This category of work includes projects and processes from start to finish. It includes digital fabric designs that are available as made-to-order printed textiles. As well as rendering projects and ideation.
Using traditional mark-making techniques I made customized brushes in photoshop to add natural texture to the design. The motif was experimented in different colourways before deciding on the green.
Working in Illustrator and Photoshop I designed a textile motif based on the medieval depiction of flowers to create a design for the digital Jacquard loom. This project consisted of the full repeat, the half drop repeat, and the original motif. It lead to the fun self-portrait to learn more about the way the digital loom processes pixel information into tapestry. Each pixel is representational to a thread on the loom, the image on the right is exactly how the tapestry will look when printed! :)
Flower Motif for Digital Jacquard Loom.
Working with Procreate and Adobe CC I created four repeating motifs that would transfer into the four colour palettes; Purple and Mint, Mossy, High Contrast and Moody in order to create the Hot Take 16 line.
Working together with textile designer Jessica Wu, we created two products based on Creative Matter's Highland rug. I created the four mix and match ottomans based off of Trinidads farmland and Jessica designed the tapestry based on China's Huanglong historic site. The final products experienced big changes during conceptualization and it resulted in the creation of the room divider as an added product.
The Highland room divider was the final product I ended up creating from the concept works for Highland. This change came from the exploration of materials and play with transparency.
Using silk gauze, hand-dyed wool roving and viscose velvet I used a trapunto quilting technique to seal the roving inside and create pockets in the silk gauze. The velvet is layered to mimic landscapes. This was the final render.