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TEXPRINT <strong>2011</strong>: TEXTILES REPORT<br />
By WGSN Materials team, 16 August <strong>2011</strong><br />
Overview<br />
WGSN FACT FILE<br />
<strong>Texprint</strong> is a charity that mentors talented young <strong>textiles</strong> designers<br />
The 24 students who exhibited were selected from almost 200 candidates<br />
Spinexpo, a yarn and knit expo in Shanghai, will showcase the work of<br />
the ten travel prize winners (September 6-8 <strong>2011</strong>)<br />
The Indigo exhibit at Premiere Vision in Paris will showcase work by the<br />
24 finalists (September 20-22 <strong>2011</strong>)<br />
The Woolmark <strong>Texprint</strong> award in support of the Campaign for Wool will<br />
also be judged at Indigo<br />
For more information, visit www.texprint.org.uk<br />
Click here for link to site: <strong>Texprint</strong><br />
Textile designers from universities all over Britain were put forward by their tutors to take part in the <strong>Texprint</strong> mentoring and<br />
career development programme. 198 advice sessions were carried out over the course of 13 days by designers and industry<br />
professionals. After much deliberation just 24 finalists were selected for the annual <strong>Texprint</strong> exhibition at Chelsea College of<br />
Art.<br />
Barbara Kennington, chairman of <strong>Texprint</strong>, introduced the 24 selected designers to sponsors, press and industry leaders from<br />
fashion and interiors at the <strong>Texprint</strong> private view at Chelsea College of Art and Design. In September this year each finalist will<br />
also exhibit their work at Indigo, part of Premiere Vision, Paris; here they will be judged for the Woolmark <strong>Texprint</strong> Award<br />
which acknowledges design accomplishment in fabrics using 60% or more Merino Wool. WGSN is a foundation sponsor this<br />
year and has awarded all 24 graduates a year subscription to the site.<br />
David Shah - judge and founder of View Publications summed up the event well on the evening of the press view - "There is<br />
some very impressive work here. The future of the European <strong>textiles</strong> is about craft and sustainability and originality - it’s<br />
exciting to so much great new design."<br />
<strong>Texprint</strong> award/prize winners<br />
David Bradley, Royal College of Art (MA);<br />
Middlesex University<br />
Harriet Toogood, University of Brighton<br />
Emma Shipley, Royal College of Art,<br />
Birmingham City University<br />
Chloe Hamblin, Chelsea College of Art<br />
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David Bradley Harriet Toogood Emma Shipley Chloe Hamblin<br />
Four special prize winners were selected from the finalists, each received a £1000 award sponsored by The Clothworkers’<br />
Foundation and Liberty Art Fabrics. The judging panel was made up of five important figures from the textile industry:<br />
Stuart Stockdale - Design director of Jaeger<br />
Sue Timney - Textile designer, interior decorator and stylist, founder of Timney-Fowler<br />
David Shah - Founder of View Publications which includes the revered industry magazine Textile View<br />
Orla Kiely - Creative director of the eponymous interiors and fashion <strong>textiles</strong> brand<br />
Sophie Steller - Runs successful knitwear studio and is head of creative development at Spinexpo<br />
Spinexpo<br />
Amy Jo Lewis Catherine Tremellen Harriet Batty<br />
Lauren Bowker Karina Klucnika Egle Vaituleviciute<br />
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In addition to the four prize winners above, Sophie Stellar - <strong>Texprint</strong> judge and head of creative development at Spinexpo -<br />
selected six more graduates to participate; the ten designers will be travelling to Shanghai in September to exhibit their<br />
collections to over 9,000 designers and specifiers from industry.<br />
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Weave<br />
Harriet Toogood - University of Brighton (MDes) - Space Prize - Best interiors fabric<br />
Harriet Toogood, University of Brighton Harriet Toogood, University of Brighton Harriet Toogood, University of Brighton<br />
The winner of the Space prize for best interior fabric went to Harriet Toogood. Inspiration for Toogood’s final collection was<br />
drawn from the farmyard where modern machinery and bright plastic equipment is juxtaposed against the natural palette of<br />
countryside colours and textures. Harriet created an innovative and textural range of fabrics through combining organic and<br />
synthetic materials.<br />
Ruth Duff - Heriot-Watt University (BA)<br />
Ruth Duff - Heriot-Watt University<br />
Ruth Duff - Heriot-Watt University<br />
Ruth Duff’s range of woven fabrics for furnishings and upholstery are abstractions of the flora and fauna of The Botanic<br />
Gardens in Glasgow. Duff uses discharge printing with hand-woven fabrics to create her unique ikats; she also combines<br />
geometric and organic shapes through jacquard and dobby weaving to achieve distinctive designs.<br />
Amy Jo Lewis- - Royal College of Art (MA); Winchester School of Art (BA)<br />
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Amy Jo Lewis, Royal College of Art (MA); Winchester<br />
School of Art<br />
Amy Jo Lewis, Royal College of Art (MA); Winchester<br />
School of Art<br />
Amy Jo Lewis, Royal College of Art (MA); Winchester<br />
School of Art<br />
Amy Jo Lewis exhibits sophisticated use of colour within her designs which degradé and re-emerge as a metamorphosed pattern.<br />
The collection is accented with different treatments including flecked bleach and the subtle surface sheen; this eclectic use of<br />
processes and techniques creates an inspiring and coherent collection with an elegant handwriting.<br />
Nancy Thomson - Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design (BA)<br />
Nancy Thomson - Central St Martins College of Art &<br />
Design<br />
Nancy Thomson - Central St Martins College of Art &<br />
Design<br />
Nancy Thomson - Central St Martins College of Art &<br />
Design<br />
Nancy Thomson bases her research on shrines she has built which are inspired by those found in South America. Thomson uses<br />
bright colours and characterful designs in wool and silk for smart/casual scarves with unusual embellishments of lobsters,<br />
flamingos and pineapples; alongside these she has also designed a range of coordinated suiting fabrics.<br />
Francesca Colussi- University of Derby (BA)<br />
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Francesca Colussi, University of Derby<br />
Francesca Colussi, University of Derby<br />
Aerial views of the Earth form the basis of research for Francesca Colussi's Personal Geographies collection. Colussi weaves<br />
rippling, crinkled textures and complements these with a range of digitally printed scarves; her work is tied together with a<br />
delicate use of colour.<br />
Lok Ting Carol Pau - Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design (BA)<br />
Lok Ting Carol Pau - Central St Martins College of Art & Design<br />
Lok Ting Carol Pau - Central St Martins College of Art &<br />
Design<br />
Lok Ting Carol Pau designs for print, jacquard and arm loom weaving; the designs for her unique collection are based on a video<br />
which she made called Paint Splash; she then played this back on a television with bad reception which caused a grainy static.<br />
The resulting designs are strikingly chaotic, bright and pixelated.<br />
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Knit<br />
Harriet Batty- Buckingham New University (BA)<br />
Harriet Batty, Buckingham New University Harriet Batty, Buckingham New University Harriet Batty, Buckingham New University<br />
Harri Batty’s collection arose from two disparate research areas; architectural, structural steel and British birds; this blend of<br />
manufactured and organic forms is expressed using a mixture of synthetic and natural fibres. Classic shapes are combined with<br />
clever embellished details such as stuffed mesh tube and clustered feathery tufts of silk.<br />
Karina Klucnika- London Metropolitan University (BA)<br />
Karina Klucnika- London Metropolitan University<br />
Karina Klucnika- London Metropolitan University<br />
Based on the earthy tones and the mottled, tufted plumage of owls, Karina Klucnika has developed a range of knitted fabrics<br />
which incorporate an impressive array of techniques to create overlapping feathery mixed yarn fringing, napped, granular<br />
textures and brushed-up, tweedy jacquards.<br />
Catherine Tremellen- Royal College of Art (MA); Buckinghamsire New University (BA)<br />
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Catherine Tremellen, Royal College of Art, Buckinghamsire<br />
New University<br />
Catherine Tremellen, Royal College of Art, Buckinghamsire Catherine Tremellen, Royal College of Art, Buckinghamsire<br />
New University<br />
New University<br />
Catherine Tremellen’s range of knitwear incorporates many processes including intarsia and digital knit, and surface techniques<br />
such as discharge print, foiling and space dying. Tremellen makes her designs into knitted scarves, throws and shawls using a<br />
fresh, summery colour palette with unregimented earthy sedimentary stripes.<br />
Egle Vaituleviciute- Chelsea College of Art (BA)<br />
Egle Vaituleviciute, Chelsea College of Art Egle Vaituleviciute- Chelsea College of Art Egle Vaituleviciute, Chelsea College of Art<br />
Egle Vaituleviciute’s final collection was designer for menswear winter. It incorporates rouleaux sections which are then<br />
plaited, woven and cabled in warm tweed yarns and rich accent colours. The collection is an inspiring modern take on heritage<br />
designs.<br />
All the above knit finalists were lucky enough to be selected by Sophie Steller to be showcased at Spinexpo, yarn and knit fair in<br />
Shanghai this September.<br />
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Print<br />
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Mixed media<br />
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