I feel like I've
finally found my niche with this project. I came into my self-initiated brief
thinking that I wanted to make for interiors- and this decision quickly changed
once I started to visualise my samples on garments. It was important to me to
keep my work fun and playful throughout, which enabled me to keep things
exciting and interesting for myself.
An aspect of
inspiration that worked well for me was exploring none textile designers work. Nina
Canell and George Rousse in particular assisted me to put my ideas across more
conceptually as well as aesthetically through creating a fabric.
I believe that
my final samples are experimental in terms of the fabric that is usually
associated with weave, and also have very hand crafted qualities which is
something that I would like to continue. In my final presentation, I was told
by Nigel that I was unintentionally re-creating typical embroidery techniques
such as tufting (incorporating tassels) and darning (inlay)- this could be
somewhat interesting to look into within my next project. I felt I have
really pushed my boundaries within weave as I only rarely used a peg plan,
utilising mainly hand-rendered techniques. This is something that I would like
to pursue in future projects.
The samples that
didn’t work so well for me were the ones where I’d created no texture, as I
feel that this became the main purpose of my project (re-creating and translating moles, freckles
and stretch marks) even if I had created imperfections within the face of the cloth
by inlaying extra weft. An aspect that I would also like to improve is my
drawings. Although it was easy to create a lot of weave visualisations in such
a short amount of time in Photoshop, I much prefer the look of these by hand
which I hope to do in my next project.
I feel that my
context is the strongest aspect of my ‘Imperfections’ project, and it
positively demonstrates the idea of confidently ‘wearing’ your imperfections. I
was particularly content with the idea of using the reverse of my samples as a
surface in itself, for example, the back of the knotted tassels translated
perfectly into small dots.
This project
will start to add a completely different direction to my portfolio which will
be a great grounding in diversity. In terms of my next project, I want to start
developing my colour palette and making it broader. I would also like to look
into potentially creating a collection of digitally printed samples to run
alongside my weaves as I enjoyed utilising my Photoshop skills. I would also
like to continue with the hand-rendered techniques that I have pursued this
time around as I feel that this could really become my ‘style’ of working.
This project
will start to add a completely different direction to my portfolio which will
be a great grounding in diversity. In terms of my next project, I want to start
developing my colour palette and making it broader. I would also like to look
into potentially creating a collection of digitally printed samples to run
alongside my weaves as I enjoyed utilising my Photoshop skills. I would also
like to continue with the hand-rendered techniques that I have pursued this
time around as I feel that this could really become my ‘style’ of working.
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