About Me
Hi, I am a textile design student at the university of Derby.
My creative work specialises in colourful screen printing onto textiles, using a range of technique's to create new patterns and textures for womenswear fashion, aimed at women who aren't afraid to stand out.
After studying art for nearly 5 years and being a textile designer for 3 years in university my passion is creating fabrics for womenswear fashion aimed at individuals who want a luxury looking fabric whilst also not having to pay luxury prices.
INSPIRATION
My inspiration comes from my surroundings also researching into the 1970s and 1960s.
Throughout university i started to take an interest into my surroundings such as nature and architecture and found a real passion for it as i found i am able to create abstract patterns using my imagination.
My main media i use is black Indian ink, using different sized brushes or any objects i can find laying about, to see what different textures ad mark making i can create. I use Indian ink as i specialise in screen printing and this is an easy process when transferring onto a screen.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
Looking into 60s-70s fashion and pattern
Gathering inspiration from artists
Looking into high end fashion
Companies and artists who use mark making
Looking at architecture from my home town
Mark making inspired from my surroundings
Mark making using black Indian ink
Inspired from Fungi
Hand draw patterns digitalised using photoshop
Experimental screen print on dyed fabrics
experimental screen print on dyed fabrics
Hand drawn fashion illustrations
Mood board looking into concrete texture
Colour board taken from imagery
Experimenting with a new technique on paper
Squeegee technique tested on fabrics
Squeegee prints placed onto CAD flats
Final collection of fabrics
Final outfit ideas using CAD flats
DETAIL
Creating womenswear for fashion
My final collection is intended to relate to the 1960s-1970s taking inspiration from colour pattern and fabrics which were popular at that time, focusing on synthetic and organic fabrics such as polyester, cotton and denim. In my FMP i wanted to make my collection as sustainable as possible, by achieving this i have collected materials from family , friends and visiting charity shops to try and reduce fabric waste.
"Id always wanted to know the difference between a mark that was art and one that wasn't" Roy Lichtenstein.
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