Fibonacci(Creative Sway Day)

Im a bit in the mood for math today which I am sure disappoints the majority of you, my readers, on this day.

The thing is at my current state I'm quite average at math which leaves me feeling rather unfulfilled, and due to the large number of my mathematically inclined friends I additionally feel quite inadequate as well.

This is especially distressing for me since I love math. I see numbers as things that are alive. Something I came to understand as a 10 year old girl just starting to learn algebra in the 5th grade is that beauty is that all the beauty in the world is math. It mimics the actions and thought processes of humans because math IS the abstract incarnation of our human thought processes. So everyday all I see are the ways of the universe pushing and pulling as they always do in the form of math.

However no textbook told me this in school, this was just my own realization. I watched as others only saw the cold and drab side of math that the textbook offered and thusly acquired a permanent distaste for it. The textbooks were never much use to me and my teachers only recited their lesson plans in the same soulless tone as the book.

So I sit here a disappointingly average math student. However, I have graduated high school and am currently taking a break from college as I apply for Savannah College of Art and Design. This ironically means I actually have the time to learn math! There are books out there that speak math to me in the language it was intended to be spoken in. A book of this very breed that I am currently reading is Mathematics for the Nonmathematician by Morris Klein which was so kindly given to me as a going away present by my good friend David.

Now, to show you an example of the way I see math.

The Fibonacci Sequence.

It manifests itself in nature quite often.

You should go check it out.

The Jacqueline Dress

This is perhaps my most favorite dress so far. It was inspired by the very girl whos wearing it. Ive just always really liked her look and if I could sum that up with her personality it would be this dress. Her name is not Jacqueline however, I named the dress Jacqueline because the Franz Ferdinand song of the same name inspired a sort of romanticism of the name. The dress seemed best suited for the name so thats what I used.

It should be obvious by now that everything I do is inspired by music at least a little bit. I swear its not intentional. I don't name anything until after its done. I have to see it in its final form to decipher what best sums up it in a name.

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Questing for Inspiration (Creative Sway Day)

Every now and then the magical tap of inspiration dries out and your left frustrated and without the ability to express yourself through whatever medium it is you use.

Today was not one of those days for me but for my friend who in the process of designing a look for her good friend wound up stuck and robbed of creativity. Nothing she tried worked.

I suggested we take a walk into town and let the sights wash over us in hopes of new inspiration. She agreed and so we went off on out quest.

This first lead us to Starbucks because my friend is quite the coffee fiend. I am the complete opposite; A tea fiend. However I never really enjoyed the tea there with the exception of their passion fruit tea.

One thing I do like about Starbucks are the store layouts. I'm a sucker for a well designed room no matter where or what it is. One thing I really love is the industrial look and this Starbucks(like many) had it.

Ah Urban Outfitters. I single step inside that store could knock a hundred new ideas into my head. I love everything single thing in that store. Their displays are MARVELOUS. The fact that they create new beautiful displays in the store drives me insane. I devour everything with my eyes and I cant get enough which is why I often come back(sometimes three times a week).

I particularly loved this jumble of old rusty boats and such that looked like they were just gathered from the side of a river. The picture is above. Below them were several beachy worn blankets that matched up only by a single yellow stripe.

Eventually we made our way to a curious little gallery like store. I don't know for sure but it seemed to me local artists or people who just had art on them they didn't want sell it there. It was called Loft a Go Go. There was a delightful mix of colors and images from photographs of Banksys, copies of Mucha posters, and even Keep Calm and Carry On posters and their deviations on canvas.

All of these things pleased me and renewed my inspiration even though it wasn't even completed. My friend was quite satisfied with our quest and became confident to make whatever garments came to mind. On the way home we found a bit of sticker graffiti.

I thought it was cute. Its seems to be a local artist, I don't know what they call themselves. It was about the size of your hand and was slapped on a clothing donation bin. I love finding good graffiti, its always a pleasant surprise.

Overall it was a quaint walk. We both felt very content with the world on our way back. Colors and patterns were abuzz in our heads and we couldn't wait to extract new designs from them.

The Harriet Top

Tada, new shirt. This time I'm showing you a few work in progress pictures as well, unfortunately they uploaded in descending order and I'm in too much of a rush to fix that. So this is all you get today but I'm sure the pictures speak for themselves anyway. I gotta go now, my friends impatiently waiting to get dinner.

Playing a Little Catch Up

I can now show you the sweet fruit of my horrid and exhausting month of October and what Ive been up to so far in November.

Lady Gaga Caution Tape Body Suit.

Doing this was no easy task. I first had to make fabric out of a role of caution tape by sewing together pleats and cutting those up to sew them back together as 5" rotated squares for one side and for the other sewing unpleted strips of caution tape to pleated strips. Then I called my unsuspecting client over and kept her 3 hours where I literally formed the entire thing around her. I cannot explain how I did this, all I know is it was done under the apparently effective cocktail of stress, desperation, exhaustion, and determination. The next day, I put in the zipper and satin lining(without any patters, also dont know how I did that) and she picked it up later that night.

HUZZAH! FINISHED!

She did her wig and wrapped the caution tape around her head and leg and such and apparently this website(name on the bottom left of the picture) snapped a photo of her. Needless to say she was very happy, and so was I because I stuck it through to the end and I MADE IT BABY!

The very next day I went to the Fun. concert(check em out, their newbies with tasty talent) rather exhausted but happy I had time to enjoy myself.

Also I went out and bought clay, I love sculpting little things. Ive been meaning to do this to make wall ornaments and other things and then I found myself making what is soon to be a necklace.

Its all foresty, mushrooms, logs, squiggly green plant things. I need paints though, its a work in progress.

Then I sold a few Megan Tees I needed to get rid of, I put em on sale. I dont believe Ive showed this before but the first time a customer buys something from me they get a unique cloth shopping bag with my logo on it. Heres two examples.

AND IVE JUST FINISHED A NEW SHIRT LAST NIGHT!

My model will be coming tomorrow and Ill show it then. I also got the whole work in progress in pictures to show you(drafting, pinning, cutting)

Well thats it, were all caught up to the present now. Check back tomorrow for the shirt : )

Nerd.

Well I needed a new backpack for collage. I supposed a messenger bag would be best and then I thought hmm......Space Invaders, yes what else.

Still I wasn't satisfied and halfway through I felt the need to make more nerdy. I then proceeded to add "DFTBA" and the Nerdfighters symbol on the inside flap so its the first thing you see when you open it up. If you do not know what a Nerdfighter or DFTBA is well I could explain it to you or I could just give you this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyQi79aYfxU

NewNewNewForYou!

Yup new shirt for sale. I am quite happy with the finished product. Right now I have 3 in stock, 2 of which are navy and smalls, and one that is a medium light brown. First three to ask for it get it but fear not I will always be making more and I will let you know when a new batch springs up. If your local I can drop it off to you or you can pick it up, If not there will be a extra shipping charge.

I don't intend to make this blog strictly business and I have no idea if this idea will work but hey, thats what I'm here to find out.

Also you might want to click on the picture for a bigger view of it.

If you are interested in purchasing this shirt but do not have a blog or have further questions send me a email at rockthehouse.clothing@gmail.com. Thanks!

So.

I am curretnly pulling together 6 or so designs and will start to construct them soon. I plan to make at least 3 of each and hope to successfully sell them on the blog and locally. I will post up what they look like one by one but they wont be on sale until I get them on models and make a nice photo shoot to post up here.

Now if this at all intrests any of the few people reading my blog I would keep posted if I were you because the earliest I will sell them is late this month. I am also planning to spruce up this boring pictureless blog after I get it all palnned out.

So untill then my lovely viewers( if there are any) I will post again with somthing actually interesting soon.