Task 1 Design.

For Design I decided to find a Fashion Designer – Carla Grima Atelier

Carla Grima working in her studio.

The Designs.

• Date of Visit: 30^th October 2015.
• Venue of visit: Carla Grima’s Studio.
• Name of Design: Jess Skirt.

This Jess Skirt is a wrap over cut skirt. This skirt is in eclipse print. The fabric of this skirt is cotton jersey. This design has been produced in a printed skirt and a block coloured belt. The material is a very soft fabric and it help soften Winter’s Chill.

 This wrap over skirt is one of the Winter collections, it is inspired by the fluid movement of colours in melted glass and nature, abstract movements and unrestricted. The Deep colours take form as fabrics are transformed into organic silhouettes. It has a calm feeling.

This skirt has some different lines showing in the Design. It has value as the design in the fabric is light and the fabric colour is dark. Something in this design that shows excitement, is movement.

  

• Date of visit: 30^th October 2015.
• Venue of visit: Carla Grima’s Studio.
• Name of Design: Layla jacket.

This Layla jacket is a cosy wrap around cut. The fabric is very fine wool, it is a very delicate fabric. This jacket has a very long process to do it, as you have to be more creative.

This jacket can be worn both open and closed. The idea behind this cut is to allow the wearer to pass the front drape through a loop, adjusting the cowl according to the style they want. It has warm colours. 

This Layla jacket has different tones of reds and oranges mixed together. It shows that it has warm colours, it is stimulating ans passionate.

• Date of visit: 30^th October 2015.
• Venue of visit: Carla Grima’s Studio.
• Name of design: Anna Kaftan.

This Anna Kaftan has a Nigella Print. The fabric is Viscose jersey it isn’t man-made but it’s not natural it’s a mixture of both. This Anna Kaftan is a comfortable loose fitting Kaftan with a silky touch.The cut of this Kaftan makes it wearable to both casual and smart occasions. 

This design has an implied texture in itself. This Kaftan has a summerish feeling as it has a soft and silky touch in the Viscose jersey fabric. The colours are light and has different tones of light blues. This Kaftan is twin needled all around, this technique of the two needles create rows of parallel stitching lines.

• Date of visit: 30th October 2015.
• Venue of visit: Carla Grima’s Studio.
• Name of design: Lola top.

The Lola top is a playful take on a classic Kaftan. The fabric is silk chiffon, silk chiffon is an elegant, sheer fabric with a soft, beautiful drape and crepe-like texture.

The print is lemongrass. She got inspired to do this top from a book called the Perfume. It’s a versatile piece. 

This design has different lines and different shapes. This top is a fluid versatile piece and it is very summerish. This top is pin hemmed all around, this technique in sewing is a garment finishing method, where the edge of a piece of cloth is folded narrowly and sewn to prevent unravelling of the fabric. The front hem is cut to a hip length whilst the back has a dramatic knee length look.

• Date of visit: 30th October 2015.
• Venue of visit: Carla Grima’s Studio.
• Name of design: JO Top.

This top was designed for the collection of Summer 2014. The material of this JO top is Viscose Jersey. The top colours are in the same colour tone.

The print on the top is done through block print in copper paint. This top is flow style. The colour of this top is very calming and it is summerish.  

This top is overlocked together and twin needled at the hem. The straps are handmade. It has a very summerish look. The woodblock printing on fabrics is the process of printing patterns, block printing by hand is a slow process.




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Task 2.
Bauhaus.

The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 in the city of Weimar by the German architect Walter Gropius. In 1923 there was the first Bauhaus exhibition; the exhibition poster was designed by Joost Schmidt.

 
Poster for Bauhaus Exhibition in Weimar
(Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin 1923)

Bauhaus is a modernist style. Bauhaus was an art school in Germany that combined both fine art and design education together. This school was famous for the approach to design. It operated from 1919 to 1933. The school was founded with the idea of creating “total” work of art, including architect.

Later the Bauhaus style became the most influential current in all the modern designs. The Bauhaus was influenced by De Stijl and Constructivism. In 1925, the Bauhaus moved to the industrial town of Dessau. A few years later in 1932, the school in Dessau was closed because of the Nazis, but in the same year it moved to Berlin, under the new director of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. A year later in 1933 the school was closed down then the Nazis came to power.

The Bauhaus school was made up of different workshops which included metalworking, cabinetmaking, weaving, pottery, typography and wall painting.

The Bauhaus included important designers like Walter Gropius, Josef Alberts, Joost Schmidt, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and others. Many of the designers after the Bauhaus school was closed down by the Nazis in 1933 they fled to Britain and America. Afterwards the school lasted 14 years in America. Laszlo Moholy integrated technology and industry into the arts.

The characteristics of the Bauhaus were the Rejection of ornamentation, use of steel and concrete in buildings and the Asymmetry and Regularity vs. Asymmetry.

The principles of the Bauhaus can be seen in many contemporary designs.

The Bauhaus School in Germany
(Ryan,V 2010)
  
Bauhaus Furniture
(Bovory, J 2012)

Pictures Reference:

Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin.1923.Poster for Bauhaus Exhibition in Weimar[digital image online], Artists Rights Society,New York. Available from: <http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub_image.cfm?image_id=4297> [Accessed on 13th December 2015]

Ryan,V.2010.The Bauhaus School in Germany[digital image online],Germany. Available from:<http://www.technologystudent.com/prddes1/bauhaus1.html> [Accessed on 13th December 2015]

Bovary,J.2012.Bauhaus Furniture[digital image online],HubPages. Available from: <http://hubpages.com/living/Bauhaus-Furniture [Accessed on 13th December 2015]

Information from:

• ·         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus
• ·         http://www.theartstory.org/movement-bauhaus.htm
• ·         http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/bauh/hd_bauh.htm

Information Reference:

Bauhaus.2015.Bauhaus.[online] Available at: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus> [Accessed on 13th December 2015]

The Art Story.2015.Bauhaus.[online] Available at: <http://www.theartstory.org/movement-bauhaus.htm> [Accessed on 13th December 2015]

Heilbrunn timeline of art history.2015.The Bauhaus,1919-1933.[online] Available at:<http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/bauh/hd_bauh.htm> [Accessed on 13th December 2015]

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Constructivism.

Constructivism was an artistic and architectural movement that originated in Russia in 1919. Constructivism rejected the idea of art for arts’ sake it means that art should serve a social and political purpose. Radical Russian art movement started before the Bolshevik revolution between 1917 to 1935.

The aim of constructivism was that artists should contribute towards the construction of the new communication. In this movement it ranged from the production of product packaging to logos, posters and other in Graphic Design. Rodchenko’s graphic design works were an inspiration to many people in the western.

Constructivism was led by Vladimir Tatlin. Often themes in this movement were geometric experimental and rarely emotional, they are quite basic. Kandinsky and Malevich took the direction as a spiritual activity separated from society needs.

One of the most innovative designers of the Constructivist ideal was El Lissitzky. He developed visual ideas about balance and space. Famous artists in this movement are Vladimir Tatlin, Kasimir Malevich, Alexandra Exter, Robert Adams, and El Lissitzky. Alexander Rodchenko produced many artworks following this movement. He experimented with many different mediums as a designer. He produced many famous posters for the propaganda during the war.

Constructivism began to die down due to the Bolsheviks and their hostility to the avant-garde art. However, Constructivism still remained a source of inspiration to other Western countries and many upcoming new artists.

Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge.
(Kovtun 2012)

The four words are placed to reinforce the dynamic movement.

Cover art for Veshch 3

(Bargsten 2015)

Pictures Reference:

Kovtun,Y.2012.Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge.[digital image online], EDT,New York Available at: <http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.131.html/2012/prints-n08849> [Accessed on 13th December 2015]

Bargsten,J.2015. Constructivism Cover art for Veshch 3.[digital image online],PBworks. Available at: <http://fau3110.pbworks.com/w/page/7498618/constructivism> [Accessed on 13 th December 2015]


Information from:

• ·         http://www.designishistory.com/1920/constructivism/
• ·        http://www.csun.edu/~pjd77408/DrD/Art461/LecturesAll/Lectures/lecture07/Constructivism.html

 Information Reference:

Design is History.2015.Constructivism.[online] Available at:<http://www.designishistory.com/1920/constructivism/> [Accessed on 13 th December 2015]

Russia Constructivism.2014.Constructivism.[online] Available at:<http://www.csun.edu/~pjd77408/DrD/Art461/LecturesAll/Lectures/lecture07/Constructivism.html>[Accessed on 13 th December 2015]