Digital Prints

My digital prints was just recieved from last Friday. It looked brilliant printed on the heavy satin fabric. The colours looked gorgeous and sheer that was very different when you see the prints on paper and fabric.

Logo Design

This is my logo I designed; I used capital letters of 'G' and 'F' stands for Grace Fong with full name under 'GF'. It is simple but I drew 'GF' logo in the photoshop. I'm not sure to weave this logo into label, but I'm definitely put it in my portfolio. 

Grace's logo design

Ready for digital print

  

  

I've chosen six indigo fronts put together on photoshop to get send off to be digitally printed. Overall, I have enjoyed doing this project as I have used my favourite theme this year. I have learnt alot designing these indigo fronts, especially expanding my knowledge on photoshop. I'm now know how to produce prints and how to send the prints off printed in digital.

Print Design Ideas

This is my prints I've designed using the shapes from Chinese headdress and Chinese Opera costumes into geometrical effects with two to five alternative colours on each prints.

Dissertation(Draft)

It was the big change! I rewrite the dissertation about the The tradition and contemporary Qun Kua (Chinese Wedding Dress) rather write about the Chinese Silk Embroidery. I know much about the Chinese wedding dress and have found lots of research about the background from books, internet,and also some Chinese drama series. So I will work hard on dissertation to let people know more about Qun Kua (Chinese wedding dress).

Ideas of Chinese writing

I found this book about the Chinese opera show in Hong Kong from my mum's room. I will be going to use this Chinese writing of the names of the Chinese Opera story title behind the print shapes together to look unique.

Inspirations

In the last Summer, I've recently looked at Style.com and London Fashion Week websites, but I didn't find any inspirations from the designers collections Spring/Summer 2012; the reason of my ideas was not that further. This time, I found some latest designers collections Spring/Summer 2012 - Peter Pilotto, and Alba Prat. Why I liked their new collections? 

Peter Pilotto - Spring/Summer 2012

Some of Peter Pilotto's new collection has large scale of white colour prints on the font with variative colours as the background and also the big A-line skirt shapes that were really inspire me lots of ideas and thoughts.

Alba Prat - Spring/Summer 2012

Why Alba Prat? One of the garment has three-dimensions of half-circle shapes all over the top; this is really relate to my ideas, using origami shapes such as fan to apply on my garment designs ideas. I will continue to find some more designers collection for my inspirations.

New project to begin!

Start to begin the new brief project. During the summer I've already thought about the theme for my final major project. My concept is from the Chinese elements especially the Chinese Opera to look at embroidery shapes on Chinese costumes, shapes on headdresses, colours, and Chinese masks, to create the geometric shapes with Chinese writing behind the shapes. At this stage, I've started to create the print shapes from the elements of Chinese opera. After Val and Will's comments about my concepts, they really like my ideas and reseach but I have to find some more Chinese elements into my research and change traditional Chinese writing to digital Chinese writing to make it specific and unique to other people.

Dissertation - 01

During the Summer, I've already had a topic to write an dissertation before my final year. My dissertation will be basically about the Chinese embroidery or may be Chinese wedding dress relate to traditonal embroidery. In the tutorial with Gill, we all talked about what our dissertation is. I didn't talk very clearly what my dissertation was about because I was very nervous that the other students looked at me listen to my talk that I felt uncomfortable. Now I'm not really sure my communication and speaking skills will affect my future.

Final year to begin!

Back to university for the 3rd year(final year) of my Degree in Fashion and Textiles. The talk from Gill and Val for Disserations and the Final Major Project made me excited to work anything I'm passion on. I'm really looking forward to see what will my collection look like.I'm not really sure to go to Paris trip for Premiere Vision(February 2012), but I hope I could go. I know what my dissertation is about, so I'm not too worry about researching informations(February 2012).I will be using this Blog to share my thoughts, inspirations I have viewed, and to keep my head clear to finish on thoughout this final year!

Crumpet competition

Have you ever think about the company buy designs from student? I never thought about winning the competition.

Yesterday, I didn't win the top 3 winners for the opportunity of work experience in the Crumpet, but they picked me to buy my 'TEETH' print design. I was felt excited and very lucky that they prefer the way I designed the print in teeth elements with hidden stripes which they feel fresh and new.

Start to begin!

Hello, this is my first time to create my own blog. I haven’t update any latest stuff at the moment, but I will update very soon…