Summer Inspiration

Barcelona... and what a week away it was, I fell in love with everything about the place. The artwork was spectacular, Gaudi is the world's most amazing artist the way he puts colour together is what I love about his work so much; I cant wait to get back to university to start a project inspired the artwork I saw.

My final project in year 2...

 A combination of knitwear and hand woven fabrics inspired by Missoni...I was really pleased with the outcome of the fabrics and loved the Zigzag colour combinations which is what i focused on throughout this project.  

Knitwear for Interiors; Bradford Competition

These are the boards I created for the Bradford Competition; 

This collection was initially influenced by Lucienne Day; I started by looking at her previous work and her classic collection of prints. After collecting examples of her work and sketching my own ideas down I was really excited to start working with the knitting machines. 

The Cast Presentation

Interior Knit Samples

Here are some of my knitted pieces created for interior cushioning...

Print and Weave

Some of my previous work in print and weave...

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Lost in Lace

Lost in Lace is an exhibition in Birmingham which draws attention to the themes explored and created throughout cultural associations of lace.

The exhibition was really inspiring and some of the pieces where extremely beautiful and meaningful, I really loved looking into the meanings of the lace designs which the artists put together about each piece.

Here are some of my favourite pieces created by a selection of international textiles based artists...

This my favourite piece from the exhibition by Michael Brennand-Wood
This is a piece of "Military Lace" symbolizing war and conflict, the imagery draws attention to lace, weaponry and  Rorschach test. I find the piece very interesting, the overall look is very intricate and intense which is something that really intrigued me to look more closely at the images being put together.

Skulls and machinery

Armed forces and aircraft's

Atelier Manferdini "Inverted Crystal Cathedral"

Suzumi Noda "Juxtaposition"