Print Tank Brief

At the moment I am working in my studio gathering inspiration to help me with ideas towards the fashion prints brief.  I have been exploring flora, fauna and geometric shapes, this has involved a lot of time researching these particular subjects and drawing directly from my inspirations.  I will be going to London at the end of the month and i will be visiting Print Tank Studio's, the purpose for this trip is to speak to the designers and be informed about the Autumn/Winter collections that will be in 2009.  I am currently drawing separate elements in my sketch book, my aim is to produce 10 individual print designs making sure that any one element is only used once on each design, that's a lot of elements!

During the 'Print Tank' visit i chose to work with the Smoky and Neon theme as my colour pallet.  

I have handed all of my elements into the print room ready to go onto the screen print.  I have chosen two different fabrics to work onto, the first one is silk because i think this will look really sophisticated once the patterns are applied and give the feeling of a shirt or evening top.  The second fabric is a very light cotton, i would like to apply a few of my patterns onto a nice floaty, soft fabric to give a sense of romance and elegance.  

About Print Tank:

Print Tank is a Textiles Design company based in South London.  They produce contemporary print samples for fashion.  They hand draw and manipulate using a design program on the computer or embroideries and embellishments.  

They regularly visit trade shows and visit regular clients on the high street.  

The two designer's are Sian Evans and Rose Barber.  They began Print Tank in 2004 and together produce a wide range of highly sophisticated prints.