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References:

Books:

Gale, C and Kaur, J. (2002) The Textile Book Berg.

Steed, J and Stevenson, F. (2012) Basics Textile Design sourcing ideas AVA Publishing.

Websites:

designermakers. Retrieved from designermakers.com

Pluck’d designs. Retrieved from pluck’ddesigns.co.uk

Missknitnat. Retrieved from missknitnat.co.uk

MadeNorth. Retrieved from made north.co.uk

Seminar or Lecture notes

Calvert, S (2015) Theory and Context [PPT]

Barber, C (2015) Theory and Context [PPT] Wk 13

Barber, C (2015) Theory and Context [PPT] wk 15

Barber, C (2015) Socially Engaged Textile Practices Theory and Context [PPT] 

Barber, C (2016) Introduction to theory and Context Contemporary Practitioner Week 21_ Bringing it all together [PPT]

Barber, C (2016) Designer Maker Theory and Context Week 1 [PPT]

Lee, J (2016) Designer maker Risk taking workshop [PPT]

Lee, J (2016) Divergent Thinking Theory and Context [PPT]

Perren, N (2016) Designer Maker Collaboration [PPT]

Lee, J (2016) Theory and Context wk 3 [PPT]

Lee, J (2016) Designer Maker: Play Workshop [PPT]

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Contemporary Practitioner - project submission

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Contemporary Practitioner - Blood Bag Project

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Designer Maker - Project Submission

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Designer Maker - Collaboration - homework in response: Final concept 2 with beads

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Designer Maker - Collaboration workshop: homework in response - Final concept 1 with beads

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Designer Maker - Collaboration workshop: homework in response - Wallpaper 4

I chose this sample to use as my final as it had an interesting texture to it and the fact that the centre part looked like a geographical continent.

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Designer Maker - Collaboration workshop: homework in response - Wallpaper 3

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Designer maker - Collaboration Workshop: homework in response - Wallpaper 2

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Designer Maker - Collaboration workshop: homework in responce - Wallpaper 1

In responce to the collaboration workshop I took the opportunity to go to Wickes which was local and collect some free samples of wallpaper. I collected four different types and each had its own texture, pattern and surface. I found this quite interesting.

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Designer Maker - Play Workshop: Interpretation & Make-Believe

Step 1. In your groups select one of the pictures (from the risk-taking workshop) of a distinctive person

step 2. Using the method of Make-Believe, make-up a story about that distinctive person

Step 3. Bring it to life using the materials you brought with you and plastercine

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Designer maker - Play Workshop: DON”T THINK - DON”T OVER ANALYSE - JUST DO

As part of the play workshop we participated in a little drawing activity which had fifteen steps to follow.

Step 1. You have one second to draw a shape (Any Shape)

Step 2. Pass the drawing to the person on the Right

Step 3. You have three seconds to respond to the drawing and draw on it

Step 4. Pass the drawing to the person on the Right

Step 5. You have three seconds to respond to the drawing and draw on it

Step 6. Pass the drawing to the person on the Right

Step 7. You have one minute of ‘mark-making’

Step 8. Pass the drawing to table on the Right

Step 9. You have one minute to add colour

Step 10. Pass the drawing to the table on the Right

Step 11. You have one minute to name your character/object

Step 12. Pass the drawing to the table on the Right

Step 13. You have one minute to think of a place as to where your character/object will be

Step 14. Pass the drawing to the table on the Right

Step 15. You have one minute to write down some describing words that relate to the drawing

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Designer Maker - Play Workshop: Make-Believe

What is Make-Believe?

It is an imaginative intellectual method of Play.

To Pretend

To Imagine

To Create

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Designer Maker - Play Workshop

What is Play?

Play is being inventive - using your imagination

Creating scenarios - story telling/make believe

We just don’t call it play

Strategic thinking, trend predictions, analysis, methodology

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Designer Maker - Deconstructing time workshop: Summary

Slow

Observing

Time

Thought

Quality 

Skill

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Designer Maker - Deconstructing time workshop: Mending

This is the part of the workshop where we had to reconstruct the material. We were tasked with using the yarns we had removed by replacing yarns with possible missing yarns and apply them to the cloth. We also had the opportunity exchange yarns with other people.

Time taken: 45 minutes + (2 hours at home)

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Designer maker - Deconstructing time workshop: Descriptive language

These are the words that I thought of and wrote down on the paper whilst i deconstructed the designer material.