Impressive Mood Boards from the A' Level Fashion & Textile students.

The studios have been alive once again at MV16.  We have a wonderful new crop of eager & talented AS level students, who have all made a fabulous start to their programmes of study.

The A' Level Textiles students have 'hit the ground running' & have already ploughed through pages & pages of their sketchbooks, creating a wealth of vital research used to inspire & fuel new ideas and samples.  They are really grasping the  absolute necessity for 'quality, quality, quality'.  They are working hard & have several little outcomes completed, demonstrating a breadth of new skills & techniques.

Last week they submitted their mood boards for consideration, so I thought I'd share some of these with you all.  The detailing, sampling on these boards is exquisite, as are the fashion illustrations.  The later is something we have been working on quite intensely recently. 

They are currently exploring the vast area of embellishment - trying to develop a wide range of techniques & skills.  They are being stretched further by having to develop ideas suitable for the world of Contour Design - early days for this work, so much to learn.  As a mini outcome they are going to be creating small bra-let designs, so their detailing needs to be exquisite and fine - no chunky ruching in the Textiles studio please!

They have proven themselves to be real geniuses with using and manipulating alternative media and fabrics etc.  Small squares of pre-printed acetate have suddenly been made into personalised sequins, creating a highly unique and fascinating surface quality.  Vanishing Muslin has been used beautifully by a student exploring a colour palette of 'white on white' - icy and yet powerful with a delicate quality suitable for the world of underwear.

Exceptional attention to detail has been called for, and students have been found sitting in huddles beading (they just needed a cup of tea & I think they would have thought they'd found heaven) - they were so quiet when beading, really interesting how it concentrates the brain.  They are having to develop skills working with specific fabric types such as net, meshes, laces etc., they are also going to have to develop some clever colour palettes, which also have an eye on detail and texture. 

This whole little section of the course, is really building their skills & techniques, and demanding high quality from the outset.  The students are really focussed and already have some powerful ideas for development.  As always keep your eyes peeled for the next Blog postings & I'll try to reveal some of their samples along the way.  It is truly so exciting!

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