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September 10, 2014
Curated by Katy West, 'India Street Part 1: The Bombay Sample Book' is an exhibition exploring new responses to the Turkey red archive of Scotland and indigenous textiles of India. I was invited alongside six other designers from Scotland and India to explore this archive and produce my own sample in response to this.
My inspiration was drawn from the distinctive zigzag motif that originates from a traditional tie-dye technique from Jaipur known as Leheria (pictured above) and the use of a primary colour palette that is found throughout the sample book.
I set about producing a new design by using very simple techniques straight onto the screen and canvas, allowing my intuition to guide me building up layers and colours gradually.
After many experiments I created a sample I was happy with and printed it at full size - 80cm x 80cm for the exhibition. Here in the picture above you can see the second colour has just gone down and there is a lovely subtle orange appearing as the two colours overlay.
The final samples can be seen here on our 'projects' page.
India Street's final day is today, the 11th September, so if you want to see the show then you need to be quick! You can find the exhibition at Gayfield Creative Spaces, 11 Gayfield Square, Edinburgh, EH1 3NT
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March 29, 2022
Back in mid January of this year, I went down to London to take part in a two day introductory course into working with Natural Print Pastes and Dyes by the lovely team behind Ceres Studio.
Read onto find out how the course went and the joys of working with natural dyes.
December 02, 2021
October 08, 2021
For three days in October, we'll be hosting our very own pop up shop at Nicolls in the west-end of Glasgow. You'll be able to see and shop our most recent project with Love & Squalor in person as well as pick up some Laura Spring bargains - perfect for Christmas gifts! We've also invited three of our favourite makers to join us on different days - energyPLEASE!, Cecilia Stamp + Hilary Grant...
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