During today's session I was focussing on digital print. First I wanted to concentrate on colour before going on to create prints using my images and research. I tend to make some of my prints with a white background as I feel that the print is most effective   and clear like this, however, our tutor … Continue reading FMP WK 4 →

As well as the colour workshops I did yesterday, in preparation for the workshops next week I needed to source some various materials to use for laser cutting, embroidery and digital print. For laser cutting I thought I might try muslin and possibly a thin natural paper (lokta) if that would work, for a delicate … Continue reading EASTER BREAK →

Today I started preparing for the workshops we will have in the first week back; I signed up for a digital embroidery and laser cutting workshop and a digital print workshop. For the digital print workshop prep there was an option to focus on colour; as someone going onto a ba textile degree colour is … Continue reading EASTER BREAK →

Drawing upon some of the artist research I did last week, I decided to go back to experimenting with making samples- this has been working quite well for me, flicking back and forth between research and experimentation then more research to fuel my experiments. In the experiments below I was inspired by wall hangings created … Continue reading EASTER BREAK →

This morning I went to the park again in search of some more inspiration for my work, and I found these beautiful leaves where they had dried out leaving the skeleton of veins visible. I struggled quite abit with my macro lens trying to focus the image, I think this is because the veins that … Continue reading EASTER BREAK →

I thought it would be a good idea to research beyond nature in the fashion and textiles industry and look at artists that are inspired by nature and use different techniques such as collage, sculpture and drawing as well as textile artists. I found a number of artists that have inspired some more ideas for … Continue reading EATER BREAK →

This week I have planned to revisit my research for my topic to provide more substance for me to work from. So I went into uni to use the library again today, and I found a couple of books that explained different textile techniques such as macrame, and I also researched sustainable textiles in the … Continue reading EASTER BREAK →

Looking back through my experiments and samples up till now, I thought it would be a good idea now to go back and work with them to incorporate them in garment ideas, to consider placement of my textiles on a different items of clothing. From previous crits, I understand that this is quite important as … Continue reading EASTER BREAK →

I have now been working with my research and my experiments to produce some textile samples using the various materials I had sourced earlier (see previous blog about materials research). I have been using mostly hand techniques working with various yarns, embroidery threads and the natural fabrics I have brought. My aim has been to … Continue reading EASTER BREAK →

Drawing upon the last studio session where we took a more art based approach, I began experimenting and responding more to my research images to extract patterns/shapes/textures that I could take into textiles. In my previous projects, I have always received the feedback that I need to use more mixed media in my work and … Continue reading EASTER BREAK →