A selection of my textile samples from commercial and contemporary practice briefs.
Textile Design for Anthropologie Brief - Ikat Woven Bolster Cushion - Colourway 1
Colourway 2
Ikat Technique which would be used in the design
Ikat Woven Bolster Cushion advertisement image
Colour sample inspired by a photographic image I had taken which was reworked digitally.
Digital Art inspired by my own photographic image of a garden pond with pink blossom and orange flower reflections
A small group of us were taught in an extra workshop to Hand Rug Tuft.
We were fortunate to be taught by Adriana Tavares Green. Who is a fantastic Contemporary Designer Maker and Ruft Tuft Artist.
Some of the group found the making process difficult. Myself and Amelia enjoyed it the most and spent the longest time trying to master the technique which isn't easy, and would take years to perfect. I spent 16 hours on the rug, from roughing out the design, tufting, latexing, backing, finishing and shearing.
Finished Rug as a wall hanging approximately 1m x 1m square in size. On show in University of Huddersfield, Textile Department Collection.
I also made a further rug on my own project inspired by the Yorkshire Dales, looking at dry stone walls amongst other characteristics of the Dales. This rug should be on the wall but I am using it under my desk currently at home!
As well as photographs I also found a cross section of how dry stone walls are built, and found a wall end which the rug is based on, including features such as moss and lichen.
I blended woollen yarn for a more painterly feel rather than block colour.
Rug took about 20 hours to tuft and back.
Tapestry style woven sample inspired by quarry roads and rock strata.
I chose this 1 hour collaborative yarn installation which was based on colour psychology, and emotions, as the basis for an image which I took into computer aided design. Blue represented sadness and yellow joy. The yarns cascaded down into a mainly blue collection of yarn on the floor, a pool of tears.
CAD image for Fabric sublimation printing - Tears of Sadness, Tears of Joy
The sample was printed onto polyester satin. It could be used on a photo fabric for a shift dress.
This was my first time weaving or making textile art. I imagined a threadbare old newspaper, hung in a darkened room as an installation. However it ended up being a 7" x7" square after I decided to cut it to size. I had used dissolving fabric as one of the backing layers to the newspaper weave, which was machine stitched in place in squares. On wetting the remains of the piece the paper became stiffened so it would never float in any breeze as intended.
I have since making this piece, deconstructed textiles. If making this again, I would not use dissolving fabric, just muslin and newsprint, and hand stich wording rather than machine stitch to keep thickness to a minimum. I would be more selective in leaving areas of plain muslin which could be deconstructed slowly and carefully by pulling out warp and weft threads.
The newspaper is a warning, text and headline words taken from the press, columns of untruths and quotes from the Matrix, in reversed text for your consideration.
