Been given a new brief, to research designers that may use Draping on the stand to generate designs, then using my final major project designing process to help produce some creative designs using draping methods and deconstruct my efforts to enable to production of a flat pattern and from that a toile of the work, followed by some design development generated from the process.
This caused me some trauma!! I am comfortable with flat pattern cutting and would even consider myself as quite proficient, however draping on the stand and the levels of freedom this suggests is far too much pressure for me. I think I have the ability to see in my head the 3D version of my designs, fully finished and I am able to mentally pull the design apart and lay it flat on the table. Draping on the stand requires that you forget this and work in a different way, which is quite difficult for me as I am already very comfortable with the flat pattern process.
However, it is a brief that requires just as much focus and dedication as all the other projects, regardless of whether it is within my comfort zone of not.
I need to research designers that drape - to start with I will look at Vivienne Westwood, Lanvin and Vionnet and see where these take me
I will also need to research the process of draping on the stand, how you should start, what you need to do in order to complete the job, look up some online videos and tutorials and then play with a few ideas.
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