Innovation - SHOCK OF THE NEW: In the Salon des Refuses

Statement of Intent

I intend to make a coat and trousers with a top at the very least. I'm also going to consider the presentation at each step I'm going to make towards that. This outfit is going to be made inspired by an experience I had as a younger child. When I fell from a bench blindly with all four limbs restricted, on to solid concrete with my forehead landing first.

Influences include my memory. This will be supported by my investigation and my abilities to recall and make sense clearly and exactly of what happened in this experience by watching videos of objects breaking down, or things happening in slow motion. This is because I really want to breakdown my memory as if replaying it in my head in slow motion, really re-absorbing that experience and translating the abstract feelings into a visual representation directly on different parts of the (my) body, in cloth and clothing construction. I am also going to experiment on the stand in order to illustrate my ideas prior to making a decision(s) on my final garments. This will be supported by drawing and colour application in 2D, collage and painting. 

Week 1 - Research / Experimentation

Experimenting on the stand. Drawing from slow motion videos and thoughts, recording these with writing etc (2D). Production of attempts to record in slow motion. 

Week 2 - Design development / Exploration / Execution / Product

Further Research. Creating a single inspired piece of artwork. translating abstract images on to designs. Then refining designs and details. Fabric research and making decisions on final fabric, taking into account ethics and sustainability. (Before in researching and whilst in designing.) Create 2 samples that are significant to the final prototype.

Week 3 - Consolidation / Realisation

Create toile for each of the separates. Sewn together and completed. Trouser, Jacket, Shirt (top, bottom, overgarment). Confirm and realise finalisations.

Week 4 - Presentation / Evaluation

Realise Final Prototype. Evaluate the result. Create Presentation illustrating the process - see Evidence for Assessment on the brief.

To assess the success of the project throughout I will use various dialogue between tutors, peers and myself. I am going to record commentary, processes, findings, influences and explorations in my personal visual diary, along with 

the briefing notes, 

the weekly tutorial I will have with Colin Thompson (design tutor) (x1), 

weekly sessions with Anthony Abebrese (pattern cutting tutor), 

Florence (for manufacturing guidance) (x4), 

Formative Assessment (Colin) (x1), 

Self-evaluation throughout, 

Final self-evaluation, 

and peer to peer evaluation, 

as a tool to comment on developmental issues and the completed project.