Day 40

Interesting week last week, poor Laura broke her hand surfing. : ( Been trying to keep her spirits up!



This past weekend she and I went to Henderson to hang out with Jabin and I got a bit of surfing in on Saturday. The waves were pretty big so I stayed close to shore and practiced standing up in the white water. On Sunday we had a lazy day and ate good food and cuddled with Hurley.










Last night was Laura and I's turn to make dinner for the flatmates.


My projects are coming along. I made it out to a fabric store and am getting more accustomed to the Shima knitting machine so I am starting to figure out my samples.

Here is my sketchbook so far for my Spring/Summer Activewear collection:

SS Sketchbook


Here is my sketchbook so far for my Autumn/Winter Activewear collection:

AW Sketch Book

This week is a study week for the Art and Design programs so I have no classes and can just focus on my projects so hopefully I will get a lot of work done!

Day 31

Classes are continuing to go well, though I will admit I am having some trouble getting motivated. It's hard when every weekend there is surfing and hiking rock-climbing to do. Though technically speaking this can count as research for my collections, so lets just say that! And that's not to say I haven't been working.(just not up to my usual crazy standards.)

Here are some pictures of my illustration practice:





Now for the adventure of the weekend! On Friday me and three friends (Laura, Kamil and Jordan) rented a car and went East for a great surf day.







Sheeeeeeeeep!




The shadow of me and the huge rock I'm standing on.




The waves were huge at the second beach we went to! I didn't go out because I knew I would be pummeled!




Yesterday I went to Henderson with Laura to see Jabin's surf shop and we all hung out and watched a ridiculous New Zealand horror movie about killer sheep, it was pretty awesome!



Now I'm going to head to school to hopefully make some leeway on my collections!

School

Here are a few more photos from the surf weekend:

This is me about to get mauled by Hurley!


Hurley wanted to surf with us so I was helping him stand up so his head wouldn't be under water, such a cutie!


I managed to stand up a few times!




Me and the flatmates have been doing "family dinners" Lucky to live with such a great group of girls!


Here is my work space in the honors lab on the 7th floor of the Art & Design building:


Here are my working mood boards for the two collections I am designing this semester:




The view from the honors lab


Here are some photos from the knit lab on the 6th floor:








A few test swatches that I made as I get to learn the Shima knitting machine:


I will post more progress photos of my projects as the semester goes on. Now headed to my fashion illustration class!