SURFACE
pattern design
Foreword The Surface Pattern Degree show of 2019 presents and celebrates the work of twenty four 3rd year BA Honours students, and one 4th year MDes student. The exhibition showcases their final collections and most autonomous body of work to date. As with any Surface Pattern cohort the journey undertaken from 1st to 3rd, or 1st to 4th year is unique to that particular group. This cohort has worked on a diverse programme of project briefs from Architechtonic to i-dott, encountering many and varied exhibitions and study trips – their highlights including Frida Kahlo, Collect, The Hive at Kew and Venice Biennale. The group was lucky enough to have been mentored by Professor of Practice Mark Eley in their second year, addressing 2 live briefs culminating in 2 exhibitions at Swansea College of Art. In addition, the groups have been ambitious in their self-directed pursuit of work placements and experiences taking them nationally and internationally - from London to the USA. This year has seen the designers of the programme take part in a significant live brief with international stationery brand, Hallmark, where the students were challenged to design and create both a calendar and a diary for the M&S customer. Four students were
placed as winners and went on to complete a two-week placement with Hallmark at their Design headquarters in Bradford. The makers took part in a pioneering live brief “Reimagining the Archive� with the St Fagans National Museum of History. They were asked to reimagine design pieces inspired by their archival research conducted at St Fagans. The visionary work created went on to be exhibited within the many historic buildings and gallery locations at St Fagans. In doing so the students implied their connection to their original influence, offering a new design addition to the existing St Fagans archive. This year group is characterised by their dedicated attitude to hard work, having impressed the team with their industriousness and drive in this final semester. There is a commercial glint in the eye of many of the graduating students, always with their major focus on creativity and a consideration for what makes them unique. The programme team feel that they are more than ready to take on the challenges that the outside design world will offer them. We have every confidence that this cohort will go on to thrive in life after Surface Pattern, and wish them every success in fulfilling their creative ambitions.
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Corie Beth Jones MDes Corie-Beth is an MDes student specialising in interiors. She hand-renders her botanical studies with watercolours and has a keen eye for detail. Using her proficiency on the digital laser engraver to transfer her hyper-realistic illustrations onto both hard and soft substrates. She works across a breadth of material to create bespoke, furnishings with tactile qualities for both interior and exterior settings. Her collection features a strong emphasis on mood in the way that colour, pattern, light and texture are applied and experienced. Corie’s visual inspiration is a reflection of her interest in the health benefits we obtain from plants. From the purification of air, medicinal properties, and the general sense of well-being they bring into an interior setting. Carefully sourcing materials which are sympathetic to her delicate design style, Corie also considers how she can engage her audience with her exploration of materiality and process. She works with materials which interact with the atmospheric lighting of a space, such as glass and cloth. She has also sourced Welsh chestnut wood and reclaimed slate, digitally engraving her unique illustrations onto these salvaged materials, bringing them a new bespoke life.
coriebethjones@gmail.com // IG @coriebeth_designs
Adele Murphy Adele Murphy is a fashion textile designer who enjoys producing hand drawn designs combined with a variety of surface treatments. Within this particular collection she explored the growth of flowers, focusing in on the different stages of bloom. Having some designs entirely consisting of buds and others overpowered by fully bloomed flowers. This Spring/Summer 2020 fashion collection includes a few different techniques, some of these processes include; digital printing, monoprinting with reactive dye and cellulose devorĂŠ. By using devorĂŠ it allows Adele to build layers of pattern with the under laying colours and designs peering through. Adele has also concentrated on silks as they hold a lot of luxurious attributes, the high sheen and delicate touch hold great purpose in achieving the correct overall feel of quality to the collection.
adelemarie.murphy@hotmail.com // www.adelemariemurphy.wixsite.com/adelemariedesigns // IG @adele_marie_designs
Alice A’Court Wills Alice A’Court-Wills is a maker working with interior and exterior architectural spaces, to create cladding and decorative wall panel samples. She works with geometric forms and tessellations, inspired by architecture and travel. Applying these patterns to hard materials such as glass, metal and wood. Alice has decided to base her collection on her recent journey to Australia and New Zealand, with the main inspiration coming from Melbourne’s architecture and the colours found along her travels. With this in mind, she has curated a range of material samples to be functional within interior and exterior spaces. During this project, the majority of Alice’s research has been focused on materiality and how to manipulate material surfaces in order to construct texture and depth within her work. Therefore, establishing a selection of material processes such as, water jet cutting, laser engraving, sand blasting, forming and slumping to generate her final pieces.
acwdesigns96@gmail.com // www.acourtwillsdesigns.com // IG @acwdesigns96
Alice Fleck Alice’s final graduate collection focuses on a lifestyle/stationery context. This has been influenced by a discovery of decorative elements gathered from contrasting architectural forms, combined with a personal exploration of natural and man-made surface textures. She has used places that she has travelled to over the past year such as London, Prague and Leeds as inspiration to produce her abstract style of work. Using a vibrant colour palette, expressive mark making, mixed medium drawing and collage are the core elements. The final collection is a variation of books/folders and gift wraps which are both digitally and hand produced to demonstrate an array of skills such as traditional screen-printed methods and digital manipulation. The combination of techniques creates intriguing and tactile designs, suitable for her chosen context. Alice has also attended a placement at Hallmark Creative Studios. During her time here, she became highly motivated to work more freely and to push her energetic creativity. This has been reflected through her bold collection of work and will continue to influence her and her designs after graduation.
alice_fleck_@outlook.com // www.aflecksurfacedesign.wixsite.com/alicefleckdesign // IG @alice_fleck_surfacedesign
Amanda Sims Amanda’s formal creative journey only began four years ago, previously Amanda had enjoyed any artistic endeavours as a hobby while working full time, prior to a period of careful consideration and re-invention. Amanda then enrolled in college on her first Art and Design course and then progressed on to the BA (Hons.) Surface Pattern Design following the Maker Pathway. For her final major project Amanda used the visual disturbances associated with migraines as the inspiration for her artwork, creating an abstract interpretation with layers of imagery, hoping to give the audience a glimpse of the effects of a migraine with aura. Photograms played a pivotal role in the formulation of the imagery and pattern sources. The patterns of these visual disturbances are reflected in the mirrors that have been sandblasted to form the organic shapes of migraine aura and field of vision. Amanda has also produced digitally printed fabrics for interiors and enamelled steel wall pieces. Shades of blue are predominant in Amanda’s colour palette, with embellishments of copper as a focal point.
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Cailin Kwoh Cailin specializes in stationery design. Her collection was influenced by the region of Kashmir, India whose rich and vibrant heritage provides a wealth of inspiration, from its vibrant culture to its extensive flora and fauna, and last but not least the famous textiles produced there. While researching her dissertation, Cailin visited a series of archives to look at collections of woven and printed paisley shawls where she was able to view them in different states of disrepair. She finds the history and design of paisley shawls to be a captivating subject. The lotus provided the inspiration for one of her patterns and in fact is the national flower of India. Drawing upon this trove of Indian influences, she constructed culturally inspired patterns using her own drawings and design styles to create a new heritage that is the antithesis of a stylized plastic civilization. This collection consists of digitally printed gift wrap and hand folded envelops which are also hand embellished.
cailinkwoh@gmail.com // www.bestfiberqueen.wixsite.com/cailinkwohdesigns // IG @cailinkwohdesigns
Catherine Esaw During Catherine’s studies on Surface Pattern Design at UWTSD her focus has been print for Fashion and Textiles. This journey has equally been both challenging and rewarding in terms of developing her signature skills base. Catherine’s inspiration draws from the natural environment of gardens, researching and developing botanic linear drawings that concentrate on the fundamental language of the subject matter. Sketching and painting at National Trust Properties, St Fagans and the NBGW have allowed her to access inspirations from their man made garden beds and meadow areas. Catherine combines these floral designs with abstract patterns. The abstract serves as a contrast, a decorative foundation to display her floral designs on. The abstract patterns are developed from pre-existing patterns such as tartan and check into original creations that includes various mark making techniques. The final collection is a combination of both traditional screen printing processes such as devore, devore resist as well as digital print processes. Fabrics are also cross-dyed and the effects of blended colour dye techniques are explored and utilised. The result are designs that merge layers to create a collection that is aimed at a gender neutral market.
catherine.rose.esaw19@gmail.com // www.catherineroseesaw1.wixsite.com/mysite-1 // IG @cath_rose_surfacepatterndesign
Catrin Walsh By following the maker pathway of the Surface Pattern Design programme, Catrin has chosen to explore structural and emotional relationships between colour, pattern and texture. Deconstruction and re-contextualisation of place and experience have become integral to her practice. This method is revealed through material experimentation ranging from cloth to hard materials. Catrin has integrated this process-led exploration of materiality with a study of place and belonging developed during a road trip across the South-western United States in the summer of 2018. Resulting in a collection, rich in character and texture that draws on the unique landscapes and culture of a region, which is both familiar and yet ethereal. By removing sections of material using devoré and then needle-punching fragments together, the cloth emulates the weather beaten terrain formed by years of erosion. It is the interdisciplinary melding of materials that not only reflects the desert landscape but also the cultural heritage of the areas visited. The final collection, titled ‘hayííłką́,’ evokes contemporary ideas of transition, displacement and the new ‘urban nomad’ suggesting its adoption in lifestyle products, interiors, or a conversational piece in the gallery.
catrinwalsh@aol.com // www.catrinwalsh.co.uk // IG @onthesurface_17
Chloe DaCosta With a strong use of abstract forms and textures, Chloe has created a contemporary body of work for within an interior context. Most confident when designing digitally, the collection is entirely digitally printed to give it the modern feel that reflects Chloe’s design identity. Chloe’s degree show collection is titled “Lost and Found” as it focuses on the narrative between botanical forms and the natural beauty and power of it. Throughout this collection the notion of nature is celebrated and is unapologetically allowed to grow freely and as naturally as possible. After undertaking placements at Hallmark & Custhom, Chloe embodies an abundance of knowledge that has been demonstrated and displayed throughout her final major collection.
chloe_da_costa@hotmail.com // www.chloedacosta6.wixsite.com/chloedacostadesigns // IG @chloedacostadesigns
Georgia Amman “An Ocean Between Us” Georgia Amman is a Surface Pattern and Fashion Designer who specialises in sustainable and contemporary womenswear clothing and accessories, with a plan to set up her own handmade business named GG ViBES in summer, 2019. Georgia is passionate about bringing awareness to mental health problems and environmental issues, creating a brand identity that is a welcoming safe place for her customers. Georgia is trying to help shift the fast fashion industry and bring awareness to climate repair by creating ‘Cherish Me’ packs with every garment she sells, helping to truly care for your clothes. Georgia has been inspired by her European travels, culture and language. Her major project has been designed to create items that reflect ‘happy places’, in order to uplift you and to remind you of a favourite memory. Georgia has dedicated this project to a concept of a mother and daughter who have been separated between Wales and Spain. The bohemian sunset scene unravels a journey of them reuniting from across the ocean. Georgia has gathered her research by documenting, drawing, painting, stitching and embroidering her ideas. The final pieces’ showcase three dresses, a Cherish Me pack, clothing hangers, shoes and accessories that represent her creativity and design skill set. - Courage. Reunited. Bloom.
georgia2684@hotmail.co.uk // www.georgiaamman.co.uk // IG @_ggvibes
Georgia Harvey Inspired by street wear from a young age, Georgia thrives on creating abstract multi-layered designs and is eager to echo this throughout her work. She takes inspiration from her everyday life, from the modern buildings in her urban environments, to the brutalist architecture that surrounds her. When generating her designs she takes textures and the imperfection from brutalist buildings and juxtaposes them with the geometry she extracts from modern architecture, creating a contemporary and abstract interpretation on street wear. Within this collection ‘Clash Of Modern Brutality’ Georgia uses bold neon palletes combined with subtle colours to create a contrast and to complement her statement designs within her collection. To illustrate the techniques she has developed, she uses a variety of processes in her final outcome including hand drawn and digital processes, screen printing, mono-print and laser engraving, which is then applied onto heavy weight fabrics to reflect the brutalist street wear collection she is striving for.
georgia_charlotte_harvey@hotmail.co.uk // www.georgiacharlotteha.wixsite.com/mysite-3 // IG @geopatterndesign
Grace Exley Grace is a lifestyle designer, specialising in print for stationery and paper-goods. Her degree show collection is based around ‘Overlooked Beauty’, taking inspiration from walks and travels around her home county West Yorkshire. Her love for travel is the main inspiration that kick started this collection, looking closely at shapes, forms and textures that she found when out and about, which are overlooked and unnoticed daily. Grace’s practice starts by combining multiple techniques and medias to create imagery, which is then further developed digitally to create abstract prints and patterns. Hoping to further her research in lifestyle products and materials, Grace will be continuing on to study at MDes level. She aspires to explore a wider range of resources and combine multiple processes together to create a broader collection of commercial goods and prints.
grhan@btinternet.com // www.gexleyspd.wixsite.com/surfacepattern // IG @gexley_spd
Hannah Ashour Hannah is a designer who is focusing on Textiles for Fashion. She has drawn inspiration for this project from her love and experience of dance, and her lifelong fascination with the ocean. Hannah has spent her research time looking at multiple different dancers and performances, as well as attending a plethora of shows and sitting in on dance classes all just to document the shapes of dancers in motion. Hannah has also been looking at the shape of the ocean and her design imagery has emerged from the similarities she sees between the waves of the sea and the shapes created in dancer’s bodies. Hannah has created a fashion collection which targets a younger female audience. Her work includes a mixture of digital and hand printed fabrics that have been through a finishing process to make them look slightly distressed (as if the waves have made their marks on the cloth) but still retain their bright energy (much like a dancer).
hannahashourdesigns@outlook.com // IG @hannahashourdesigns
Hannah Barford Hannah is a surface pattern designer specialising in textiles for fashion. She is often inspired by gridded structures and finding ways to combine this with organic forms. Hannah is very process led and her love of traditional printing informs her design work. Her major project concept is a mix up of textural hybrid floral drawings with geometric designs. The idea is to create a fusion of texture and crisp shapes through traditional print techniques with digital accents. Hannah has looked at Kitsch design and Mexican embroidery and print to fuel her work. Along with this she has made her own hybrid flowers with de-constructed synthetic flowers, to produce motifs. This imagery has come together as a womenswear collection, with a focus on bespoke scarves. The final outcomes consist of handprinted scarves using, reactive resist, devorĂŠ and discharge methods. There is an emphasis on taking away colour to add others in. This is something Hannah will continue to work with as she pursues her studies on the MDes course to perfect her skills and push the boundaries of traditional print.
hannahmarydesign@gmail.com // www.hannahmarydesigns.com // IG @hannahmarydesign
Helen Imola Newton During Imola’s studies on the Surface Pattern Design course, she has developed a focus on textiles for Interiors. The final collection is inspired by her passion for Mid Century design and embodies the mood and style of that era. Key artists and designers that have informed her practice include Ellsworth Kelly, Roksanda and Barbara Brown. Imola strives to develop visual research using hand-rendered processes such as drawing, painting and collage to create a fluid, immediate and organic approach. These observational drawings embody mark-making, subtle brush strokes and textures that are then further developed digitally and translated through the application of traditional screen-printing techniques. Imola intuitively explores and incorporates a range of materials and substrates with an intention to create a juxtaposing combination of textures and surfaces to add dimension and tactility within her work. This Interiors collection is bold and fearless in scale and pattern.
studioimmidesigns@gmail.com // www.studioimmi.com // IG @studioimmi
Jacqs Scourfield Jacqs Scourfield is a designer maker, whose working methodologies combine drawing and image making with processes and materiality. Her degree show is inspired by the wild flowers and foliage forms found in her hometown Pembrokeshire. Integral to her design process is her knowledge of materiality and processes, leading her to become intrigued by how she can recreate their natural forms and silhouettes out of luxury materials; metal, wood and glass. Throughout her studies Jacqs has become highly proficient with cutting technology and processes. Her collection incorporates laser cutting, water jet cutting and powder coating, alongside her use of engraving and sand blasting to create textural surface embellishments. Inspired by the concept of bringing outdoor greenery inside, Jacqs’ project outcome features a collection of surface samples for luxury interiors, commercial spaces and visual merchandising.
jacqsscourfield@outlook.com // www.jacqsscourfield.wixsite.com/jacqsscourfield // IG @jacqsscourfield
Keeley-Shay Jarvis During Keeley-Shay’s time at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, she has discovered that collaging, embroidering and illustrating are the mediums that truly demonstrate her design identity. Keeley-Shay is not limited by pathway and feels as though her designs and patterns fit a variety of products, so she prefers to take an eclectic approach to any commissions. For Keeley-Shay’s final major project she has been heavily inspired by her roots, her home and the area’s surroundings. She wanted to convey a deeper message through her collection by showing the natural and urban beauty that is consistently overlooked in the Townhill and Mayhill council estates. She also wanted to highlight that people should not be ashamed of their backgrounds and where they come from, and that they should see through the initial perspective of an area that is considered to be ‘undesirable.’ Keeley-Shay gathered and completed her collection by creating a series of illustrations of everyday life and landmarks in Townhill and Mayhill. She then worked back into these illustrations by adding patterns that were inspired by various florals and foliage present in the area. These illustrations were then digitally printed onto the fabric and worked back in utilising embroidery to add an extra dimension and texture. They were then transferred on to canvases with the aim of creating an effective and visually engaging picture wall at her degree show. keeleyjhm123@gmail.com // www.keeleyjhm123.wixsite.com/keeleyshaydesigns // IG @keeleyshaydesigns
Laura Mathias-Milsom Laura is specialising in Textiles for Fashion; she has created a Spring/Summer 2020 womenswear collection. Her inspiration for this project came from her love of vintage clothing, focusing on the late sixties to early seventies era. Drawing research from fashion collections at galleries including the V&A and The Fashion and Textile Museum, inspiration in particular of the late Ozzie Clark has been a major influence throughout this project. Laura has incorporated a tropical floral fusion throughout her collection emphasizing the Spring/Summer elements. Gathering and sourcing imagery from The National Botanic Garden of Wales, has developed and created a rich depth of diverse drawing material inspiring prints for traditional silk screen and digital printing. Laura enjoys working with a range of fabrics including silks, cotton moleskin and sheer materials. She works mainly on hand dyed cloth, combining and layering different silk screen printing processes and mediums, such as reactive print, devorĂŠ, clear discharge, flock and pearl binder pastes. The result; a collection that combines both delicate, sheer floral fabrics and organic, bold and vibrant digital patterns for this womenswear collection.
l.milsom@yahoo.co.uk // www.lmilsom2.wixsite.com.mysite // IG @lauramathiasmilsomdesigns
Lisa-Marie Donne Lisa’s research visits to London and Bath during her three years at university have fuelled her love of textiles for interiors. Over the last year, after creating a calendar for Hallmark, Lisa discovered her love of homeware items like gift-wrap and decorative wall prints, this then fed into her ideas for her final major project. Lisa’s final designs are inspired by botanical flowers captured in The National Botanic Garden of Wales. After a few days of research there, Lisa had enough imagery and drawings to transfer them into Photoshop and start creating. Lisa decided to create an array of different gift wrap and wall prints for her degree show. The collections are created using a combination of hand painted and digitally drawn florals. The designs include a wide scale of imagery, from small ditsy prints on some, and larger more digital imagery on others. Lisa decided to create decorative wall art that would run alongside her gift wrap designs, the prints would include print techniques like flock and foil.
lisamariedonne@hotmail.co.uk // www.lisamariedonne.wixsite.com // IG @lisamariedesigns_
Megan Phillips Megan is a textile designer mainly focusing on the interior pathway, but also attempts to create versatile patterns that could be applied to a variety of formats. She is heavily influenced by decorated ceramic surfaces and enjoys organically producing artwork through painting and drawing before digitally manipulating them into floral pattern. For her final major project, Megan has studied the ceramic artefacts in The Glynn Vivian art gallery, re imagining the traditional painted surfaces into contemporary and gestural pattern. Megan has also explored and studied real life botanicals resembling the florals exhibited on the ceramic pieces to enable an overgrown and almost wild quality to her work. Using a variety of painterly marks and textures alongside floral imagery, Megan has created a fabric collection suited to a high end interior space. To achieve this collection, Megan has used a mixture of digitally printed designs and hand printed techniques, such as mono printing, devorĂŠ and cross dyed fabrics. The combination of these techniques have supported the concept and story of overgrown botanicals, as there is a sense of busyness to the prints. Megan also decided to use a variety of different weights of fabric to enhance the depth and intensity of the collection.
mkatephillips19@hotmail.com // www.megankphillips19.wixsite.com/mysite // IG @meganphillipssurfacepattern
Nicole Soutar Nicole Soutar is a maker on the Surface Pattern Design course, whose work is the result of an exploration into the tactility of a garden, translated in printed fabric and hand and machine embroidery. She has looked at therapy gardens in particular and how these can help and heal those who suffer with a disability or mental illness. A variety of botanical gardens have been researched initially for this project, but imagery and inspiration has primarily come from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, drawing influence from the organic forms that intertwine and harmonise with the structured iron work of the Victorian glasshouses. Nicole’s final pieces consist of devore fabric lengths, and fabric wall pieces that have been both digitally printed and screen printed using reactive dyes, stitched into with the use of hand and machine embroidery, and embellished with appliquÊd threads and materials that hang from the surface.
nicole.soutar23@outlook.com // www.nicolesoutar.wixsite.com/nikkielliesoutar // IG @nikkielliesoutar
Rhian Gould Rhian Gould’s chosen pathway is Textiles for Fashion. The inspiration behind her major project stems from Welsh landscape and the Welsh woollen industry, collecting various fabric samples from the woollen mills and photographing local landscapes. This inspired Rhian to work with wool and to utilise its potential in a variety of methods from needle punch to screen printing. Due to the world we live in today, Rhian is passionate about using wool in her collection, she has also printed onto silk, combining both fabrics together but also creating separate designs for both fabrics. As a designer, Rhian wants to bring these two contrasting luxurious fabrics together to create a high-end luxury collection tailored for fashion, creating patterned fabrics suitable for coats, jackets and separates. The landscape images inspired her colour palette, creating unique shades found from land combined with the vibrant colours from the woven fabrics collected. From creating this collection, Rhian not only wants eye catching prints but most importantly to bring a textural element into her work. To accomplish these elements, Rhian has used a variety of methods to produce this collection of expressional, visual and textural designs.
rhianwyn98@gmail.com // www.rhianwyndesigns.com // IG @rhian_wyn_designs
Ryan Miller Ryan is a textile designer mainly focusing on the fashion pathway, creating a variety of innovative patterns for menswear, predominantly to make a statement within society. He is very heavily influenced by neoclassical architecture and flamboyant objects, and enjoys producing work through both digital and screen-print, with beading embellishments to bring his designs to life. For his final major project “Queer Romantica�, Ryan researched the Dandy trend and the way of expressing identity within the community and aims to forecast his own version of the trend by re imagining Neoclassical architecture and Jewellery into beautifully decadent patterns. Ryan has also explored decorative floral ceramics to give his neoclassical style an element of queer. Through these theatrical fundamentals, Ryan has created a fashion collection that is suitable to a high-end Market. To achieve his collection, Ryan has used a variety of printing techniques in digital and screen-printing techniques such as Devore, cross dyeing, foils and pearl binders. These fundamentals have supported the concept and contextual approaches that Ryan has taken in this project, giving his collection a breath of lustre, sophistication and taste through his use of different fabrics. Ryan also decided to finish his project by adding embellishments to give his collection a hint of glamour.
ryanmiller3478@gmail.com // www.ryanmiller3478.wixsite.com/mysite-12 // IG @ryanmiller_surfacepattern
Sophie Jones Sophie is a designer that creates very unique and stand out patterns for fashion. She creates highly detailed drawings which are then transferred into digital designs. Sophie’s designs are always highly graphic and detailed with elements of photography present. Her love of vibrant colours and bold patterns is evident in her work. The combination of hand-drawn and digital processes in her work, finished with screen printed elements gives her collection an innovative and distinct style. This collection is titled Garden of Utopia, based on highly futuristic, cyber-hybrid botanicals. It combines hand drawn flowers and plants with digitally edited photographic imagery and abstracted technologically inspired patterns. The colours are bright and vibrant juxtaposed with dark backgrounds, as a result the flowers ‘pop’ and illuminate the fabrics as if floating in space. The application of screen printed thermochromic pigments enable a dynamic and interactive fashion collection. These patterns are all printed onto highly technical fabrics with a lustrous finish to add to the futuristic concept.
sophieljones1997@yahoo.co.uk // www.sophieleannedesigns.com // IG @sophieleanne_designs
Stacey Smith A free-spirited traveller at heart, Stacey’s collection blends ancient and contemporary ideas of art and textiles drawn from the farthest corners of the world. This results in deeply tactile textiles that focus on intriguing details widely mixed and hand crafted. Inspired by the natural world, Stacey’s final major project “Culture Vulture” is influenced by tribal design reimagined with the contemporary style of the Memphis Movement. As a sustainable, eco-conscious textile designer, her practice involves materiality and experimentation with textures and patterns in nature. With a strong belief that products have a soul and purpose, this collection reflects this through the use of natural materials such as leather, wool and linen. Tribalized designs use a meditative palette graduating through warm earth and neutral tones to orange and cocoa, contrasted with cool sea greys and glacier blues, with strong symbolic links. A mix of layered, manipulated cloth and leather, printed, embellished and embossed with semi-precious stones and feathers, creating a striking and eclectic collection.
stacey.smith2013@hotmail.co.uk // www.staceysmith2013.wixsite.com // IG @staceysmith_surfacepattern
Acknowledgements The Artists and Designers of Surface Pattern Design would like to give special thanks to all the staff at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, for their continued support and encouragement throughout the duration of the degree. The inspiration and guidance we have all received is invaluable and a great experience here has been had by all. With special thanks to: Georgia Mckie Claire Savage Onstwedder Cath Hammerton Kate Coode Julia Griffiths Jones Anna Lewis Sharon Cooper Lloyd James Dan Butler Colin Telford Cath Brown
Katie Fawcett Owen Luetchford Julia Lockheart Ainsley Hillard Glenn Sherwood Gemma Mayes Suzanne Callen Helen Rees Lisa Burkl Angela Maddock Sean Jenkins
Photographer Derek Hughes
Madeira
Graphic Designer Amber Morris ambersanddesign.com
Contrado
Head of School Peter Spring
Hallmark Fashion Formula St Fagans National Museum of Wales