I had an incredible opportunity this Summer to work with a freelance textile artist in Scotland. This involved being given my own brief focusing on paisley prints, and tones of blue for a transitional… more →
Knit, purl and stitchknitpurlandstitch wrote 1 month ago: I had an incredible opportunity this Summer to work with a freelance textile artist in Scotland. Thi … more →
knitpurlandstitch wrote 4 months ago: This was a week to finish and finalise our shirt and accessory designs. I really got into my flow wh … more →
knitpurlandstitch wrote 5 months ago: We started off the week printing off our collographs on both prepared papers: And textile surfa … more →
knitpurlandstitch wrote 5 months ago: We were kept busy with a wide variety of activities this week: Collographs Starting off we made a n … more →
knitpurlandstitch wrote 6 months ago: Week 23 already! This week we continued looking at garment construction and detailing including: B … more →
knitpurlandstitch wrote 6 months ago: This week focused on sewing construction techniques including: Seams of different widths Top sti … more →
knitpurlandstitch wrote 6 months ago: This week we started pattern cutting in preparation for our shirt project: Drafting a classic shirt … more →
knitpurlandstitch wrote 6 months ago: We started off the week by deconstructing and reconstructing 2 charity shop shirts, inspired by some … more →
knitpurlandstitch wrote 7 months ago: We submitted all our work so far for assessment on Monday, so we were set some activities for Wednes … more →
knitpurlandstitch wrote 7 months ago: Next week we have to hand in all our sketchbooks, drawings and final pieces for a mid-year assessmen … more →
knitpurlandstitch wrote 7 months ago: As the deadline for our exhibition piece is rapidly nearing I have been focusing on making and embro … more →
knitpurlandstitch wrote 8 months ago: The main focus of this week was a presentation to the class about our work so far. This included st … more →
knitpurlandstitch wrote 8 months ago: Having got comfortable with transferring images onto the fabric for my handkerchiefs I started exper … more →
knitpurlandstitch wrote 8 months ago: Had a week of experiments looking at weaving sticks - using plastic bags and string of course… … more →
knitpurlandstitch wrote 9 months ago: Workshop with Deirdre on Monday including a tour of the exhibition by the gallery curator focusing o … more →
knitpurlandstitch wrote 9 months ago: Monday started with a workshop with textile artist Deirdre Nelson at the City Art Centre. This inclu … more →
knitpurlandstitch wrote 9 months ago: Went to the last day of the Seeing Red exhibition at the Collins Gallery in Glasgow tracing the deve … more →
knitpurlandstitch wrote 9 months ago: Developing ideas for textile artifact, including further experiments with plastic bags - applique, p … more →
knitpurlandstitch wrote 9 months ago: Week spent working on sketchbooks. Looking to move on from City and Guilds where the book was more a … more →