Here are some of my images from college.

I have been lucky enough to returned to education as a mature student to study fabric design. In the past have made my own clothes, knitted garments and altered clothes to make them up to date or look different. Always taken an interest in fashion, fabric and the construction of garments. Also attended a jewellery design and making course working in silver and gold and still wearing some of my pieces today but gave most of them away as presents ! Spent alot of time restoring old furniture for my home instead of buying new and had some unique stuff !!


Saturday 23 February 2013

Screen Print Samples.

This is an image of the VW beetle car screen printed
on dip dyed linen scrim and then stitched into.


 This screenprint was on white white linen scrim which didn't look right with my colour palette
so I dyed the background with coffee and then again stitched into it.

 Another screen print on line scrim again dyed with coffee and stitched into.


 This image has been screen printed onto light silk habotai.



I really enjoyed print it was quite challenging trying to get your colour Palette right and varying the patterns across the fabric. The fabric had chosen was white linen scrim  which was far too light for the background of my of my colour palette. So I decided the best way round this is to to dye the background colour coffee, and the best into use was coffee itself. I was pleased with the results as I felt the screen printing was not as stark as the white background. After I finished the samples I decided to stitching to them to add some texture and I felt this worked and I could see that some of the images could be made up to cushions and curtains. I haven't yet decided whether I really like them or not. I think I will have to wait to get all my work together and see how it works for the presentation.

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