Saturday 23 November 2013

My Utelier profile. KateWhiteheadTextiles‬ © 2015 Kate



My work is now live on Utelier. 

http://www.utelier.com/profiles/113

I am an artist and designer specialising in weave, embroidery and interiors. I use poor materials to produce unconventional items of beauty and distinction that can be worn, hung or framed. I find inspiration in the forgotten, overlooked and abandoned. My passion and creativity has brought me success, receiving awards in the UK and artist in residency in Morocco. My work is to be shown in Selvedge window.





Wednesday 30 October 2013

My Honours & Awards. KateWhiteheadTextiles‬ © 2015 Kate

         


My Honours & Awards


Clothworkers Foundation Award



Commendation from the Clothworkers foundation award for a material constructed for either a fashion or interiors product,created by non conventional means 2013
Embroidery sponsorship-Madeira 2012


Winner of the Holland and Sherry award for a woven fabric 2012



Commendation from the Clothworkers foundation award for a woven fabric for mens or womenswear including accessories 2012



work featured at the knit and stitch show 2011




Monday 9 September 2013

A snippet from my Moroccan journey. KateWhiteheadTextiles‬ © 2015 Kate

I have returned from my Moroccan adventure full of creative inspiration and admiration for the people of Essaouira. I have brought textiles home with me and a knowledge of Moroccan craft and culture that I could only learn first hand. I have made new friends and have many tales to share. Here are a few of the photographs I took. 
                                               
                                           
                                           
                                               

                                               

                     





Tuesday 28 May 2013

Thursday 23 May 2013

Textile Awards 2013: profile on Bradford College website‏


Kate Whitehead explores discarded materials to create unusual artefacts – a creative form of re-cycling. Her unusual submission gained her a commendation in the Clothworkers’ Foundation Award ‘for a fashion or interiors product, created by non-conventional means’.


Tuesday 21 May 2013

'The camera always points both ways. In expressing your subject, you also express yourself'. (Freeman Patterson)

Friday 10 May 2013

"The Beauty Of Poor Materials"


"The Beauty of poor materials" reflects the environment of the visual research and the materials that have been used to create my final collection. I expanded the theme of paper designs on walls used in the previous semester to consider the environment where the designs are found; city back streets. My project involved patching and mending, it has a feel of materials found, restored and repaired and objects abandoned, forgotten and overlooked. I selected poor materials such as Calico, muslin, scrim, various salvaged fabrics and vintage curtains. I combined thread kindly supplied by Madeira through their sponsorship with those that I collected from antique shops and second hand markets. The textile areas I have explored in my final collection are embroidery, weave, print and ink drawing. The areas that I feel are particularly successful are my woven string bracelets, hand drawn concertina book and the later embroidery. The less successful elements are the digital prints and my first attempts at embroidered patching. As a textiles designer I will continue to work with poor materials and overlooked items.



Monday 25 March 2013

                                           
                                             







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