designhogg: Portfolio of Work

Portfolio of Work

Chevron peaks

Polyester to hold the structure heat pressed into a permanent pleat.

Chevrons with alternate front and back bed stripes

Cotton and Lamb wool samples 10 gg Shima Seiki

Jacquards using my natural forms influences

Lambs wools and cotton yarns on the 10gg Shima Seiki

Lambs wool chevrons with lace-hole details

Engineered upholstery fabrics

10gg Shima Sieki using Polyester yarns

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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!

designhogg

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