Tags for This Work

• Fashion
• Natural dye
• Textile

• Furnishing
• Resist dye
• Woll

• Natural
• Silk

Inspiration for This Work

The project brief was to develop a textile that represents the notion of "New Australian Luxury" in Hobart, Tasmania. My inspiration was focused on the wilderness and the adaptation of Tasmanian wildflowers over time to survive in the extreme temperatures. Sketches of flowers and pollen and spider?s webs resulted in a textile design of floating pollen and web-like shapes. Appliqué and reverse appliqué was applied to chiffon and wax paper, and a white waste material was manipulated to form a web-like form.

Student Biography

As a multi-disciplinary designer my practice is based on designing objects, furniture and textiles with consideration of sustainability, and merges both industrial and recycled materials with elements of the handmade. My designs evolve through direct engagement with material and processes as exploration, experimentation and reinterpretation is central to my design process. The resulting designs are generally organic in concept and form, and attempt to embody elements of poetry, memory and metaphor as a means to add meaning and value to the piece. My recent projects have incorporated waste material that is discarded by industry or the community, and I have found that the challenge of working with this material fuels my creativity. I anticipate that my design practice will involve working with individuals with a similar passion.

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