Drawing for design Textile outcomes.

As part of one of my first University projects I spent a few weeks collecting primary research and creating lots of drawings which i would then use to create final textile pieces. I used a range of techniques to create my final pieces.

• Dye baths (procian and acid)
• Screen printing  (using pigments , discharge opaque inks)
• embroidery (hand and machine)
• hand painting the fabric
• foiling

I was really happy with my final outcomes i feel as a collection they work well together , they were also all selected to be taken to the Indigo Trade show in Paris.

 A sample of a screen printed beetle on top of transfer dyes , i then foil glued a metallic purple onto the beetles back to give the shimmery oily look the beetles have.

Here is a photograph of one of my final beetles in the middle of being machine embroidered using metallic threads over the pink foil.

Here is a photograph of all my final pieces that are going to the Indigo Trade Show in Paris next month. I was really pleased with how they turned out and i was so proud when i was told that they were selected.