Final Chairs and Lamp

Today my show has finally been put up. I am pleased with the overall look of my show and i am proud of the products i have created below is a few images of the final products.

Lamp ready to be positioned in show.

First Upholstered Chair in exhibition space.

Second Upholstered Chair ready to be placed in show.

Update of chairs and Lampshade

Last week i was focusing on finishing my first chair and the lampshade. The lampshade has been printed on Matt Paper. Below are images of the first chair complete and the Pendant Lampshade.

Chair after being Upholstered.

Back of the chair.

Lampshade with a lining Texture panel running throught the design.

Upholstering the dining chairs.

This week as well as printing my final fabrics and wallpapers , i have been taking the fabric of my chairs ready to place my fabric on them for the exhibition.
Overall on Tuesday morning , i printed eight designs on either Oyster Linen and Tudor White Linen. The fabric croquis were printed on Oyster Linen and the designs for the chair were printed on Tudor White Linen.
Below are the images of the Fabric Croquis,

Two 60x60cm fabric croquis for the Paolozzi Inspired Collection.

Another two 60x60 cm fabric croquis for Paolozzi Inspired Collection.

A fabric croquis 60x60cm for the Vintage/Pop Art Collection.

The images below are the printed digital designs for the dining chairs,

On the left side of the image is the bottom of one chair and on the opposite side is the back rest for the second chair.

This image is the bottom of the second chair.

Closer image of the back rest for the second chair.

Back rest for the first chair.

Closer image of the bottom of the first chair.

The fabric being printed by the Mimaki.

Once they was printed they had to be steamed and hand washed. To prevent the digital prints from fraying when being washed i had to machine stitch around the digital designs. After washing the fabrics the next day i focused on taking the fabric off the chairs, below are the images of how i took the fabric of the chairs.

Removing the bottom of the seat from the chair.

Removing the material of the seat.

The chair without the seat in.

Removing the material of the back rest.

The sponge cushion under the material for the seat.

The board that is placed under the sponge to keep  the seat strong enough to sit on.

22nd April - 28th April

As the show is getting closer now , this week has involved measuring the material i need for my chairs , measuring my lamp and finally working what materials i'm using ad how much of each material i need to digitally print on. The final designs have been tweaked and corrected , and are waiting to be confirmed to be printed.
So far for the show i am producing 3 wallpapers for each collection , 5 pieces of 60x60cm fabric , 2 upholstered chairs and a lamp that hangs from the ceiling. All the fabric pieces are being printed on linen , hopefully Tudor White Linen and Oyster Linen .

Week 15th -21st April

During last week , i finalised my business cards and postcards so they will be ready for the exhibition. For my pratical work i started to tweek my final designs so that i have three wallpapers and three sample fabrics for my Paolozzi Inspired Collection , and for the Vintage/Pop art collection three wallpapers , two fabric lengths , two upholstered chairs and a lamp.

The front of one business card

The front of the second business card

The back design for both business cards

The two Postcard designs.

 

Easter Break

Over easter, i have been creating compositions that could be use for wallpapers and fabrics for upholstering. i have place images of furniture, utensils and electronical items from the 1950's and the 1960's era to create these designs fo the collection called Vintage Pop Art.
The other collection is Paolozzi Inspired and that is using some of my designs sheets to create wallpaper and small alternative designs for wallpaper.
During the easter holidays whilst researching simular designs and layouts to what i am designing i have found that the design company Mini Moderns have created a chair wallpaper , cushions and Kitchen Utensils that has some simular motifs and layout as mine. By finding this it has boosted me to believe tha if Mini Modern can create this collection and it be successful so can mine.

tea towel

Visit to Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester 18/3/2013

 On Monday 18th March , I visited the Whitworth Art Gallery to view printed textile pieces from the 50's and 60's. The textile artist work I seen that day was from Lucienne Day , David Whitehead and Heals Fabrics. This visit inspired me with ideas of how to layout my designs and how I could make my prints fit in with that era of work.

Lucienne Day

David Whitehead.

Heals Fabrics.