Final Reflection of Project X - Print Samples

When evaluating myself and in a team collaboration, I first consider how we worked in the print room sampling different motifs on to different fabrics. As a team our project was heavily based on aiming to achieve an anaglyphic effect though print. This involved a lot of time spent measuring out where the screens should be placed to insure we achieved this effect to the best of our ability.  Therefore, we were short of time when it came to printing because of how long it took us, we also had to wash the screens in between laying prints. However we were able to quickly established a colour scheme of red and blue this worked in our favour because right from the start we were able to narrow down what we wanted as a team, minimising time that could have be wasted.

 

This became our final print.

 

As a group we liked this motif but we felt it didn't give us the illusion and abstract effect we were striving for.

 

We aslo experimented with different motifs layered up on top of on another, but again as a group we decided this particular sample was too busy

We also tried print sampling on darker fabrics but the colours achieved were not as bright, bold and vibrant as we wanted

Samples were experimented on already printed fabrics, this does create the weird illusion effect we, as a team strived for, as it does trick your eyes, however we again thought that this print wasn't as good as the lion heads that we chose because agin there was too much going on.

As a team we feel this was our strongest print sample as it achieved everything that we wanted, however, unfortunately due to time constraints we were unable to use this print on the final garment because this sample alone took 1 hour. However by doing this sample it made us more aware of time and allowed us to chose a print and process that was viable. Furthermore we could have had this printed digitally but we decided we wanted a hand printed finish.