Take Me With You BDes (Hons) 4th year project

This collection is the outcome of a deep enquiry into my attachment to hills, and wild and rural landscapes. I focussed on loom weaving, felting and natural dye processes to articulate findings from experiential research, sampling and secondary research sources. Reading works by philosophers and humanist geographers offered touchstones linking to my own experience of landscape.

Research Statement

Embodying comfort: an exploration of textile processes using wool to create forms that convey belonging and wellbeing.

Design elements explored to evoke comfort and belonging were Form (three-dimensional undulating and concave forms), Abstraction (comfort and belonging can be found in many places with these forms), Scale (comfort can be found in gestures large and small), repetition (referencing the comfort of making and pattern) and Sustainability (using sustainable materials and processes wherever possible).

 “Take Me With You” is a warm and inviting interior textile collection communicating the meanings of comfort in a deeper, holistic sense, offering an experience of belonging and wellbeing. The familiar concave and undulating forms are a metaphor for the comfort and sense of belonging I experience in wild landscapes.  The collection uses sustainable materials and processes, showcases wool’s unique characteristics including warmth, strength, versatility and integrity, and offers a more contemporary aesthetic to naturally coloured wool.