Tuesday, 17 January 2012

About Me and My Work



I am a confident, hard working and thoughtful person who enjoys learning and creating. I believe that doing my degree in the inspiring City of Manchester will help me grow as a textile designer and give me the best possible chance in pursuing a career in textiles. 


I specifically chose to apply for the Textiles in Practice course because I feel as though it is the perfect place for me to progress on to gain new skills and further knowledge, in an inspiring environment. I love the fact the course allows you the opportunity to explore a variety of exciting techniques, giving me a clearer direction to what my specialist interest will become. I also like that the course helps you to find placements in the industry and encourages collaborations, as I believe it is important to experience these for the best possible chance in going on to have a successful future career in textiles.

The images I have submitted onto the blog are a range of my experimental, progressive, and completed work which I feel represent my passion best. I have recently experienced screen printing for the first time; I thoroughly enjoyed the process of experimenting printing onto different fabrics and exploring which colours complimented the hessian, cotton and silk best. Texture is also a key factor in my work, weather it is shibori on handmade felt, different styles of smocking or simply changing the surface of a flat piece of paper into something interesting and exciting. Drawing can create some of the best inspiration to translate into textiles, which is why I have included my life drawings and an Indian ink drawing of mine. Life drawing allowed me to create such interesting movement and depth, I particularly liked working with charcoal as it created so many different lines and shadows depending on how you held it. 

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