"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.
