'I am a hand weaver focusing on designing fabrics for fashion. As a designer, I respond best to visual catalysts and chaos: and a journey to morocco earlier on in the year played a huge part in the energising elements of my main collection. Paying close attention to yarn choices, colour and texture; I have visually explored these concepts through an experimental approach in order to demonstrate the impact that this experience has had on my work.
My work has always embraced an element of embroidery, which follows on from my previous interests in intricate detail. I am continually fascinated by beading and heavily embellished fabrics, with the most intricate of details. This laborious work is something I would like to continue from time to time, it is refreshing to combine the two ways in which I work; combining my heavily woven bright chaotic samples with my profoundly time consuming and intricate bead work. For my final collection, I have fussed these ways of working to portray my working style and myself.'
The first person I have chosen to write about is Eden. Her work was one of the first stands that I saw, her particular woven pieces really stood out to me.
As in most of my own projects I love to use thicker yarns such as wool/lambs wool I also have a slight weakness for sparkle and glitz, using all these types of yarn qualities I adore definition with a lot of intricate detail, all of these something that Eden has included in her designs.
I can in particularly relate this back to 'Unit X' in first year, during this project I designed and wove a two meter long piece of fabric full of detail and mass amount of various yarns including that bit of sparkle, Edens qualities including her repetition of pattern have really bought some more of my own work back to mind, As I haven't done anything like that since first year its a quality I will definitely consider to re visit in my final year.
Another element to Edens work that I picked up on is the background idea where she gained all of her inspiration from, Morocco; all of her designs show a clear link to culture as they have a strong look to each sample. Her rich choice of colour and yarn choices form a good understanding to her audience that her designs are suited for the fashion industry, influencing our minds to feel that the samples are inspired by rich countries such as China, India and Africa.
As her samples are for the fashion world, I could personally really see Eden's work in the costume industry or as a part of the Hindu religion wardrobe.
Being inspired by Eden's work, the qualities that I will take away with me are her detail, for my final year, detail and perfection are going to be two elements I will work on the most.
This time next year I really hope to have tackled Scott weave so that I can be at a similar standard of detailing to design as how Eden has finished her degree.
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