designhogg: May 2015

Saturday, 23 May 2015

Degree Show Exhibition

Images of my Degree Show Exhibition

5gg Shima fabrics designed for use as throws and other accessories

Two of my final chairs with a chevron throw

3D samples

Knitted jacquard samples

My third chair

Another photo shoot

Another photo shoot...

Lambs wool and cotton sample fabrics

Chevrons with back beck stripes (front)

Chevrons with back beck stripes (back)

Chevrons with alternate front and back bed stripes

My final fabric for my chair upholstery

Construction of fourth chair

Construction of the fourth chair

Wood and new foam added to the frame to add stability and give clean sharp edges

Attaching the back panel of the chair, having heat-set the mountain peak section of the panel

Constructing the front panel

The finished fabric

Photoshoot of interior fabrics

Photo shoot for my interior fabrics

Polyester heat pressed mountain peaked fabrics from the

10gg Shima Seiki knitting machine

Wool, cotton, synthetic yarn and silk yarns have been used in these

7gg Dubiet fabrics

Construction of third chair

Construction of third chair

My first sketches of how I envisaged the foundation of my third chair

Checking my colour way

The seat panel coming off the Shima knitting machine

Constructing the back panel in my outdoor office

Attaching my seat panel

Whole chaired pinned before sewing

Construction of second chair

Construction of the Second chair

My first sketch of my design

First panel of the chair having been inserted with the foam inserts

Pinning together the knitted sections of my chair onto the new foam

My outdoor office

My finished upholstery

Attaching the back panel

London Zoo

My own images from London Zoo,

inspiration for colour and repetitive structures

I really like the grid work of the fishes scales and stems of the fins

The undulating structure of this corral is absolutely beautiful

The vivid stripes of the fish is stunning

The textures in this corral are wonderful and would work beautifully in a jacquard knit using Shima Softwere

Wonderful combinations of colours in these fish

Heavenly corral

Etherial corral

Stunning yellow

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About Me

Hello!

I'm Rachel and I am about to graduate from the University of Derby having studied B.A Textile Design Hons, specialising in Knitted textiles.

This blog is devoted to my final university collection ‘This Way and That’. The collection describes the different directions of the knitted structures within this final collection of fabrics. The inspiration for this work comes from looking at repetitive patterns and colour, within natural forms, such as coral and markings of animals and sea life, as well as from art and architecture.

Artists Antoni Gaudi and Frida Kahlo are the main inspirations behind the use of colour in this collection due to their vibrancy and contrasting tones.

Architecture, such as the Louvre, and the London Eye has been the influence in creating open spaces within knitted structures. The geometry and the visibility of supporting structures was a huge influence. Primary photographs and visual research has enabled the development of the aesthetics of this collection, whilst experimentation with knitted structures, inspired by art and architecture, has lead to the structural development and manipulation of the fabrics you see here.

I hope you enjoy!