Blog Post #1 April 20th On April 20th, we began the 20% project. We started by coming up with ideas and issues to address through our projects. My idea is to create a unique dress that expresses my personality. I want to inspire other students to express themselves and get creative with their clothing and fashion.
Blog Post #2 I chose my fashion creativity idea because i feel like it addresses a relevant issue in my life. Since I am a student amongst many others, I often experience the desire to fit in with everyone else. Often, students will wear trendy clothing, in order to fit in, instead of expressing themselves through their clothing. I'm hoping to inspire my peers to get creative with their outfits and really express their personalities. I think it could have a really positive impact on our school and other students. My main goal for this week is to complete a plan and outline for the dress that I will create. I will plan ways to incorporate materials that reflect my personality. Hopefully I can also gather most of my necessary tools and materials. By the end of the week, i will have a clear plan and most of the necessary materials, and I will be all set up to start creating the dress. My specific goals for today are to complete reading my two articals sources and to start coming up with ideas. After reading the articals, I will start researching the materials I am hoping to use. I will create a budget for my projects, and make a list of all the necessities. I will then find out where I will get each material.
Blog Post #3 Last Thursday during humanities class, we presented our project ideas to our peers and got feedback. The feedback I received was that my idea was very creative, however it seems difficult. I also think my project will be difficult, however I have gotten a head start and I am ahead of my schedule. My plan for this week is to bleach my dress and start sewing on the first layer of fabric. I will also decorate my second fabric layer with fabric paint and ink. Tomorrow I will bring my fabric into school and start outlining designs. My plan for today is to get ideas for fabric designs and decorations that I can use. I am going to personalize my fabric by painting and using mixed media to create a collage on the fabric. I have gathered all my materials, so now I just need to start getting creative.
Blog Post #4 For the last week and a half, I have been decorating my fabric with thread, paint and ink. I haven't made as much progress as I would have liked to, however I am happy with the overall appearance of my fabric. I found it very challenging and time consuming to thread designs into my fabric by hand, so I decided to start using more paint and ink instead. A win for me this week was that I was able to collect all my necessary materials and use all of them. I now have all my materials and can start creating my dress. Also, I am very happy with the color outcomes of the paint and ink on my fabric, I'm exited to put it all together! One question I have is when we will be presenting our final products.