YEAR
2023
Garden Strings draws inspiration from the atmosphere of a garden — layered greens, purples and soft colour transitions. The work references German modernist art of the 1920s, combining geometric structure with painterly softness.
Watercolour-like marks were translated into textile surfaces, allowing colour to appear fluid while remaining organised. The project explores how a fabric can hold both spontaneity and order, like a cultivated garden that still feels natural.
[Winner of the Joyce Clissold Textile Print Award, 2023]
About the project
The textiles were produced using hand reactive dye printing on silk. Instead of printing from a prepared screen image, dye was painted directly onto the mesh, then transferred onto silk using an alginate-based print paste (Manutex) as a binder and fixed through steaming.
Working in this way allowed mark-making to remain visible: brush movement, pigment pooling and irregular edges became part of the final textile. By adjusting dye concentration, pressure and layering, a wide range of tonal effects could be achieved within the same process.
The project focuses on how printing can function as drawing, turning the textile surface into a place for colour experiments rather than repeating ornament.
Smooth Scroll
This will hide itself!
This will hide itself!
Garden streams
Drawing a garden in threads.
YEAR
2023
Garden Strings draws inspiration from the atmosphere of a garden — layered greens, purples and soft colour transitions. The work references German modernist art of the 1920s, combining geometric structure with painterly softness.
Watercolour-like marks were translated into textile surfaces, allowing colour to appear fluid while remaining organised. The project explores how a fabric can hold both spontaneity and order, like a cultivated garden that still feels natural.
[Winner of the Joyce Clissold Textile Print Award, 2023]
About the project
The textiles were produced using hand reactive dye printing on silk. Instead of printing from a prepared screen image, dye was painted directly onto the mesh, then transferred onto silk using an alginate-based print paste (Manutex) as a binder and fixed through steaming.
Working in this way allowed mark-making to remain visible: brush movement, pigment pooling and irregular edges became part of the final textile. By adjusting dye concentration, pressure and layering, a wide range of tonal effects could be achieved within the same process.
The project focuses on how printing can function as drawing, turning the textile surface into a place for colour experiments rather than repeating ornament.
Smooth Scroll
This will hide itself!
This will hide itself!
Garden streams
Drawing a garden in threads.
YEAR
2023
Garden Strings draws inspiration from the atmosphere of a garden — layered greens, purples and soft colour transitions. The work references German modernist art of the 1920s, combining geometric structure with painterly softness.
Watercolour-like marks were translated into textile surfaces, allowing colour to appear fluid while remaining organised. The project explores how a fabric can hold both spontaneity and order, like a cultivated garden that still feels natural.
[Winner of the Joyce Clissold Textile Print Award, 2023]
About the project
The textiles were produced using hand reactive dye printing on silk. Instead of printing from a prepared screen image, dye was painted directly onto the mesh, then transferred onto silk using an alginate-based print paste (Manutex) as a binder and fixed through steaming.
Working in this way allowed mark-making to remain visible: brush movement, pigment pooling and irregular edges became part of the final textile. By adjusting dye concentration, pressure and layering, a wide range of tonal effects could be achieved within the same process.
The project focuses on how printing can function as drawing, turning the textile surface into a place for colour experiments rather than repeating ornament.
Smooth Scroll
This will hide itself!
This will hide itself!