Collection | One

First Collection 

For my first collection of woven samples, I have been looking primarily at patterns found in Moroccan landscapes and architecture and drawing through use of layers. With this in mind I designed my warp as a single cloth with two brocades, the first one being copper and the second purple/indigo. The feel of the fabric was very important to me, I wanted my samples to feel luxurious, fancy, rich and ornate. These samples were produced for a High end fashion context, specifically targeting menswear. 

Close up of inlay through my intricate extra warp patterning 

I selected yarns which I felt were appropriate to the market area, 2 80's cotton, and I threaded up at 80 ends per inch to allow my cloth to be extremely fine as my context of these samples is for linings of jackets/ trimmings or edges.  I finished weaving being relatively happy with the outcomes I had produced however a large downside to weaving so fine was that I feel I spent more time fixing my warp than actually weaving it. This meant that I couldn't experiment or push myself as much as i'd have liked to throughout this collection. At the end of the warp I began to come to grips with how to fix it quickly, general maintenance of the warp, and this therefore led to some more experimental samples using inlay; an element of intricacy and embroidery which is an important factor in my work. 

From Left to Right: Ted Baker Menswear, Hackett Menswear London, Dashing Tweeds Bespoke woven fabrics. 

Final Collection of samples