trans-automa-sytosis- MADNESS

blogging has been keeping me sane...so blogging i shall do!

two weeks of madness and this is -3 days to deadline!

i remember back in NYC I used to be able to stay up all night for as many nights as necessary to finish projects and then have enough energy to go to work, intern and then out and socialize.

i'm failing to understand why, since i've been here in milan, the all nighters are just almost impossible- i ONLY STUDY here and yet- all i do is go from school to home, and from home to school. no exploring, no adventures- all the fun is in cooking and drinking wine!!!

anyhow...

i'm struggling because its been about 4 months of development for this project and i really want the PRINTED/ BOOK result to be as good as what i have in my head

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LOTS OF HARD WORK+ MANY PRINT TESTS

- i printed 11 pages today, + 3 that i printed last week- that makes 14 and the book is growing

nonetheless i still have 2 more groups of 5 --> individual sketch to layout

+ 3 keyword pages

+ synthesis

+ titles

+swatch pages

+ be able to finish my OTHER CLASSE'S PROJECTS...

wish me luck and send me lots of energy please!!!

here are some layout previews( although when printed the effect is totally different)

and i'm off!

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term garment updates

this is week before finals- we are working hard, the stress in on, and i am a bit behind my schedule...

i spent all day yesterday at lab- putting tubulars on "armholes" of my term garment... here are some pics!

enjoy--- i gotta go back to making FLATS!!!

this is the machine we use to"sew" knitwear...

we have to put every single loop into the "needle" and when you are finishing something with a tubular... its 3 times... i used a white cotton tubular to match my crochet straps


the green stuff is the separation yarn, it hold your knit and helps you put it in the machine... the it gets removed!

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back, see the armholes. they are stiffer!

and a racerback

... huugsitos!

knitting term garment.... water bubbles!

term garment time....

i'm trying to document the process of construction of my term garment... my 1st knitted garment. Fabric was slow to make- sorry i didn't take any pictures of that- but here are some images of lab-work... cutting/assembling!

i'm having fun... knitwear is definitely another story... and i like that

i'm, going to upload a sketch soon!

enjoy

laying out pattern- to cut!

fabric... with bubbles... like lake, its dropped needles and racking, then some "columns" to resemble some of hunderwasser's buildings/drawings which have been my inspiration for this "trans-automa-sytosis" project...

THANKS ANAMARIA!!!!(my knitting teacher, she is amazing)

after "sewing" test on mannequin to see fit.... it got transformed- it was supposed t be a tighter "top part"- but we have to let the "fabric"guide us---- so i'm listening and changing it to a more loose/robe-y dress...

"racerback" back

"halter-y" front... with crochet straps

side.... with needles missing in action for detail... i want the armhole part to drape more... but... i'll work it out once i put the tubular finishings!

flat-tening my life away!

initial rendering!

-2 1/2 weeks till' deadline for presentation of "book". this week i have to finish rendering(have ~6 figures to go) and prepare all the graphic boards. NEX WEEK IS FLATS WEEK!

today was FESTA DELLA REPUBBLICA ( an italian national holiday) and we had the day off-

so instead of resting- i slept 3 hours and headed to a friend's for a sketching part-ay!

below- see my initial figures for my fashion art project... under development :

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