PATTERNING

IN SEWING, A PATTERN IS A TEMPLATE FROM WHICH PARTS OF A GARMENT ARE CUT OUT SEWN AND ASSEMBLED. THE PROCESS OF DRAWING AND CREATING THE TEMPLATE IS CALLED PATTERNING. THIS WAS THE FIRST TASK IN MIXED MATERIALS WE WERE ASKED TO COMPLETE. WE CHOSE A VEGETABLE, CREATED LOGICAL LINES, NUMBERED THEM SO RE-ASSEMBLING WAS SIMPLE, TRACED THE PATTERN AND RECREATED THE VEGETABLE. THE PROCESS WAS VERY FUN BUT ALSO CHALLENGING AND REQUIRED A LOT OF PROBLEM SOLVING AND DETAILED THINKING ABOUT THE FORM OF WHAT WAS INFRONT OF US.

THE TAPE WAS IN VERY SMALL STIPS SO THAT IT COULD EASILY ADHEAR TO THE VEG'S CURVES, NEXT WAS TO DRAW THE PATTERN

STARTED OFF WITH AN IRREGULAR SHAPED SWEET POTATO AND COVERD IT IN CLING FILM

THE CLING FILM CREATED A BARRIER IN BETWEEN THE VEG AND THE NEXT LAYER OF MASKING TAPE SO IT WOULD REMOVE EASILY

THE AIM WAS TO CREATE LARGE, FLAT SHAPES ALONG THE VEG'S OBVIOUS CONTOURS

THE DOUBLE LINES AND NUMBERS ARE TO INDICATE WHERE THE SECTIONS SHOULD JOIN UP ONCE THEY ARE SEPERATED

NEXT WAS TO CUT OFF THE PATTERN FROM THE VEG THROUGH THE MARKED LINES USING A STANLEY KNIFE

THIS LEAVES A DECONSTRUCTED NET OF THE VEG TO THEN EITHER PHOTOCOPY, RECREATE OR USE TO MAKE A REPLICA IN A DIFFERENT MATERIAL

AFTER CUTTING THE PATTERN OUT, THE NEXT TEST IS TO SEE IF THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES WILL FLATTERN OUT

IT TURNED OUT I NEEDED TO ADD 2 MORE SECTIONS AND SOME DARTS IN OTHERS TO MAKE SURE THE PIECES GO FLAT AGAINST THE TABLE

NEXT, I HAD TO DRAW ROUND THE FLATTERNED PIECES AND CREATE A SECONDARY TEMPLATE

LEAVING ME WITH THIS

FINALLY, THE LAST STEP WAS TO CUT OUT THE PAPER TEMPLATE AND REASSEMBLE IT

THIS WAS DONE USING BACKWARDS MASKING TAPE

BECAUSE IT WAS PAPER AND THE MASKING TAPE WASN'T VERY GOOD, THE FINAL OUTCOME WASN'T THE BEST BUT THIS EXERCISE WAS ALL ABOUT LEARNING THE PROCESS AND WHAT IT CAN DO

I WOULD LOVE TO DO A FURTHER DEVELOPMENT, WHERE I CAN MAKE IT OUT OF FABRIC AND STITCH IT AND STUFF IT. THAT WOULD BE REALLY USEFUL TO SEE HOW IT WOULD ACTUALLY WORK IN RELATIVE TERMS.

I DID REALLY ENJOY THIS PROCESS AND I AM EXCITED TO SEE HOW THE SUB-COURSE IS GOING TO DEVELOP AND WHAT WE WILL DO NEXT.