Salvation

Salvation is a storytelling journey that captures the world’s beauty and environment, a world without the threat of distress and destruction. I have created a bespoke womenswear collection inspired by movement, characteristics of wild cats and their environments. It’s an abstract, energetic, and expressive approach to storytelling, applying my energy, mark making and skill of dyeing colour. This translates into hand crafted prints and works as a marriage alongside my embroidery applications: creating a joyous mood of what life is like without threat.

Ruffle

Hand dyed strips of denim and chiffon layered down to create a ruffle.

Tie dye

Hand crafted tie dye print.

Tie dye print

A bleed of three colours.

Layered leaves

Digital embroidery leaves on silk organza with hand embroidery detail which is then layered on silk organza.

Tie dye print

A bleed of two colours.

Embellishment

Hand embellishment stitched onto my hand dyed silk jersey using bugle beads and pointed oval sequins.

Embellishment

Hand embellishment stitched onto my hand dyed silk jersey using bugle beads and pointed oval sequins.

Embellishment

3D hand embellishment with a mixture of bugle beads, sequins and seed beads..

Green tones

Hand crafted green tones and prints.

Digital Embroidery

Digital embroidery of my leopard print using thread in the same tone as my fabric.

Digital Embroidery

Digital embroidery of my leopard print using thread in the same tone as my fabric.

Fringing and Digital Embroidery

French knots

Hand stitched French knots in a combination of tones on top of my hand dyed navy denim.

Fringing and digital embroidery

Large scale visualisation placement of the fringing and digital embroidery.

Abstract tiger face

Ink hand painted print over dyed bamboo silk.

Tie dye print

Using one colour to create a tie dye print.

Ombre tie dye print

Using two colours to create tie dye print and ombre onto my silk jersey.

Orange tones

Hand crafted orange tones and prints.

Final collection

My final collection of Salvation.

DEVELOPMENT

Salvation works as a marriage alongside Redemption; it is important for me to showcase the beauty of colour, characteristics and the environment of life without threat. I used an abstract mark making approach, using large scale brushes to create marks, bleed inks and to hand paint over silks.

Each fabric is hand dyed and has an individual colour created by me. I have used silks to create a longevity collection that is current to today. This is complemented by my 3D embroidery, using embellishment and hand stitching .My aim was to create a collection that is wearable but tells a story through embroidery, print and colour: showcasing realism through abstract approach and together celebrating the joy and beauty of the environment.

To develop my interpretation of print, I have used my skill of dyeing fabric to create hand crafted stand alone prints. I have used a tie dyed effect, which bleeds a combination of my colours and embodies my energy and expression as a designer. Each print represents the marks from the wild cats and their environments. Each piece is hand crafted and unique; they are each individual and one of a kind.