Life Outside the Dollhouse

Ask me anything   The work and visual thoughts of a full time Costume with Textiles Student


Drawing for Textiles
This piece was created on location within the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. The drawing was then used to influence a selection of both hand and machine embroidery

Drawing for Textiles

This piece was created on location within the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. The drawing was then used to influence a selection of both hand and machine embroidery

— 9 months ago
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Textile Research
Close up section of an armour ‘jacket’ on display at the Royal Armouries museum in Leeds, photograph taken and edited by myself.

Textile Research

Close up section of an armour ‘jacket’ on display at the Royal Armouries museum in Leeds, photograph taken and edited by myself.

— 9 months ago with 1 note
#Degree Work Year 1  #Historical Research  #research  #textiles 
Textile research for Embroidery
Padded armour ‘jacket’ on display at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, photograph taken and edited by myself.

Textile research for Embroidery

Padded armour ‘jacket’ on display at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, photograph taken and edited by myself.

— 9 months ago with 1 note
#Degree Work Year 1  #Textiles  #research  #Historical reference 
It’s been a while

Afraid getting work finished has gotten in the way of the mammoth task of archiving, editing and selecting which bits of my work to keep in preparation for starting all over again soon. But now I am managing to claw back some time time to sort through everything and starting putting a selection of images on my blog.

— 9 months ago
#Ramblings 
Paper Sampling development for Textile, combining paper with hand embroidering techniques

Paper Sampling development for Textile, combining paper with hand embroidering techniques

— 10 months ago
#Degree Work Year 1  #Paper samples  #Textiles  #hand embroidery 
Textile Research, Bloom issue 13 2006

Textile Research, Bloom issue 13 2006

— 10 months ago with 2 notes
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Textile Research, influenced by exploring fibre structures for translation into embroidery.

Textile Research, influenced by exploring fibre structures for translation into embroidery.

— 10 months ago
#Degree Work Year 1  #Textiles  #Research