I have chosen to take on the task of responding to a second
live brief, simply because I think it will really help to widen my range of
work. The Adamley brief required us to visit the silk printing mill and create
designs in response to the mill and all of their design archives. My tutor and
I agreed that it would be an interesting opportunity for me to branch out into
something new, knowing that the design outcomes were intended for
menswear. Whilst on the trip to the mill
we were able to see the complete industrial workings, from dying sourced
fabric, to the studio designing all the way through to printing and final
production. It was really interesting and exciting to see that they still use
some traditional hand screen printing methods, and seeing the structure of
print in industry. After the tour of the mill we had a chance to look through
the Adamley archives, all of the past design work that they have collected over
many years, dating as far back as the 1900’s with traditional carved wooden
blocks.
Whilst looking through the archives I noticed that paisley
was a strong consistent design element that ran throughout. It seemed to be a timeless classic that moved
with them through the years, therefore I think I would like to stick to the
idea of working with paisley, however my aim is going to be to put a modern
twist on it. For example, one design they showed us during the visit comprised
of a paisley design but using different elements from a bike, such as the wheel
and bike chain etc. This is the kind of
refreshing edge I think I need to include in my designs to create something new
and exciting.
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