Joshua Ellis

A sponsored brief creating designs for a new suiting fabric using only a 2/2 Twill structure and Shetland yarns. In this project I have developed colour ways within fabric which has broadened her knowledge of how to manipulate a weave when the structure is set. For this brief she created two separate warps, set up on different drafts to manipulate the set 2/2 Twill structure, and allow me to develop a more varied collection of woven samples. The fabrics were to be based on trends within the upcoming Autumn/ Winter season 2015. My inspiration came from the trend Sci-Spiritual, which depicts space imagery, mechanical futures, cosmic bursts of light and hints of bold flashes of colour, in purples and pinks. Below are images of my some oft he samples I created throughout this project.