Updated details for Mon 14th July

50 Shades – revisited! Monday 14^th July 2014

(aka ‘Design with intent’)

This exercise is to remind you about the basics of design with some random elements to take away your control.

The original idea to use shades of grey means that you do not have to think about colour but instead concentrate on design choices. It is your decision whether you choose shades of grey or a colour. It may depend on whether you have done this exercise before.

For this session you will need a split personality! You will be 3 people at the same time, therefore producing 3 pieces of work.

Requirements:

Fabrics: You will need to make a decision – grey or a colour….

Either GREY

3x 10”x18” in grey, a self patterned fabric (one for each of your personalities! But not too similar)

scraps/offcuts, variety is good – black/white, white/black, black/ grey, white/grey

accent colours – your choice, use the same accent colour or a different one for each personality

Or a COLOUR

3x 10”x18” in a colour, a self patterned fabric (one for each of your personalities!)

scraps/offcuts, variety is good – all with your colour as the main colour

accent colours – your choice, use the same accent colour or a different one for each personality

It may help to separate each personality’s fabric into a bag

and label 1, 2 and 3 before you start to prevent confusion.

Machine thread to work with your fabrics

Fusible of your choice

Sewing machine kit

Sewing Kit - rotary cutter and cutting mat, notebook

Protective sheet to use with fusible and iron

Iron and board

FYI: Elements and Principles of Design

Elements: the nuts and bolts used to create a design.

• line, texture, shape, scale/proportion, tone or value, colour.

Principals: are the rules to guide successful combining of elements.

• focal point, balance, symmetry/asymmetry, repetition, rhythm,