Unravel Exhibition, Lu Lu Zhao, Chelsea College of Art & Design
The MA Textile Design students from Chelsea College of Art & Design showcased their work-in-progress this summer, prior to their graduation show this September.
Lu Lu Zhao’s striking patterned panels in red and indigo blue were loosely stitched together to create a strong kimono-style silhoutte, focusing on ‘combining nature and the art of decoration.’
Minji Han, Amar El-Zaman Abdel-Halim, Chelsea College of Art & Design
Minji Han’s woollen geometric embroidery onto the plain wooden seat of a vintage institutional-style chair. Minji’s research focuses on contemporary embroidery and how two different materials, yarns and canvais could be used in a new way as an interior textile.
Amar El-Zaman Abdel-Halim created a modern shadow theatre showing how the motif acts as a character performing the story – building up the pattern in tones of golden yellows.
Rachika Kumar, Caroline Dickinson, Ryan Wayne, Chelsea College of Art & Design
Ryan Wayne works primarily in print and emphasis is put on the customisation possibilities in one garment and takes inspiration from technological advancements in mapping and the aerial perspective. Ruchika Kumar’s work is concerned with a step back into time and features a wood block printed fabric collection using natural dyes, looking at developing craft communities in India through the trend of ‘slow’ production. Caroline Dickinson gentle placed prints explore the use of hand-printed textiles to create awareness of the decline of the bee populuation in the UK and the reasons for this decline.
Marina Nesi, Chelsea College of Art & Design
Marina Nesi projects are aimed at ‘promoting French food design culture by re-interpreting customs and functional objects in a new manner.’ Marina has recreated vintage lace doilies, tablecothes and napkins into ceramic-style forms and also created geometric silk scarves that are each given a culinary name, such as Duckling in the Slippers and contain intricate references to the kitchen, such as tiny pots and pans.
The MA Textile Design graduation show takes place September 02-05 2010, with the Private View Wednesday 1 September / 18.00 – 21.00 (invite required)
