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Arrow Head Smocking

Arrow Head Smocking

Smocking Panel made for the Caterpillar design (Alice Through the Needle's Eye). This textiles is to represent the scaled formations of the caterpillar up close under the microscope.

Carnival Embellishing's

Carnival Embellishing's

Detailed Embellished textiles for decoration. Made from melted down plastic and formed while hot.

The Caterpillar Textiles

The Caterpillar Textiles

The Caterpillar Textiles. Embellished drawing from an Amaya embroidery machine. Drawing of mixed up caterpillar and butterfly formations.

The Caterpillar Textiles

The Caterpillar Textiles

Layered scales. Textiles inspired from under the microscope caterpillar

The Chinese Dancer Textile Board

The Chinese Dancer Textile Board

The Chinese Dancer from The Nutcracker Ballet.

The Chinese Dancer Textiles

The Chinese Dancer Textiles

The Chinese Dancer from The Nutcracker Ballet. Textile design is a mix of drawing put together and then sewn using the AMAYA embroidery machine. Inspiration came from my findings in Asia. Patterns from Temples,street art, Architecture and Traditional History from China.

The Mouse King Textiles

The Mouse King Textiles

The Mouse King from The Nutcracker Ballet. Textiles inspired from sewage, mouse fur interpretation and drains. This textiles sample uses a few techniques of layering to create the uneven fur details.

The Chinese Dancer Textiles

The Chinese Dancer Textiles

The Chinese Dancer from The Nutcracker Ballet. Design and colour palette influenced by my own first hand research from Chinese Temples. This design is made using a few techniques. Machine embroidery, Appliqué and hand sewing.

Floral Textiles

Floral Textiles

Design for 2016 Zoflora RHS Hampton Court Garden Show. Design inspired from Yorkshire Countryside and Green Valley garden sprey ingredients. In this design I looked closely at florals from the garden and how i could incorporate them into textiles.

The Tin Man Textiles

The Tin Man Textiles

The Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz. Mix of plastic, bending tin metal and embellishments. Made for 1920/1930s design. Materials have a contemporary feel to the period style costume. Textiles inspired from inventions of the time. In particular this sample influenced by cars from the period and rust from the story plot.

The Wicked Witch Textiles

The Wicked Witch Textiles

The Wicked Witch from The Wizard of Oz. Design created form scientific cells under a microscope. Mixed with trapunto and yarns to create a dominant and magical effect to the characters personality.

Dorothy Textiles

Dorothy Textiles

Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. Breaking Down Textiles. Used as Dorothy was dirt poor and her costume needed to reflect her person. The colour of wool used represents the poor conditions of her life and the saturation colour of her life.

The Great Tall Tailor Textiles

The Great Tall Tailor Textiles

Shock Headed Peter (children's Story book) made for Opera. Theme: Surrealism & Darkness. Print based textile project. Textiles inspired by feelings of darkness and Surrealism using mark making. Transforming drawings into textiles.

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