My Design Process- Colour Palette: Reds and Blues

This image is so striking and bold, I usually wouldn't choose a colour palette with two dominant colours but I think this one really works. The few scattered pale barnicles really adds a beautiful highlight to the overall image and draws your eye in.

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My Design Process- Color palette: pastles and navy

This colour palette is of beautiful pastels with a deep navy blue, I love the gentle feel it gives, very elegant and subtle.

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My Design Process- Colour Palette: Monochrome and pink

So I want to have a little play around with colour ideas before I start my experiments and fabric sampling so I have an idea of the colours that I will be using together and I can also experient with the proportion and develop my colour palette as I develop my textile art ideas.

 

Monochromes and pink

 

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Art as therapy

This is a really inspiring blog all about using art as therapy.  It is definitely worth a look, I love it!

http://gretchenmiller.wordpress.com/

Designer-maker: Ekta Kaul

I really love this textile work, there is something so simple yet clean and sophisticated about the design. The use of line in Ekta Kaul's work is exquisit. I also love the use of colour, not over complicating things with endless colours but using a very limited colour palette, usually just one or two bold colours alongside white.

 

 

This last image also shows beautiful use of texture within the fabric surface- stunning!

The Design Process: Drawing part1

I thought I would share afew pages from my sketchbook which demonstrate some of my initial inspiration drawings and paintings. These are already a development from my original photographs of textures along the coastline (see Tactile Coast for more on this) This is the first step to starting a project, I get an idea (creating textured textiles inspired by the Cornish coast) then its time to gather and collect images, drawings and paintings of my subject before I even get anywhere near a piece of fabric!

My Design Process

Since finishing my degree 3 years sgo it has taken me until now to realise that the most important part of the design process is the development stage. This might sound obvious but over the last 3 years I have always been working towards the next show and with deadlines looming I have always had an idea of what I want my work to look like and have just concentrated on producing final pieces ready for each show.  This has resulted in my work always seeming to lack something special and I'm always slightly dissapointed with what I have produced. Now I realise that I need to make time for the development stage ss this is where the magic happens, the test an idea then recreate then reinvent it, layer it up, disect it until eventually I reach an exciting result, , something wonderful amazing snd unique! Development is the key to creating outstanding textiles (or any creative work really! )