By Kirsteen Lyons
See inside my Textile Design Studio. What does a Textile Designer do? Kirsteen Lyons BA (Hons) shows you her fabrics and upcoming printed textile design collection. Sneak a look in a designers studio.
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Monday, 27 April 2015
New Design From Enchated Textile Design By Kirsteen Lyons
New Design From Enchated Textile Design
By Kirsteen Lyons
By Kirsteen Lyons
Monday, 24 November 2014
Inspiration? Where can I get it? What will inspire me?
Inspiration? Where can I get it? What will inspire me?
I often get asked about my inspiration for any kind of art project. I understand why people ask me that, it can be hard when you are told "Have 30 new ideas for a new collection! NOW! START!"
Here are some things which help me:
1. Keep a camera phone on me so I can photograph all the nice textures, colours and subjects I see, like the owls here.
2. Keep a mini sketchbook in my handbag. I have had big ones but I just give up carrying them.
3. Go and buy every book on travel or animals or whatever in every local charity shop and cut them up to make a wall full.
4. Vogue magazine - still the best.
5. Do art projects with my daughter or other kids, which leads to grown up ideas for me.
6. Go to an exhibition, V&A, Tate National, and London Textile and Fashion Museum are really good.
7. Talk to someone with a different art form about there project, my musician friends give me inspiration for visual art - go figure.
8. Finally start on the ideas you have and new ones will come out of working, don't second guess your ideas and wait for a better one to start.
I hope this is helpful to there artists and designers.
Best, Kirsteen
I often get asked about my inspiration for any kind of art project. I understand why people ask me that, it can be hard when you are told "Have 30 new ideas for a new collection! NOW! START!"
Here are some things which help me:
1. Keep a camera phone on me so I can photograph all the nice textures, colours and subjects I see, like the owls here.
2. Keep a mini sketchbook in my handbag. I have had big ones but I just give up carrying them.
3. Go and buy every book on travel or animals or whatever in every local charity shop and cut them up to make a wall full.
4. Vogue magazine - still the best.
5. Do art projects with my daughter or other kids, which leads to grown up ideas for me.
6. Go to an exhibition, V&A, Tate National, and London Textile and Fashion Museum are really good.
7. Talk to someone with a different art form about there project, my musician friends give me inspiration for visual art - go figure.
8. Finally start on the ideas you have and new ones will come out of working, don't second guess your ideas and wait for a better one to start.
I hope this is helpful to there artists and designers.
Best, Kirsteen
Friday, 14 February 2014
Exhibition at the London Fashion and Textiles Museum - Artists Textiles
Exhibition at the London Fashion and Textiles Museum - Artists Textiles
This exhibition features the fabric designs of famous artists. http://ftmlondon.org
I went to this exhibition and was really inspired. As a Textile Designer who came from a family of painters and then learned the rules of textile design at uni I found it liberating. I can ignore the rules! I can return to my painter roots and create much less traditional fabrics.
The Exhibition features fabrics from Dali, Picasso, Ben Nicholson, Chagall, Matisse and many more.
I took a few pictures.
(Thank you to the FTM for permission to take and use photos).
The London Fashion and Textiles Museum.
It's in a nice bit of London.
The fabrics
Ben Nicholson
Duncan Grant
John Piper
Pablo Picasso
An advert for the Picasso fabric.
Rockwell Kent
And many more. It is a really inspiring exhibition.
Kirsteen Lyons
kirsteenann@gmail.com
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