LAURA KENT
(BA Hons) Textiles in Practice
The concept of my own practice originates from nature and the
beauty found deep within it, mainly natural beauties that are ignored, taken for granted and overlooked and applying
this to a fashion context, converting my research into a practical
textile piece for fashion and outdoors products that can be
appreciated.
I find practical textiles a main contextual focal
point for my practice to thrive towards, converting somewhat impractical
research into practical textiles for fashion that parallels beauty
within fashion to conclude my research.
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'15 MSA Degree Show - Inspiration towards my own practice concept.
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Laura Kent's work has some similarities in concept to
that of my own as she finds inspiration in nature, using repetition to
conclusively develop something beautiful through the use of
embellishments and embroidery.
"I focus primarily upon capturing the organic movements produced by the shoreline. I am interested in the concept that no two patterns produced by the waves are ever identical; continuously changing and combining to create a series of serendipitous and individual markings, with each movement providing its’ own identity and beauty."
One of the reasons that I have chosen to talk about Laura's work is because it focuses conceptually on something that inspires me; with her research deriving from nature, and her repetitive embellished patterns representing the shoreline, no two pattterns within her work are the same - even though she has used a computerised embroidery machine as a base to build upon, which shows her skill to produce a free moving, somewhat 'unpredictable', unique, handmade sample that parallels the shorelines movement.
The use of only white as a colour palette also intrigued me as I have tried myself before to produce a one-colour, tonal colour palette and failed. As you can see Laura has managed to produce an effective and professional array of samples contextualised toward fashion accessories, obviously aiming at a high end market, possibly with designers based around haute coture. Most of this is down to the use of different media such as beads and sequins and a mix of fabrics such as velvet and silks. I will take inspiration from the fabric, as it seems here if you get that wrong then it wouldn't be as effective.
With a professional display, came buisness cards - these were also a small personal reminder of Laura's work, as the shoreline pattern was once again repeated on the back of a plain white buisness card using shiny media to make the pattern visible. Allowing the buisness cards to become a reflective representation of your practice concept and samples is something that I will aim towards as it allows your work to be more memorable.
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