GCSE

UPPER FIFTH

The UV were inspired by the theme of Natural Forms and initial explorations looked to the delicate intricacies seen in fungi, seascapes and eroded steel. As pupils progressed on their own individual journeys, they sought a more ocean and more.

SONYA LEONG

Sonya looked to naturally eroded surfaces and focused on recreating the texture seen in source photography and observational drawings. She used rust dyeing to create a range of printed surfaces, using vinegar, water and rusted steel objects such as chains, rasps, staples and spanners. The flat dyed fabric was then adorned with soldered fabrics, beading, couched yarns and some hand stitched details.

EMILIA METHVEN

Emilia looked to seaweed and moss; a range of textural weaves, marbled fabrics, knitting, soldering and cutwork is used to adorn her jacket pieces.

ELLEN PHILLIPS

Ellen looked to moss and seaweed to inform her customised shirt. Ellen refined and developed techniques with intuitive thought, techniques include natural dyeing, free motion embroidery on a dissolvable fabric, soldered synthetic fabrics and hand wrapped components. The outcome is of a standard beyond GCSE level.

MARTHA DREW

Martha created an impressive sleeve which is heavily adorned with latch hooked yarns and fabrics, this is a labour-intensive method and she demonstrated much dedication. She also created an intricate hand-woven fabric which adorns one front piece. An authentic colour palette is uniformly used.

ILARIA PERHAR

Ilaria stands out from her peers in deciding to create a textiles sculptural piece. She chose to create a sculptural pair of shoes inspired by coral. The base of each shoe is created entirely by wire. Various techniques are used which include soldering, wrapped wire, heat setting, beading, and felting.

Georgina Boucher

Georgina created a striking jacket inspired by fungi and lichen. Her extensive development and refinement investigated textural techniques that included heat setting, soldering of various materials, shirring, dyeing, cutwork and more. Striking sculptural sleeves created a bold and structured silhouette.

Tabitha Venning

Tabitha looked to imagery of fishing nets and tangled rope. These images were recreated into bold and colourful drawings that fed into the creation of a vivid hand-woven front panel. The back piece has delicate detailing, fine knitting yarn is knitted with aspects of textural latch hooking.

Freya Brown

Freya looked to sea life and specifically shellfish to inform the creation of her outstanding outcome. Lino printing was informed by an observational study of a crab, the detailing was cut into a lino and printed onto a dyed fabric surface. The crab claw inspired the structured and malleable sleeves that can be shaped and reformed due to the wire inserted into the tucked channels. Freya also studied the detailing seen in a fisheye and recreated it using circular weave as well as soldered and beaded fabrics.

Zara Reeve

Zara created a striking hyperbolic crochet that stands out from the back section of her fitted waistcoat. These sculptural shapes are informed by the study of sea coral. Felt and shibori dyeing were used to create patterned fabrics.

KEXUAN (ANGELA) ZOU

Angela refined techniques informed by the shoreline; fishing nets were used to inform a series of samples that include techniques such as marbling, reverse appliqué, knitting and beading. She also researched the artist Mariam Jazmik and added sprayed found objects as adornment.

Joceyln Yue

Jocelyn looked at butterfly wings to inform the intricate detailing seen in the front panel of her naturally dyed garment. Turmeric was used to create a vibrant colour palette. Jocelyn created a sleeve from scratch by weaving a sleeve shape on a large weaving loom, the detail in this hand-woven sleeve is quite simply exceptional.

Emily Sideso

Emily looked to seascapes as her primary theme, and this is evident in the creation of her outcome. A moody blue and grey colour palette represented the depth of the sea. Fabrics are painted and gathered using shirring and pleating to create a textural effect. Sleeves were knitted using upcycled rope, cut strips of waste denim, plastic bags and more – a nod to the environment and removing waste from the ocean.

Sophie Scott

Sophie looked to shoreline source photography, this included a focus on rusted buoys, barnacles, seaweed and fishing nets. Her item includes a sculpted knitted sleeve, quilted lino printing and reverse appliqué using free motion stitching and naturally dyed fabrics.

Molly Tribe

Molly has created a beautiful outcome. She created a handwoven a striking seascape. Painted fabrics are layered and stitched. She has also marbled fabric and created interest by using free motion stitching and reverse appliqué. Intricate beadwork completes the piece perfectly.

Sion Ovbiebo

Sion looked to various natural forms to inspire her jacket. An intricate and colourful woven front has been made using a range of textured yarns and weaving stitch types. Sion is also an expert knitter and created knitted sleeves in keeping with her chosen colour palette.

Tara created her outcome inspired by lichen growing on bark. She used a combination of reverse appliqué, free motion embroidery and couching. A striking sleeve is created by latch hooking fibres and yarns onto a mesh base.

Emilia studied fruit and red cabbage as a focus, from this she created drawings to pull out shape and pattern. This is recreated using handmade felt, free motion embroidery, quilting, couching, natural dyeing and knitting.

Alisha looked at the contrast between the life and beauty in the ocean adjacent to the damage and death of the plant and animal life. One side of the garment looks at vibrant and colourful coral which is recreated with intricate crochet. The opposing side reflects a darker colour palette to represent the oil spillages and polluted waters. This is created by marbling onto a fabric surface, fabrics, wire, hand embroidery and beading add detail. Hand knitted sleeves focus on upcycling and reworking waste fabric and plastic.

Emilie has created a range of crochet structures informed by coral. She also created a series of textural knits which are layered on top of a marbled base. The blue panel is informed by a source photograph, this has been recreated using handmade felt, free motion stitching and reverse appliqué with a digitally printed base.