Self Initiated Brief

The starting point for this Unit of work was different from the other briefs that we had been given. We had to come up with a self initiated brief which simply means we write our own brief on anything that we choose to look into. I knew I wanted to some how carry on from the work that I was doing in my last unit with natural feel and all of my collage work. So this is 
the brief that I came up with for myself.

What are you aiming to create/make/design?

I am aiming to create a collection of quality samples with the intention that they would be used within interior design. I will be focusing on using a mixture of hand and machine embroidery a long with using the multi head. I have also been thinking about other techniques that I can use that I haven’t tried before such as digital printing and lazer cutting I would like to be able to use at least one of these if not both within this unit of work.  I also intend on bringing the pfaf into this unit of work I’m not quite sure how right now but its a similar machine to the multi head but has embroidery patterns already programmed in and this is deffinatly I tool I want to play around with due to the fact that the ethos is always fairly busy.

 What visual research will be undertaken?

I intend on visiting the eden project to gain primary research to take photos and to do some initial drawings which I can then go on and later develope my work from. I also need to look into artist/designer inspiration as I know this is a weakness of mine. Along with is I will look into the context of my work and research the area In Which I envision my work being placed

 Explain any themes, ideas or concepts you plan to explore. What methods, techniques or lines of enquiry do you intend to use?

I want to base this unit of work loosely around the jungle book it has always been a fond childhood faviourte of mine. I want my work to reflect the jungle theme all the foliage and greenery and the camouflaged that it offers. My work has tended to be very pattern based in the past so I want to play on this fact and use it my advantage combining this with perhaps digital printing.  Collage and layering are important to me and something I want to do in this unit as well as I often find myself being drawn too appliqué using bonda web so I want to keep that I mind and again use it to my advantage.

How does the intended work/project relate to previous work?

All of my work has a mixture of hand and machine embroidery and this is a theme that I wish to carry through to this unit I feel as if it’s becoming my recognisable trate within my work. In my previous assignment it had a very natural feel to it and I really enjoyed it so I wanted to carry on this natural free flowing feel through to this unit as I knew It already interested me so It is a good place to start for this brief. I always create my work with the intention that It will be used within interior design this is a theme I will carry on through as I want to develop these ideas and look into more where within interior design would this unit of work lie. It relates to a lot of my previous work as well in a way where I start with a very lose inital idea “the jungle book” but I simply use that as a starting point and then I try and let me work flow freely without restricting myself too much.

   

  We were then asked to pick a Live project to be doing running along side your own initiated brief. I chose embroidering engineering which means I will be working towards creating a sample book for rolls royce for the interior of some of their bespoke cars. I aim to work from the same sketch book/books of drawings for both assignments and then to direct them off in different directions when it come to sampling etc.