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Blue Box Studio

I have always been fascinated by textiles. How, with just a little colour, something plain can become something vibrant.

Using luxurious pure silk and traditional Shibori techniques I create patterns on fabrics to produce a unique range of scarves.

Depending how the fabric is twisted, tied, knotted, folded or distorted, depending on the range of colours used, each item will be unique – no two will be identical. Sometimes the fabric is twisted or folded several times to obtain the effect, or depth of colour I want. It is not until it is unwrapped that the true effect can be seen. It is this spontaneity that I love; revealing the unexpected I now amalgamate the conventional with the unconventional.

Sumptuous velvet fabrics and devoré techniques - a process where the velvet pile or satin face of fabrics has been removed by acid etching to give a 3d texture - are used to create a range of textured velvet scarves. Each is to my own design, hand blocked, printed or screened to make one-off or short run pieces.  Whilst patterns may be similar, the colours used are always different, because I blend my own dye colours.

Always hungry for different ways to distort, colour, create different textures …. who knows what I will discover next……! I’m sure that my work will always evolve to incorporate or blend different techniques to create unique fabrics.

Click on the arrows in the picture gallery above to take a look at some of my work or select ‘Accessories’ from the drop down menu under ‘Textiles’ on the tool bar above.