Mia Jafari London Scarves

After researching articles on Vogue News, i came across one on Mia Jafari. The article explained how her limited digital scarf designs were the latest to hit our radar.
I then pursued this further to view her website to find images of her scarf collection, which are shown below.  They are beautifully constructed considering colour, placement and organisation. There is a combination of sizes which i would like to consider when designing mine to show variety and skill.

Raspberry Margarita

£85

89x89cm (Silk)

Wild Berries Carousel

£75

136x136 cm (Double Silk Georgette)

Midnight Mojito

£85

200x45 cm (Silk)

Slam Dunk 

£85

200x45cm (silk)

Strawberry Sour

£85

200x45 (silk)

Researching Scarves Further

Whilst searching online i came across a competition site called Beta, This website offers emerging Artist/Designers to submit artwork for scarf designs. The winning entries will be sold through the website. It also hold an archive of past entries that you can view.  Below are a few that i liked.

Hummingbird Circle

Frankie Lilley

Cambridge

Ivano Tella

Laura

Ivano Tella

Queen Of Diamonds

Suzanne Washington

I also came across a website called Yaelle, which is a Uk based company who specialise in hand drawn, individual luxury silk scarves. Here are some examples below.

Hamsa Circle Silk Head Scarf

100% silk 65x65cm

£65

The Paris Square Silk Scarf

100% Silk 98x98cm

£145

Vintage Jewellery Silk Head Scarf

100% Silk 65x65cm

£65

Below are some of the advertisements that Yaelle have used in magazines such as Vogue.

These two scarves are by Hermes and are circus inspired. I really like the idea of the lilac one, i would like to try something like that with a carousel. 

The image above demonstrates some scarves displayed in Selfridges. The ones on the left are by Givenchy, the middle Ted Baker and to the right Alexandra McQueen. I think the Ted Baker scarves are displayed badly, they don't compliment the design well and don't suggest to a customer to buy as it doesn't display how it could be worn or present it's self very good. However i do like how the others are displayed. 

I also really like how on the image above on the furthest right taken form Harvey Nichols how the scarves are displayed on mannequins. They catch your eye, show the customer how they look as a product worn and also compliment and display the pattern printed on them very well.

Additional Work Completed

I have continued to draw new shapes and developments for my circus themed collection, however now i need to start  building small compositions to use for designing and setting up repeats. 

Last Tutorial Before The Easter Break

This week has been about discussions for final products and designs as from Friday we will be braking up for Easter for three weeks. Which means when we go back we only have a couple of week till submission day. Therefore this time over easter is to create designs for final products. From my discussion with my tutors, we decided that it would be too much with the limited time left to print a dress pattern however we decided that it would be nice to design for scarves. I am happy with this decision as i think my floral circus design work would look quite quirky on scarves and would be different.
Also on the other hand with my other collection i am still going to be designing patterns for gift box collections with a gift bag and wrap for each one. I will also consider designing for the different market levels on each set.

I have spent the day researching scarf designs created by designers.
Here are some of designs i really liked, they are by Hermione De Paula.

 £175

 £175

I really loved the placement of these above scarf designs. I really want to use this idea when constructing mine as i think it would work really well with my flowers and acrobats. It makes me excited to start designing .

 £175

 £180

 £180

These are also really creative and beautiful scarves. I love this designers work. I have also been looking at their market value and the presentation as to how they can be displayed and wrapped. 

Researching Characters Of The Circus

I have been searching for images of trapeze acts and acrobats so that i can start to make compositions of these within my flower drawings to create patterns for my final designs.  Here are some of the images i have seen.

Visit To Fred Aldous (Laser Cutting)

I arranged a visit to Fred Aldous in Manchester for myself and Laura. We wanted to understand how the machine worked and how to prepare our designs to be sent to the laser cutter. We hadn't prepared any files to use but when i explained to Elle about this she said it's fine and that she would go through this with us to understand how to do it, as well as giving us our introduction to using the machine and health and safety.
This vis was really worth it as i feel more confident in drawing a design to then be scanned in, re drawn on illustrator and then sent to the laser cutter. We did try one of my doily designs to see if it would work by live tracing the artwork on illustrator, but when it traced it made more then one line around each shape.  Elle said that for sampling it would be ok, but it would mean that the laser would keep going over the different lines until it had completed them all which will make your design thiner. So it is really important to re create the shapes in illustrator so that that it gives you only one line and it would be a smooth finished line, rather then a jagged edge which wouldn't look good.

Here is examples of the process.

This is a page from my sketchbook, on it is the design in the centre that i used to live trace. Below is the cut version. also the offcuts are placed on my sketchbook page. When i placed the offcuts together they also formed a nice new shape which i could use for another design.

Making A Sample Of My Final Gift Box Design

After a visit to Paper Chase on Friday to supply myself with card that is suitable to make gift box's, i wanted to have a trial run with the idea that i had come up with. This was to have the lid attached to the bottom of the box and opens upwards by lifting it and then to find a surprise inside with a 3D laser cut design sat off the lid but sits inside when the lid is closed.

Here are some pictures with how i got on, with a little help from my dad.

This is the net of the bottom of the box. As you can see there are no flaps on to hold the box together. I have done this deliberately. After closely observing the box design i purchased from John Lewis, it seems that the box is held together by the paper covering it. This is how i plan to construct mine as it makes it look a lot neater. I also need to remember at this stage why the box is flat to apply the inside lining paper. 

Here the bottom has been made, it is the cardboard box sat on top of the white ones. The edges where the card has been scored were slightly rough so i intend to use a lightly graded sandpaper to rub over these. Also We were measuring the dimensions on the lid to where the extra piece will be applied holding my laser cut design.

This is a piece of paper we just used to demonstrate what the piece of my laser cut design will be like in net form. This laser cut piece will be attached to the card on the picture above. This is a picture below. I need to consider at this point if i would like the background card to be covered in plain paper on a design as it will be seen through the gaps of the laser cut design above it. 

As you can see the left image above then shows the card with the laser cut design piece attached to the lid and then the left picture shows how it will look together. 

Im really glad i did this i feel more confident now about making them, the most difficult part will be getting the design i create to sit where i want it to and then applying the paper design onto the box. 

Looking For Jobs

I have been searching for positions that are of an interest to me in which i can see my self practicing after graduation. I am providing myself with an insight to what design positions are available and researching the job descriptions and person specifications. This provides me with knowledge such as considering the location of companies where the job is held, as this could potentially mean moving away, Understanding that most companies want someone who has a background of experience in the industry and some jobs are temporary and some are permanent. It is really important that you thoroughly read the advertisement and ensure that it suits everything you want and that you meet all the requirements specified on the job description for the employer.

Here are some examples off Print Pattern Blogspot Jobs Board.

Research...

I have been trying to make regular visits to my local supermarkets to keep an eye out on new magazines  coming out. I have been looking for research on the contemporary marketplace and products that relate to my interests. Wallpaper been one of the main ones. Here are some images of my research found so far...

Homes & Antiques Magazine

 

 

These are showing the most current looks of wallpaper design on the marketplace at the moment.


Elle Decoration

I quite liked how these wallpapers have been displayed, with part of it hung on the wall and the furthest left piece coming off the wall across the floor.