textile designer & artist
Table Of Contents Statement
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Friendship Scarves
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Low Country I & II
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Death of College
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Who Would I Be Without Sally Vierck Mettler?
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A Grandmother’s Influence
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Mountain Casual
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Plants That Help To Retain Memory
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Heaton Forest
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At Home With Sally
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From A Love of History Garden Carpet
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Architecture
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Budapest
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I’m Grace Veres, a textile designer and artist from Cleveland, Ohio’s westside. I was born into a family of artists and art enthusiasts who have influenced me immensely. I create work that invites the viewer to stepback and simply observe: my imagery provides a space of calm and momentary peace. Traditional hand processes combined with contemporary techniques are utilized to both remember the past and move forward with the present. Drawing from textiles and imagery from art history, architectural history, and my own personal history, I aim to make accessible to many what was once enjoyed by few. In June of 2018 I received a BFA in fibers with a minor in art history from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia.
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Friendship Scarves One silk scarf, three ways. Two-screen, two-color design screenprinted on silk charmuese with reactive dye.
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I designed and printed these friendship scarves in an attempt to pause time for a moment and create an object documenting some of the best friends that I have ever known. Taking cues from the current work of my roommates, Juliana Lupacchino, a pattern designer and installation artist, and Eliza Hunter, a quilter and weaver, I created one textile that mirrors us all.
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Eliza Hunter
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Grace Veres
Juliana Lupaccino
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Low Country I &II Oil on gesso board.
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As I prepare to leave Savannah Georgia, this place that I have called home for four years, I have been thinking about how I got here. In a similar moment of reflection my senior year of high school, I turned to the work of Kehinde Wiley as inspiration for a painting that went on to win a silver medal nationally with Scholastic Art and Writing. Lately I have been looking at medieval manuscripts which like the work of Wiley seem to combine figures with pattern. Gingham and seersucker are the fabrics of the low country and become the sky in these landscapes. Low Country I & II come from a place of love for those that have come before me and this beautiful place that I will surely miss.
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Low Country I Oil on gesso board. 18” x 18”
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Low Country II Oil on gesso board. 18” x 18”
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Dutch Island, Savannah, GA.
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Rails to Trails, Savannah, GA.
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Death Of College Jaquard woven, three wefts. 28” x 25.5”
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I have a habit of creating a vanitas during crucial times of change in my life. The process of putting objects together and thinking of their greater meaning is meditative and healing to me. This weaving references the end of my college experience in Savannah, Georgia.
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Who Would I Be Without Sally Vierck Mettler As I approached the end of my time at SCAD, I had been thinking about what drew me to textile design. I thought of my childhood, of visiting my grandmother and my aunt and their beautiful homes. I have watched these women create beautiful spaces for their families to enjoy for generations. My life has been eternally impacted by these women and one of them in particular: my grandmother, who first began this chain of influences with her daughters and then with me. My grandmother is a classic woman, resourceful and timeless. Attending the Ohio State University for painting and then choosing marriage with my grandfather over an illustration career in New York City, she always found a way to incorporate her skills into everyday life. My mother loves to tell the story of how my grandmother painted the bottom of their swimming pool with large flowers which appeared to sway in the water. The moment my mother left for college my grandmother converted her room into a weaving studio. From my grandmother I have inherited boxes upon boxes of Liberty of London fabric that were to be sewn into quilts. I have unknowingly followed in my grandmother’s footsteps, growing to love fabric, pattern, painting, and textiles.
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A Grandmother’s Influence A collection of six CAD designs, digitally printed, on wallcovering and cotton sateen.
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Sally Mettler is not only an artist and craftsperson herself, but also an avid supporter of other people along the same path. It is this patronage that has exposed me to works, objects, and places I otherwise would know little about. Sally’s appreciation of design is seen within her own home. It goes beyond the appreciation of beauty and instead is a means of creating comfortable settings conducive to making shared memories between loved ones. 26
Circles
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Weave
Shapes
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Rattan
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Draper
Lattice Like
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Mountain Casual Gouache and photoshop, CAD textile collection, five patterns.
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My grandmother has explored many mediums in her 83 years but watercolors are something that I will always associate with her. Her paintings are bright and colorful, reflecting her Palm Beach surroundings so well. Key West Printing Co, specifically the designs they created for Lilly Pulitzer, elicit a feeling of summer. When combined with imagery of the appalachian mountains, I am transported back to a childhood spent running barefoot through the grass and the feeling of cold mountain water as it rushes by on a hot July day.
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Tea Under the Boxwoods
Treescape Border
Leaf
Silver Run
Stripe
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Tea Under the Boxwoods
Treescape Border
Leaf
Silver Run
Stripe
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Plants That Help to Retain Memory A collection of eight CAD designs, gouache and photoshop.
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As I was reminiscing about my grandmother’s past, I also had to think about how she is currently. My grandmother is alive and relatively healthy, praise be, but everyday it feels like she becomes less and less the woman she once was. Dementia and old age are taking her from me. Lately I have taken a small interest in herbal remedies and the power of plants to heal and restore. This collection was born from a combination of these two thoughts. 42
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Traditional Remedies
Lattice
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Sage, Rosemary, Nettle.
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Blooming With Health
Garden Shadows
Stripe
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Fennel
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Marshmallow Border
Cool Remedies 51
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Fluorescent Remedies 53
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Heaton Forest Scarf made with four-screens and seven-colors, screenprinted with reactive dye on silk twill.
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My grandmother, a lover of craft and pattern, collected many Liberty of London and William Morris textiles to be used in various methods. Some of these unused fabrics have made their way to me. These scarves, designed with William Morris in mind, feature the plants that I associate most with my grandparents. My grandfather had crystal clear blue eyes that matched the blue hydrangeas on the driveway of his home in the mountains of North Carolina. Along the ridge he would plant Blackeyed Susans, my grandmother’s favorite flower. Knowing she loved the rare white squirrels and hummingbirds that seldom made appearances, he would put out dried corn and red sugar water just so she could potentially catch a glimpse of them. These scarves are full of memories and remind me of the love my grandparents shared for each other and the world around them.
These scarves are modeled by Beth Mettler Veres and Elizabeth Veres, my mother and my twin sister.
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At Home With Sally A collection of nine CAD designs, created with gouache, oil, and photoshop.
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My grandmother has lived in three unique states throughout her life. Each one seemingly separated by time, opportunity and landscape in my mind. In each place she found creative inspiration. Central Ohio, her birthplace, where she decided to pursue an artistic life. South Florida, her home with my grandfather, where she would be inspired by the colors of tropical flora and the severe weather. Western North Carolina, her getaway, a place to be reunited with family and surrounded by possible subject matter everywhere she looked. With this collection I intended to evoke a sense of the time and feeling of each of these three places, when she would’ve lived there, and what sort of objects or textiles might be in her home. 66
Pansies
Columbus, Ohio 67
Plaid
Daisies
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Crossroads
Palm Beach, Florida 69
Grid
Palms
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Rhododendron
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Painted Stripe
Linework
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Pansies digitally printed on cotton sateen and Plaid digitally printed on paper for display at SCAD Fibers Open Studio 2018.
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From A Love Of History
I find the thoughts and ideas of people who have come before me fascinating. It is for this reason that I am an art history minor. To see glimpses into the mind of someone else is special and awe inspiring. During my time at SCAD I have been able to study: Modern architecture from 1900 to the present, 20th-century Art, Arthurian Literature, 17th-century Art, History of Textiles, Medieval Art and Architecture, Cities of the Muslim World, and lastly a class titled “Christians, Barbarians, Kings, and Emperors�. These classes have had a great impact on both my person and what I have created these last four years.
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Garden Carpet A collection of digital textile designs inspired by a four-screen, nine-color, screenprinted length.
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Growing up, my nextdoor neighbor was Persian. I am still affected by the memories of the food she would make us, the smell of her home, the furnishings she had-- all so different than my own. This is perhaps why I have a love for Islamic art and architecture but specifically for Islamic textiles. The Chahar Bagh, a formal Persian garden layout, is based off of the four gardens of paradise mentioned in the Qur’an. This collection revolves around my initial design of a Persian garden carpet itself. 78
Garden Carpet, pigment on Kona cotton, 6 yards. Printed with four screens, five overprints.
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Branches
Gold
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Breeze
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Floral
Peacock vs Leopard
Water
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Architecture A collection inspired by modern architecture. Screenprinted on kona cotton with pigment and black foil.
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Architecture of the 20th century is particularly fascinating. There is such feeling and purpose to these forms that appear to be so simple when viewed in the 21st century. There was a thoughtfulness of composition, purpose, placement, and material. It is through the repetition of motifs of some of the 20th century’s most famous architects and the use of materials that are new to me that I pay tribute to these revolutionaries.
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Budapest A collection of digital textile designs made with Illustrator, intended for bedding.
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I am a sum of many different cultures, events, and ideas. My last name is Hungarian, it means red or ruddy. Since purchasing a Hungarian folk embroidered shirt in Budapest, I have been fascinated by the motifs of this tradition. Hungarian folk embroidery can be divided into twenty regions, each with their own motifs and colors. Embroidery still persists today as a connection to Hungarian identity. Created entirely in Illustrator, this collection bridges mediums, joining together the hand with technology. 94
Kalocsa
Matyo
Whitework
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Cool
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Warm
Neutral
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thank you Photo Credits Friendship Scarves: Amy Anstatt A Grandmother’s Influence: Hadley Stambaugh Plants That Help To Retain Memory: Process shots by Amy Anstatt Architecture: Process shots by Amy Anstatt Heaton Forest: Process Shots by Amy Anstatt Works Cited Beddow, Tim. “American-Oak Beams Crisscross the Ceiling in a Top-Floor Guest Room at Designer Anouska Hempel’s Historic English Manor; Pakistani Low Chairs at the Foot of the Bed Are Cushioned with Cashmere Pillows by Hempel.” 5 Attic Conversions Free of Dust and Full of Smart Design Ideas, Architectural Digest, 12 May 2017, www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/attic-conversions-smart-design-ideas. Chatham Outdoor Side Chair. Serena and Lily, www.serenaandlily.com/chatham-outdoor-side-chair/182032.html. “Crosby Teak Chaise.” Serena and Lily, www.serenaandlily.com/crosby-teak-chaise-replacement-cushion/m11038.html. “The Elegant Stair Hall Is Crowned by a Venini Pendant of Amethyst Glass; 18th-Century Engravings by Johann Gmelin Frame the Doorway.” Look Inside an Elegant 18th-Century Farmhouse in New York’s Hudson Valley, Architectural Digest, www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/bernd-goeckler-carl-d-aquino-new-york-farmhouse-slideshow#3. Glynn, Jessica Klewicki. “Entry Foyer.” A Florida Home That Balances Moorish Touches with an Airy Beach Aesthetic, Architectural Di gest, www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/olivia-obryan-windsor-florida-home-moorish-colonial-touches-with-airy-beach-aesthetic#6. Hackworth, Katie, and Belathee Photography. “A Kitchen Renovation to Remind You That Nooks Are Always the Answer.” A Kitchen Renovation to Remind You That Nooks Are Always the Answer, Clever, www.architecturaldigest.com/story/a-kitchen-renovation-to-remind-you-that-nooks-are-always-the-answer. “In the Master Bath, Robern Medicine Cabinets Are Mounted over a Washstand Equipped with Waterworks Sinks and Fittings.” Peter Pennoyer Designs an Elegant Greek Revival Residence in Hudson Valley, Architectural Digest, www.architecturaldigest.com/ gallery/peter-pennoyer-katie-ridder-hudson-valley-home-slideshow#12. “Naturally Lit Entry Way with Leather Chair.” HOUSE TOUR : AT HOME WITH JOSÉPHINE, French by Design, frenchbydesignblog. com/2013/06/house-tour-at-home-with-josephine.html. “Rattan Twin Beds up against White Wall. .” This Brilliant Bedroom Layout Fits Twin Beds Into a Sliver of a Space, Architectural Digest, www.architecturaldigest.com/story/brilliant-bedroom-layout-twin-beds-narrow-space. Santa Cruz Outdoor Pillow Cover. Serena and Lily, www.serenaandlily.com/santa-cruz-outdoor-pillow-cover/m113440.html.
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