TRIBES

For my Final Major Project in my second year I chose Tribes as my theme as I am extremely interested by their naturally sourced way of life and how beautifully bold both their personalities and exterior are.

I have begun to start working large scale when sampling for my final outcome. For my first large scale design I worked in a very earthy, natural colour palette however, I aim to add bold colours to reperesent tribal member’s colourful and bold exterior in future samples.

SMOCKING

This project I have been introduced to a technique called Smocking which is a technique that I will be using a lot as I begin to sample more and I will definately be thinking about encorporating it into my final oucome as it has a very natural shape and can easily be constructed into a garment. 

PHOTO MONTAGE

The next four photos show me experimenting with different types of pattern as a wallpaper design. Excluding the first design, I started to use fruit and vegetables as the subject of my patterns as I wanted to explore tribal culture in a amore obscure way; what I mean by this is that they live of the land and exhaust multiple uses out of one natural product. I wanted to use natural sources as my still life to translate this information into my work.

DEVELOPING FINAL OUTCOME

For the first stage of my final outcome I created three different wallpaper designs inspired by sweetcorn. the designs will be presented on three different boards and the wallpaper stretches very tall in length. I am very happy with my wallpaper designs as they are very vibrant and colourful which I believe is what a tribal member is.

NEXT STEP

using sections of both my yellow and blue wallpaper design I created a repeat pattern and printed it onto fabric. after doing this I smocked the material which is a technique I have shown you previously during this project. I am really happy with the smocking effect and feel that it enhances the pattern and adds a new perspective on it.

FINISHED GARMENT

I am very happy with the outcome of my smocked fabric as it is diverse and vibrant. I wanted this piece to represent tribes in a positive, uplifting way and I feel as if I have achieved this aim. In the photographs the part-garment is pinned together, my reasoning behind this is that if you were able to purchase the fabric, you could use it for any purpose of your choice or wear it in any style. this links back to tribes in a very charming yet subtle way as they are such sustainable people. They exhaust multiple uses out of just one natural source and I admire that.