High Fashion Fabrics
SPIRITUAL GEOS Shibori Movement
Samantha Wilson
CONTENTS The designer The collection The alternative collections The curriculum vitae
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Samantha Wilson
Samantha Wilson is a final year student studying ‘Textile design for fashion and interiors’ at the University of Huddersfield. Samantha has been passionate about Art and design from a young age and found her love for textiles whilst studying at college in her home town ‘Warrington’ Specialising in Screen-printing, Samantha finds her inspiration through her surroundings during day-to-day life. Samantha is enthusiastic about creating fabrics that show her inspiration through colour and texture. Samantha has spent time in the fashion industry working along side designers, photographers and stylists. Samantha is currently working on her final major project, which will be exhibited in June.
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A RESEACH PROJECT OF FABRIC EXPERIMENTATION, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. THE AIMS OF THIS PROJECT WERE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE COMFORT ZONE AND LOOK BEYOND THE OBVIOUS VISUALS. A RANGE OF TECHNIQIES WERE EXPERIMENTED WITH INCLUDING FLOCKING, FOILING AND NATURAL DYING. DURING EXPERIMENTING WITH NATURAL DYING THE METHOD OF SHIBORI WAS FOUND TO BE THE MOST SUCSESFUL AND THE MOST ENJOYABLE. ‘SPIRITUAL GEOS’ IS A COLLECTION BASED ON THE INSPIRATION FROM THE SPIRITUAL ANCINT DYING METHOD ‘SHIBORI’ AND NATURALLY FORMED GEOMETRIC SHAPES. THE COLLECTION EXPLORES SHIBORI TECHNIQUES THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION. BY BRINGING THE EXPERIMENTS TOGETHER THE DESIGNS WERE FORMED BY USING ONLY EQUIPTMENT RESOURCED FROM THE OUTDOORS. THIS INCLUDED STICKS, METAL RODS AND WOOD. NATURAL FABRICS AND DYES FROM THE PRINT WORKSHOP WERE ALSO USED. THE FABRICS WERE HAND DYED WITH THE EQUIPTMENT USING VARIOUS SHIBORI TECHNIQUES. THE HIGH QUALITY DESIGNS WERE CREATED FOR HIGH FASHION FABRICS WITH SOFT GEOMETRIC VISUALS. THE HAND RENDERED FABRICS MARRY WELL WITH NATURAL SILK, PERECT FOR DRAPING OVER EVENING WEAR IN THE COLDER MONTHS. THE PROJECT ‘SPIRITUAL GEOS WILL BE DEVELOPED FURTHER USING NEW INSPIRATION SEEN IN THE FABRICS CREATED N THE RESEARCH PROJECT. THIS INSPIRATION WILL BE FROM OCEAN TEXTURES INCLUDING SEA URCHINS AND SEAWEED. THE TEXTURED DRAWINGS WILL BE USED FOR SCREEN PRINTING OVER A VARIATY OF SHIBORI DYED FABRICS. THE RECRATED FINAL MAJOR PRJECT IS CALLED ‘SHIBORI MOVENT’
The collection of flowing fabrics invite the viewer to take a closer look at the depth of pattern and design created through Shibori.
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The collection of fabrics were taken in a natural wooded enviroment to potray the hisory of the method. The fabrics were placed on trees as if they were left to dry.
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The collection was designed to compliment a range of high fashion shawls and capes. Using delicate natural fabrics and textured shibori prints, these deigns will be developed and continued for Final Major Project.
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ALTERNATIVE COLLECTIONS
ALTERNATIVE COLLECTIONS SPIRITUAL GEOS
CONTACT TELAPHONE - 07572769562 EMAIL - SLW_92@HOTMAIL.COM LINKED IN - SAMANTHA WILSON
All photographs were taken by the author