first term of Uni over- Nottingham Trent University

So my first term is over and my first project is out of the way. I have learnt so many new skills is just the first 3 months. For one, I have learnt how to pattern cut. I've used an over-locker.. pattern layed.. worked pricing out and so so much more!

Essentially we had 2 projects running along side eachother.. one theory and one practical. The theory based one is to help us research and present our work, sometimes working in groups and sometimes working independently. Anyway we chose to research about hip hop.. after a lot of research into various different genres. It was pretty interesting as I lot of new things for example branding.. and how it can come across as one thing on someone yet gave off a totally different vibe on someone else.
So anyway.. that was that project, and we presented all our ideas at the end and had a discussion about what we thought.

The other project was a lot more practical "White project" and i chose to do mine on habitats. I looked into the natural and man made habitats and how the structure was actually fairly similar.
I decided that i wanted my model to feel sheltered as this tied invery well. So I decided to create some ideas with hoods attached.. I wanted a relatively large hood but realised in order to make the wearer feel "snug" and "comfortated the hood inside would need to be touching them. Sure enough I created a lining which was small enough to fit like a swimming hat and an outer hood which would stand away from the body.
The sleeves were a bit of a last minute thing, I knew I wanted sleeves but what i wanted them to look like was a totally different story, I tried out different shapes until I found one that I liked, and actually it worked very well, as it was in a leaf shape, and this tied in very well with my research because i visited Wollaton Hall and this was all about bugs and wildlife.

The finishing product was tweaked a few times and I had a couple of dissagreements with my teacher, but she did help me a lot and in the end i was very pleased with my final piece. I actually never thought i'd be creating something using pattern cutting and different types of designing.

The finished piece:

 (please email if you'd like to know anymore information on this project or anything about my work- eviecowan2@hotmail.co.uk)