2022: Textile Design BA Hons
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Statement
This project rejects the inherent masculinity of Modernism and aims to subvert the narrative of textiles as old-fashioned symbols of female oppression.
Modernist design continues to be one of the biggest influences on contemporary interiors, and it feels significant that textiles were mostly excluded from the movement due to their association with Victorian domesticity and femininity. By subverting the narrative of textiles as old-fashioned, the final collection of woven interior fabrics is intended to be used unapologetically and in abundance in the contemporary home. The collection acknowledges the rich feminine history of textiles, and it is celebrated in the use of typical ‘girly’ colours. One of its main aims is to provide the end user with comfort, pleasure and increased emotional wellbeing via soft and luxurious surface qualities using 100% natural fibres.
Woven Collection
Left: Figurative weft (linen warp, rayon and rayon floss weft); Top right: Hand-painted silk warp (silk warp, silk weft); Bottom right: Sheer hand-painted silk warp (silk warp, silk weft)
Double cloth (cotton warp, linen weft)
Left: 2 as 1 weft (linen warp, rayon floss and wool weft); Right: Hand-painted silk warp (silk warp, silk weft)
Left: Figurative weft (linen warp, rayon and rayon floss weft); Middle: Double cloth (linen and cotton warp, linen and wool weft); Right: Double cloth (linen and cotton warp, wool weft)
Left: Elastic double cloth with figurative inserts (cotton warp, wool, rayon and silk weft); Right: Elastic double cloth (linen and cotton warp, wool and linen weft)
Left: 2 as 1 weft (linen warp, rayon floss and wool weft); Top right: Figurative weft (linen warp, linen and silk weft); Botton right: Elastic double cloth with figurative inserts (cotton warp, wool, rayon and silk weft)
Supporting Visual Studies
Viewing modernist neatness as oppressive, a form of liberation was found in gestural mark making and abstraction. The initial visual studies explores this liberation via automatic drawing techniques inspired by the Surrealists, such as dripping paint, blotting ink, and mono-printing. These pieces are intended as rug designs to complement the collection of woven fabrics; a combination of the gestural and emotional, with the calm and comforting.
Digitally Drawn Visualisations
