UNIT X - Blog Post 3 - Over Easter

Over Easter I  have spent time doing further sampling in the print room. The addition of pigment rather than just using reactive dyes on my fabrics has made a dramatic turning point with my designs.The flat colour and graphic style of my imagery on screen has added variation to the ombre and gradient designs I've been creating up till now.

Pearl Pigment on Velvet

I've now made the decision to go down two routes, splitting what was going to be one large minimalistic collection into two more varied collections with their own colour stories. 

One collection with the outcome intended to be interior accesories - throws, cushions and vases.
The other a bedding collection with prints that can be adapted to single, double etc size duvets and pillow cases.

When I started to work in photoshop putting my print samples into repeat suggestions I also experiemented with combining the blurred colour transisiton aspect of my designs with the graphic flat imagery. This design imparticular is when the turning point occured. Printed on a fresh, crisp white fabric I could see the tones and graphic qualities well suited to bedding rather than throws, and other items you may find in a domestic living room.

 

Graphic and Blurred Qualities Combined & Visualisation

I did some research into designers who combine both those qualities within their own work and come across Lorena Gaxiola who designs in a similar way for her bedding and rug collections for inspiration on how I could continue to develop this new approach. 

Lorena Gaxiola

Her most recent collection has a limited colour pallete so although designs are very varied they still all work together. This is one of the reasons (besides my colour stories being suited to different outcomes) I have decided to split my one colour pallete and collection into two smaller ones.