Mr. March Mistler Art + Design

Costume Design

1/26/2016

Bob Mackie has designed costumes for the likes of Cher, Bette Midler, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Judy Garland, and many more

Edward Gorey won Best Costume Design in 1977 for his work on the Dracula play

Colleen Atwood has won 11 academy awards for her designs. Some of her designs include: Snow White and the Huntsman, Alice in Wonderland, Chicago, Into the Woods, and many more.

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MIDYEAR: Upcycling a Men's Dress Shirt

12/21/2015

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Things to consider

Take a look at a relative's closet. What shirt doesn't he wear anymore? Ask him if you can have it to create something new and exciting! Go to a local goodwill. Find a men's shirt. They should only be a dollar or two!
What parts of the shirt can you use? You don't have to use the entire shirt! Do you want to use two shirts sewed together?
Look online! There are plenty of ways to alter dress shirts. Find a few ideas and change the design to suit your own needs.
You can use any other material of your choice in addition to the dress shirt. The dress shirt should be the majority of the material OR it must be apparent that you've used a dress shirt.
Please, no tube tops -- those are too easy!

Grading Criteria

Creativity
Innovativeness
Technical Quality
Participation

Background
Upcycling is a HUGE trend right now that is making its way to the fashion industry. Starting in crafts circles, upcyling has made its way onto blogs, Twitter, and Pinterest. So what is upcycling? Upcycling is the process of converting old, waste, or unusable materials into something new and usable. Think about how upcycling relates to sustainability. Usually the product of upcycling, when executed well, is met with great enthusiasm by non-artists, ie a "wow factor." Just take a look at the photos below to see how you can turn unusable products into new and exciting things.

Assignment
Your assignment is to turn a men's dress shirt into something wearable. Use Adobe Voice on your iPad to document your process with images and your voice and put on your blog.

Adobe Voice

Your concept sketch
Photograph of the shirt before
Your process
Photograph of the final Product

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Portfolio Site

10/5/2015

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Your assignment is to create a portfolio website showcasing your fashion work. You may use this for your college portfolio or for your personal use. You may create this site using Wix.com or Weebly.com. Take a look at other fashion designers or fashion blogs. Also, check out this site by Marissa Cote.

Your site should include the following:

Homepage: this could be a blog or a landing page
Portfolio: include all examples of your fashion design work from Fashion. You should also include at least 3 of your best drawings. I will teach you how to photograph/scan your artwork.
About: Your artist statement and photograph of you (we will work with Photography to have a professional image taken of you)
Contact: Contact page with your email address and/or a contact form

Steps:

Compile all of your artwork. Be sure you have high quality photographs.
Design your site in Weebly.com or Wix.com
Upload your artwork and add captions
Write your artist statement
Have Mr. Mistler edit the statement
Make any changes
Check over your entire site
Email me your url

How to write an artist statement:

An artist statement should describe the following: WHY YOU MAKE YOUR ART, WHAT INSPIRES YOU TO MAKE IT, WHAT IT SIGNIFIES OR REPRESENTS, WHAT'S UNIQUE OR SPECIAL ABOUT HOW YOU MAKE IT, and briefly, WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU. Answer those questions. See an example of an artist statement here.
First paragraph. Begin with a simple statement of why you do the work you do. Support that statement, telling the reader more about your goals and aspirations.

Second paragraph. Tell the reader how you make decisions in the course of your work. How and why do you select materials, techniques, themes? Keep it simple and tell the truth.

Third paragraph. Tell the reader a little more about your current work. How it grew out of prior work or life experiences. What are you exploring, attempting, challenging by doing this work.

Grading Criteria

Usage of topics outlined above
Technical Quality
Are my images high quality and the proper resolution? They should all be high quality jpegs.
I don't have any blank images or templates from Wix.
I don't have anything from the template that doesn't pertain to me.
Design
Does my site looks professional?
Does my site use the elements and principles?
Is my site user friendly?
Creativity
Have I taken risks to create a well designed site and artist statement?
Artist statement and biography
Do I have a well thought-out and creatively written artist statement?

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Advanced Garment Design

9/10/2015

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Resources/Links

Background
Welcome back to Fashion Design class! This year you will jump back into designing garments and delving deeper into the specifics of the fashion world.

Project Description
Your assignment is to create an advanced garment design to hone your finishing skills. This will take you at least the first few months of school and it should have impeccable quality. You will work from a pattern of your own choosing (you may alter the pattern). It's important that you choose

Working with a pattern is not easy and can be quite frustrating. It will be your responsibility to learn how to use the pattern and to research any stitches or techniques that you are unfamiliar with. Please ask me after you have done a little research or watched a few tutorial videos.

Quality Specs

French seams when available (or another seam finish you desire)
Stitches should be straight
Use a 2-3 stitch length
All loose threads cut
No raw edges shown
Topstitching if appropriate
Don't forget to pre-shrink fabric
PRESS, PRESS, PRESS!

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