Ahhh Textiles. I managed to really tire myself out finishing my practical work.. which was making a laptop bag. It was a little silly to ignore the warnings of my teachers when they said it would be a bastard to make. Urghhhh. I'm not totally satisfied with the result either. Overall i should say i've spent about a month making it.. but that spread out over 6 months. And i'm a slacker. So being one i waited until the last minute to stop and think 'hey... i should really finish it you know.. considering i have to hand it in tomorrow." Yes. Tomorrow. And i haven't even finished the coursework itself. Bloody production flowchart. I can't believe how hard it is to remember the stages of how i made the bag. Actually... well.. making the bag was just easygoing stuff first off. But when it comes to describing how i did it.. shit. I really am a slacker lol.
Anyway onto the bag. I'll be putting up some good pictures soon. I've made this laptop bag really for myself but i had to at least pretend i was making it for someone you know.. just to look somewhat like a good student. It would also store a graphics tablet. The finished product can now fit a 14 inch wide by fuck knows how much the other way. Down i mean. (Sorry. But my brain is really dead. I would sleep, but i needed to rant and chill a bit.) Urhhhh i screen printed what was intentionally going to be a very nice outline of a tree. It was a photo before- edited on photoshop blah blah blah Textiles department should be paying for the cost of the 350 dollar screen itself blah blah And the screen was actually quite shit in the end cause it didn't turn out nice at all. The screen print it on the flap of the bag in white and the entire bag is a dark brown with blue waterproof lining inside. The compartments for the laptop and graphics tablet are padded with some sort of foam thing which is really cool and squishy. Uhhhh there's tubing around the flap, cool pockets and the body of the bag which makes it look cooler. Under the flap before you can get to the laptop there's a fiddly zip which i totally fucked up. Oh and the sides of the bag are fucked up too Who knew that such soft fabric would end up having to be sewn on a high tech industrial machine. Not like i had one. So i painfully hand sewed the layers of fabric. And i stabbed my fingers about a gazillion times during the making of this bloody bag.
Pics coming soon, remember. Watch out for them. Even though i've started to really hate textiles now and want to tear apart the bag, i guess it's okay. Lots of effort was put into it. And it's what's caused me not to draw anything for so damn long. I'm seriously having withdrawal. GARGHHH Just consider this bag to be a piece of art, kay?

Love, Kris.

Why the fuck did i just talk about schoolwork...?