Sunday, December 03, 2006

Knit Specialism




For this section of the course, we were given the inspiration 'Exotic Fruit Salad' to work with for designing. We had to produce six designs from this source and two mood boards reflecting the designs and colours for interiors.



From these designs we then had to produce six A4 size finished samples of knit.






The following photographs are the results of this section of work.






Six Designs from Exotic Fruit Salad







Two mood boards.










Six Knit Samples.

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Knit Specialism

For this period of study we were asked to use the starting point of 'Exotic Fruit Salad' for the design brief. We had to produce six pieces of design work based on this topic, two mood boards and six finished samples of knit derived from the visual studies.

The following photos are the results of this.




























Next time - onto Print...

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Saturday, November 04, 2006


My workspace... already getting loads of work on it.

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Sunday, October 22, 2006

Design for Interior Textiles _ Weave





After spending a week learning the basic techniques of weaving on a hand loom, we had to produce six A4 size samples reflecting the visual studies.
Mine were (from top left) bark, sunflowers, cone, silver birch bark, pine bark and artichoke.

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Visual Studies

After a visit to Calke Abbey, in Derbyshire, for a day of sketching in the walled gardens, we continued our visual studies on the botanical theme. Any inspiration could be used that had been obtained on this visit, and from the pre enty work project 'Tape that'.


The aim of Tape that was to 'draw' using coloured tapes, any cut flowers.



I diversified slightly and worked on tree barks, and then into textures of a cone and artichoke.



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Friday, October 20, 2006

The Beginnings

I decided in early August to do a BA(hons) in Textile Design at the University of Derby, after a visit to the department to see what was involved.
Did I really have any idea of what was involved???

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About Me

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I started university later in life than most of my collegues, being a mature student. I have gained a huge amount from my BA, and I am now furthering my knowledge and experience with engagement on MA ADAPT course which I started in January 2010. Some of my BA work is on this blog, along with other textiles and a commission connected with Lace. I am also teaching lace with a class held weekly in Nottingham. Other weekend courses to follow and talks in areas of lace history.