Tuesday, April 12, 2011

DESIGN- FASHION

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CREATE AN OUTFIT CONSISTING OF 4 ITEMS THAT UTILIZE THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN DISCUSSED IN YOUR HANDOUTS. (BALANCE, PROPORTION, EMPHASIS, RHYTHM AND HARMONY. FOCUS ON TEXTURE AND DEFINE YOUR CHOICES BY USING THE INFORMATION IN YOUR HANDOUT ON PAGES 181, 182.

YOUR FINISHED WORK WILL BE ILLUSTRATING A FULL COLOR FIGURE ON 12 X 18 WATERCOLOR PAPER. YOU MAY USE MIXED MEDIA BUT WATERCOLOR WILL BE THE PRIMARY MEDIUM.

ALL PRINCIPLES WILL BE IDENTIFIED AS WELL AS THE TYPE(S) OF FABRIC(S) YOU CHOOSE.




VOCABULARY

Dart- triangular folds of fabric stitched to a point. They control fullness and give shape to fitted clothing.

Tuck- narow folds of fabric that may be stitched part way or the entire length.

Seam- can create special effects, or a sporty, tailored, or contrasting finish to a garment.

Gather- soft folds of fabric fomred by pulling up basting stitches to make the fabric fit into a smaller space.

Pleat- folds of fabric, wider than tucks and stitched or pressed in place.

8 comments:

  1. Meee readed thisss! Yoo! Peace out homme boi!

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  2. This seems like an awsome project. I've already designed some clothes, and made a couple peices, but that was by just taking apart other clothes and tracing the outlines onto sheets. and then just sew them together again. This will be way cooler because we get to make our own designs.

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  3. i understand. vocab is confusing though.

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  4. I knew most of the terms before, expect for tuck but I know what it is now.

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  5. I understand most of the vocab and I understand the assignment.

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  6. I understand most of this, but I don't know one of the vocab words.

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  7. i know only one term, seam. one down, 4 to go...

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