a grid. Most often striped and checked fabric is used to do this work. No stretch is created in this type of smocking. Three times more fabric is needed to bring to the required length and width.

Mock Smocking: For this type of smocking, fabric folds are created. Any printed or plain fabric can be used for this work. Little stretch is created in Mock smocking. Only honey comb pattern is created in mock smocking.

Direct Smocking: Grid pattern is used for this type of smocking. Following the pattern small stitches are made and secured. Trim the thread and complete the pattern.

Canadian Smocking or North American Smocking:

Canadian smocking is also called as North American Smocking. In this type textural effect is created on the front side of the fabric. No pleating is required for Canadian smocking. A grid is drawn or designed on the back of the fabric. Later it is used to create the three-dimensional effect on the front side of the fabric. This type of smocking is not usually pressed or ironed. The texture would be flattened or destroying if the smocked fabric is pressed. Canadian Smocking has different technique.

Lattice Smocking: It creates a beautiful pattern on the right side of the fabric. There are a few variations where the pattern of stitches is worked on the front-one of these is called flower smocking. Grid pattern is used to mark designs.

Fabric Smocking: This smocking is created with the grid pattern. Textural effect is created on the right side of the fabric. Three times more fabric is required and good stretch is created.
Reverse Smocking: This type of smocking is reversible. Patterns are seen on both the sides. No thread is visible on right and wrong sides of the fabric. It is also called as honeycomb Smocking.

Weaving Techniques:

Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct set of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric. Other methods are knitting, crocheting, felting and braiding or plaiting. The longitudinal threads are called the wrap and the lateral threads are the weft, woof or filling. The method in which thread are inter-woven affects the characteristics of the clothes. Cloth is usually woven on a loom, a device that holds the wraps threads in place while felling threads are woven through them. A fabrics band which meets this definition of cloth can also be made using other method, including tablet weaving, back strap loom or other techniques without looms.

Different type of Weaving:

Fabric Manipulation and Heat Manipulation:

Fabric manipulation is the technique of creating sculpturing and embellishing effects on fabric in order to give it texture and unique appearances. From a flat 2-dimensional piece of fabric, you can manipulate it to become 3 dimensional and bring it to life.

Heat setting can be defined as a treatment by which shape retention, crease resistance, elasticity etc is given to the fabrics. It changes the strength, softness and dye-ability of the material. This technique requires the heating of thermoplastic fabrics to be transformed into the structure.

Evaluation:

In terms of evaluating my work, I will use the journal, sketchbook, critical journal and the final work which are reflecting each other. In the journal, the design trace and my inspiration and design thought could be found. In the sketchbook, the design sketch and the inspiration will be showed. In the critical journal, all the deep research will be shown. Comparing these three works, there will be a clear design pathway. That shows how I came up ideas with inspirations, what research I have did and how that research influenced me and how it embodied on my final product. Also, the response of the viewer and my classmate can also evaluate my work, through their comments I would know whether I successfully archive the goal that I want to reach.

That is a good index to find where my ideas came from and how I developed it.

Timescale:

I will make a timetable in which there will be a date and work will be mentioned so that I can push myself to complete my work on time and if I get any free time, I can research further more about new type of technique which will I can use in my design.

Bibliography:

http://www.brainkart.com/article/Smocking-and-Types-of-Smocking_37506/

https://www.gathered.how/arts-crafts/weaving/library-of-weaving-techniques/

https://www.woolz.nl/

https://www.thespruce.com/fabric-glossary-clothes-you-wear-2145791

https://www.nitin-goyal.com/gallery-signature-origami

http://ealishwilson.com/2018/5/26/contour