PRINT'S NOT DEAD Skirt
My second piece for my senior project was a skirt printed by Spoonflower, designed and sewn by myself. Plaid was chosen as a continuation of the punk theme and to practice the creation of a repeating pattern.
Each piece is connected through the theme of print: both through production and aesthetics. To continue the punk motif of my PRINT'S NOT DEAD series, I designed a plaid tile that could be repeated on fabric. The process to build this pattern is boiled down to making thin diagonal shapes to fill the vertical and horizontal stripes and then aligning said stripes so that they line up and repeat properly as a tile.
In the case of the skirt, my pattern was printed directly onto the fabric by Spoonflower and sewn by myself. This piece was also a test in color-matching, as I had to order several samples from Spoonflower and compare them to achieve the colors I had planned.
My intent was to show others that there is still a meaning for print in the world, hence the title PRINT'S NOT DEAD. Most people think of outdated communication forms like newspapers when it comes to print and I would like to change that perception.
