[spunge]

I don't know if any of you remember but a while back I posted a thread about a skirt that I was making for my DT project. Well, after 6 weeks painstaking work I finished it. For my evaluation though I need feed back from my target audience: Banksy fans. That's where you all come in. It'd be MUCH appriciated if you could give me some feed back on my final product, a mini evaluation in your opinion. Thanks a lot, Jo

[spunge]

Ok I don't mean to hassel but I've noticed there's been a lot of views on my post but no feedback. Does this mean you don't think it's a successful design? Bearing in mind it's inspired by Banksy, not claiming to be Banksy. The specific references to Banksy on my skirt:
- The pocket is meant to be the steps on Bristol city hall fountain, and the gray image comming out of the pocket is the suba diver 'pulling the plug on city hall'.
-The strips of red ribbon around the skirt, if you look closely the gold images on them is the same as the pattern Bansksy painted onto the elephant in LA.
-I had to develop this pattern, and noticed it resembled arrows; so I made my arrows patch (front) and the arrows going along the bottom
-The red arrow facing the other way represents Bansksy's 'non-conformity'
-And of course, the embroiderd Banksy graffiti tag.
Please, please reply! Any feed back would be MUCH appriciated! It doesn't matter if you wouldn't wear this skirt yourself. Thanks again, Jo

[stuey09]

Hi Jo.

It's difficult for me to comment being a bloke. Normally things I buy my wife are exchanged within 48 hours for something she actually likes. So my views on what looks good and what doesn't, in relation to ladies clothes are quite flawed. But I wish you luck all the same.

[spunge]

Thanks anyway. I reccon quite a lot of people haven't replied for the same reason. Any take on it from the point of view of just any Banksy fan would be appricated. About 80% of the people I've asked so far refered to the Banksy tag I put on as a Logo that they presumed I had thought up myself.

[mose]

spunge said:

Please, please reply! Any feed back would be MUCH appriciated! It doesn't matter if you wouldn't wear this skirt yourself. Thanks again, Jo

i think it looks crap but i generally dislike the DIY ethic and prefer slimmer skirts on women...

The Banksy inspiration, other than the one-off tag patch, does not really come across....

[monkeypuzzle]

mose said:

spunge said:

Please, please reply! Any feed back would be MUCH appriciated! It doesn't matter if you wouldn't wear this skirt yourself. Thanks again, Jo

i think it looks crap but i generally dislike the DIY ethic and prefer slimmer skirts on women...

The Banksy inspiration, other than the one-off tag patch, does not really come across....

Must admit that the Banksy references are a bit too obscure for me too, ( apart from the tag obv). Sure its very nice in the flesh....

[Graffiti Prints]

nice arse though

[corblimeylimey]

I'm like Stuey, but I'll have a go.

I would like to see more obvious Banksy ideas, instead of the arrows but in a similar vain you could have put the cut out dashes with the scissors icon, also it might have been fun to have a Banksy police tape effect around the waist band (Polite Line Do Not Get Cross)

But what do I know, and it's all well and good suggesting things but they're probably very dificult to do in practice.

Well done for trying, I've got to say I wouldn't wear the skirt myself, but then again I'm a bloke ;D

[spunge]

My initial designs had more direct references to Banksy's work however I had to change them due to the requirements specified by the exam board. As nice as more direct references would have been, I wouldn't have got higher than about a D for my design. The marks in design come from developing ideas and images. Thanks for the feedback though.

[monkeypuzzle]

Is this an april fools thing by the way? your surname isnt King is it Jo?

[spunge]

Um no actually. What made you think that? It's my GCSE project... in for tomorrow!

[monkeypuzzle]

Sorry, no harm or insult ment, just a rather unusual topic of conversation, and what with the date and all......thought it may be a wind-up.

[spunge]

None taken!

[corblimeylimey]

Good luck, I think you've given good reasons for doing what you have and doing what the exam board like to hear is the way to good marks, it's a shame it's like that.

[BK83]

Im confused, whats it for? .... not familiar with GCSE or DT abbreviations, sorry.

Good luck with it whatever it is!

J

[spunge]

Textiles Design technology GCSE product. GCSE being the equivilant of an O level.

[corblimeylimey]

jaypaav's american, so he probably doesn't know what an O level is either ;D

[mwjm0]

An O level is the equivalent of a PhD in the US

[spunge]

ahah well no, not the equivalent then. It's the exams taken at age 15/16 leaving what I suppose would be High School? The exams at the end of compulsary education.

[pastiepie]

It's like the equivalent of finishing year10, whereas a-levels are the equivalent of finishing year12.

[qprfc1967]

i think its great . if it was all just copies of banksys work mabye it would spoil it . i also think we should all be thinking more along artistic lines ,as my mum used to say its not whats on the surface the beauty is underneath
good luck

[Run Pig Run]

qprfc1967 said:

i think its great . if it was all just copies of banksys work mabye it would spoil it . i also think we should all be thinking more along artistic lines ,as my mum used to say its not whats on the surface the beauty is underneath
good luck

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[lesroy]

mwjm0 said:

An O level is the equivalent of a PhD in the US

ROFL ROFL

That made me burst our laughing!!

I cannot wait for Bacardi and the rest of our Atlantic neighbours to read that!

Jolly good show old bean!

[Ågentßacardi]

lesroy said:

mwjm0 said:

An O level is the equivalent of a PhD in the US

ROFL ROFL

That made me burst our laughing!!

I cannot wait for Bacardi and the rest of our Atlantic neighbours to read that!

Jolly good show old bean!

I actually have an O-level as well as an A-level certificate... and right now I'm working on a PhD.

So does that mean once I'm done, I'm gonna have 3 PhD's? ;D

Who wants to have my babies? thwaites? gm? spunge? ;D

[Ågentßacardi]

Spunge: I think it's a mighty good effort! I wouldn't wear it myself ('cos I'm not a gurl), but I get what you're trying to do. You certainly put a lot of thought into it - pat on your back! All the very best of luck... let us know how it goes for ya!

And welcome to the forum - join in the fun/madness/bun fights! ;D

[azlan]

Hey Spunge!
Great effort with your project.
(Not easy posting your own work on these forums!)

However it's still very difficult to help critique a project without seeing
your rough work and progression through the project to the finished item.

Looking at it here and from reading it's description it seems you may have
got too caught up with which content to put on the skirt and not how you
might use them. In that I mean you appear to have collected various 'parts'
of Banksy work and simply stitched them onto a skirt. Perhaps you should
have focused on Banksy's techniques and ability to place his work for
maximum effect. Also find it difficult to see your Banksy link in a cream
cheerleader-esque skirt design.


Questions:
• Was the brief to design and make a skirt?
If so, what were the primary requirements?

• Did you choose Banksy as your subject matter?
• How do you feel you did with the project?