Threading up my first loom!

Working out the desired pattern for the warp

All my yarns ready to go on the loom!

Just before threading it through the needles

I will post again soon when it has been finished and I have started weaving!

A look at my final prints...

I just wanted to give you a brief look at my final prints for the last rotation before I pick print to specialise in at Christmas. 

I have just given these prints in to be digitally printed. They will come out darker than this, so to compensate I have put the brightness and contrast up so you'll have to use a touch of imagination! 

The inspiration behind these was originally Karl Blossfeldt with a small influence of Japanese floral designs. This has spanned into looking at vintage 1930's wallpaper design, using Cath Kidston's pretty designs as inspiration of how she has made it current. 

I'll post again once they're printed, steamed and washed! :)

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Sneak peak of my patterns!

Here's a sneak peak at some of the prints of designed for my print rotation at University. The majority is hand drawn, besides the second image which is a photograph I took and manipulated. 

For those who don't know, my project is based on Karl Blossfeldt with a small influence of Japanese floral design, combining that with any other plant or floral forms I wanted.

For the first image, my inspiration was the more than well known Cath Kidston prints and the whimsical quality they have. Throughout my whole collection, I am combining multiple patterns subtly. 

The second takes influence more so from Karl Blossfeldt's photographs as it is more structural in form.

The third and final image featuring in this post is inspired by vintage floral wallpapers, using a symmetrical drawing of a leaf, mirrored again to make a frame around the floral design. 

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