About Me
Hello! I'm Emma, a fashion design graduate from Sheffield Hallam.
My practice aligns with environmentally creative design and innovations. Advances in materials and creating a circular fashion system are of great interest to me. Community based and gender neutral design also play important roles in my work.
Studying fashion design has shown me that materials are often an after thought within the design process. I believe there needs to be a transformation within the system and for material matters to be shifted to the forefront of design practices. Fashion needs to become circular in order to be sustainable.
INSPIRATION
I wanted to be able to work hands-on with an experimental material: kelp.
Collecting kelp from Yorkshire's coast to experiment with was at the core of my project KELP!. I started to investigate this space and discovered not much within the public domain of research into the use of seaweed as an environmentally non-destructive material. Processing kelp in different ways and investigating drying it out- I found a way to create a workable textile. Having to prematurely end this research due to constraints; my project evolved to take inspiration from all things fishing related.
My project utilised deadstock, recycled or organic materials. While this is not perfect I look forward to being able to explore the possibility of creating fully circular garments in the future. I want my work to encompass working with rather than against nature with material involved in design work. My collection also featured gender-neutral design that can be worn by anyone.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
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Childrenswear Introduction
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DETAIL
Creating a textile with recycled rope
Inspired by netting found at Scarborough's harbour and shapes from traditional British fishermen I experimented with rope. I unravelled recycled rope create a full rope garments. While the textile I developed with seaweed could not be utilised within this project I still wanted to draw inspiration from similar artifacts to form a tactile outcome.
"We can use the same human ingenuity that has led to the climate crisis we are facing now ... to protect and regenerate the ecosystem that sustains us." - Julia Lohmann
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