During the morning of the first day of the fashion and textiles pathway we were asked to manipulate paper and make different patterns and shapes that we are able to attach to a garment or actually make a garment out of it.

I therefore proceeded to make patterns out of plaits, pleats, cut outs as well as cones to give the effect of spikes. After we made small samples of our patterns, we then had to choose a pattern we liked and had to make 20 of the same pattern in a variety of larger scales.

We were then paired up with individuals from our group and were moved to mannequins which had the work of other people on them and then we were asked to make a garment with the materials and patterns that we provided.

The following pictures are of what me and my partner created.

After we experimented and created different kinds of weird and wonderful garments using our manipulated paper, our partners and us then went back to our own mannequin and had to make a garment out of our own manipulated. My partner and I decided to try and make a blazer out of our combined manipulated paper and the result is pictured below.