Whitchurch Silk Mill Exhibition

The first and second year degree student's dresses went on display at the Whitchurch Silk Mill for a private viewing before being included as part of an exhibition at the Mill. It was good to see everyone's work on display as I know that we had all put so much effort into creating these special garments. Inside the mill itself are some exhibition spaces where our sketchbooks, samples and photos were on display already. There were some awards given at the viewing too. The exhibition of work will remain at the mill for a couple of months to celebrate the Mill's 200th birthday. Below are some photos taken on the evening of the private viewing.

My dress on display.

All of our dresses on display.

Some of my samples in the exhibition space.

Our groups dresses.

Me with my dress.

The 'Showstopper' Dress Design

The illustration and flat below are my design for the 'Live' project's 'Showstopper' dress. My design wasn't chosen and neither were my supporting designs. As my design wasn't chosen I will be making a dress using one of the chosen supporting designs. The exhibition will have one 'Showstopper' dress made by the successful designer and we will be creating versions of the other supporting designs between us as part of the project.

Sam

Whitchurch Silk Mill

The latest project I have been working on is the 'Live' project. For this project our college has teamed up with a local working silk mill in Whitchurch. At the end of the project the garment that we have created will go on display in an exhibition space at the silk mill. The second year and first year students have teamed up, working in groups of three. The aim of the project is to design a 'showstopper' outfit as well as three more coordinating outfits. 

We visited the Whitchurch silk mill to see the exhibition space and get inspiration for the project. Below are photos I took whilst we were there.