Primary reseach
Exploration of shadows using 3D drawings
Development sampling
Development sampling
Embellished samples
Sample visulisation
Sample visulisation
Pleated sample
Next event:
ERINN SAVAGE – Performance
Tomorrow 15:00 GMT
Welcome to the Department of Fashion & Textiles at The Glasgow School of Art.
The BA(Hons) Fashion Design and BA(Hons) Textile Design programmes create highly specialised subject experts in an ‘expert amongst experts’ environment which values the interactive, synergetic and ever evolving nature of Fashion Design and Textile Design.
Both programmes are delivered in the same studio, which is unique in Fashion and Textile education. By sitting next to each other, students soon recognize the interdependent characteristics of the two subject areas and value the experience and the creative opportunities it affords.
Also, in terms of cloth and clothing traditions, Scotland enjoys an evocative and distinguished history. Fair Isle, Shetland and Sanquhar knits, Turkey Red printed cloth, the Paisley, Harris Tweed, Ayrshire Whitework needlework and the Mackintosh raincoat are all instantly recognisable for their quality, integrity and supreme cottage industry skill or classic manufacturing and making techniques. This notion of quality, integrity and expert skill underpins the Fashion and Textile Design undergraduate programmes at the GSA.
Be safe, be well and enjoy,
Jimmy Stephen-Cran
Head of Department – Fashion and Textiles
Textile Design – Embroidery. You can find out more about the students and the Showreel at www.gsafashionshow2021.com
Textile Design – Weave. You can find out more about the students and the Showreel at www.gsafashionshow2021.com
Primary reseach
Exploration of shadows using 3D drawings
Development sampling
Development sampling
Embellished samples
Sample visulisation
Sample visulisation
Pleated sample
Research produced using microscopy and collected insect specimens
Drawing and colour work with samples
Drawing and colour work with samples
Drawing and colour work with samples
Drawing and colour work with sample
Final sample visualised in a contemporary fashion context
Final sample visualised in a contemporary fashion context
Final sample visualised in a contemporary fashion context
Final sample visualised in a contemporary fashion context
Final sample visualised in a contemporary fashion context
Natural dyes and photographs of Canada
Playing with the colours of nature.
Depicting colour combinations with thread wraps
Display at the Work in Progress Exhibition in January and close ups of small frame weaving samples.
Samples woven on a table loom.
Samples woven on a frame with collected materials.
Development weaving for the Bradford Textile Competition with British Wool
Final sample sumbitted for the Bradford Textile Competion British Wool entry.
Larger sample woven with handspun wool.
Photography obtained from a research trip to the Isle of Staffa for the project’s primary inspiration.
Ink and stick hand-drawn observations of the basalt columns. Focusing on the textures, layering and direction of line.
Initial sampling inspired by ink compositions. High contrast designs directly influenced by the vertical layering of the columns, alongside the hexagonal tops.
Exploring a range of woven technical structures to achieve a padded, 3D finish ideal for upholstery.
Sketchbook pages exploring colour interaction inspired by Josef Albers.
Technical samples woven using a range of techniques including Digital Jacquard.
Competition entry showcasing naturally pleating samples inspired by the basalt columns. Both the basalt and the fabrics formed into 3D structures through their interaction with water.
Competition entry focusing on the soft mid-weight drape of the brushed mohair samples.
Created with the intention of visualising samples produced throughout the year, as full-size fabrics in their intended contexts. Link in bio.
Producing final commercial products for the three bedrooms at Bed and Breakfast View At 142, Mumbles, Swansea.
Initial drawing work.
White on white drawings.
Colour Work.
Development using Merlin Pro Machine.
OBI stitch technique
Development Samples.
Multiple fabric layered sample.
Process composition
Samples visualised within a fashion context
Colour sequencing exploration
Samples visualised within a fashion context
Jacquard woven fabric simulation
Samples visualised within an interior context
A series of jacquard woven fabric simulations
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Samples of Irish freehand machine embroidery and fabric manipulation
Experimenting with primary research photos printed onto acetate and overlaid to create rich colour and texture.
A selection of drawings and collages using painted and found paper to translate my primary research.
A selection of my research into colour inspired from manipulating the acetate photo collages. The colour palettes attempt to translate the blurring and merging of colours in landscape.
A sample experimenting with the technique of shadow work on the digital embroidery machine. The design is inspired by rock formations in the Outer Hebrides.
A sample experimenting with the technique of shadow work on the digital embroidery machine, in a different colour way.
A selection of development samples exploring form and texture in landscape. Techniques such as shadow work, fabric manipulation and smocked sublimation print.
Some samples exploring the abundance of moss textures in landscape.
Visualisations of a range of samples imagined as statement sleeves of garments.
A sample sewn on the Irish freehand machine exploring moss and lichen textures found on rocks in the Outer Hebrides.
A1 Print
Sketchbook Pages
Anorak Visualisation
A1 Print
Paper Drawings
Youth Visualisation
A1 Print
Digital Collages
Jogger Visualisations
Print Manipulation on Technical Fabric