Sustainable textile with my colour project

While I made my textile collection for this project. I just though only how I can explore my inspired to real work. After I studied sustainable textile. I was interested about these theories of the ted's ten research. I wish to create a collection that can related to sustainable textile as much as. I need to created my fabric used techniques that made less pollution to environment as soon as possible.This is developing ideas within the mantle of textile environment design. Specifically of interest to me with my project are No.1 (Design to minimize waste), No.2 (Design for Cyclability), No.4 (design to Reduce Energy and Water use), No. 5 (Design that Explores Clean/Better Technologies), and No.6 (Design That Takes models from Natural/ History). Each of these philosophies interacts with my concept naturally and better technologies.

I managed to created my collar inspired by my recent trip to the sea at Phuket island, and It was all PVC and polyester material for use less energy to cleaned the fabric. The idea to created this collar from sustainable strategy that I am used worked on. And I made a shape the collar instead of cutting out the pattern from scarp of paper for prototype and in the final product I choose to made from scrap fabrics from cutting out the pattern from large piece one of my sample which created too much wastage. Moreover, I have the flat pattern so can translate that relatively easily into a shape organic fabric pattern from scrap fabric and I can use PVC and natural fabric which I dyed with natural dyes.

6 - Design that looks at Models from Nature & History

In this strategy is about how are we use inspiration from natural and history in the past to adapt in sustainable textile. As the textile designer, I consider how much textile designers can find inspiration and information for future sustainable design from studying and reflecting nature as well as textiles, habits and social of the past. Now, social has interested by using textile materials from local than before for example, flex and hemp from Europe, bark close from Asia. As industrial machine use material from the natural world but in the possible ways now we can learn from nature and how we can captivated to naturally provided solution for us. For instant, We used fibre from pants get attach to animal fur, and used spider cell or spiderweb can be inspired development new textile technology to the world. In my opinion, this strategy used and award a natural intelligent and the human intelligent from past, culture and tradition then apply acknowledge to develop the most sustainable systems

"...the accumulated past is lift's best resource for innovation ...reinventing beats inventing nearly every time." Stewart Brand

Examples:

• Shape-memory polymers to mimic natural movement
• 'Lotus effect' nano-coatings
• Velcro
• Austerity repair
• Make-do-and-mend
• D.I.Y/punk customization
• Modern nomads
• Historic dying/ printing techniques

Mortortex

Morphotex butterfly which used the scales on their wings to reflect the light in different ways in order to maintain a vivid, bright blue with shimmer in their wings.

"Teijin Fibers Ltd. started the commercial production of Morphotex, which is an unstained, structurally colored fibre. This technology is based on the biomimetic conception for the microscopic structure of Morpho butterfly's wing, Thin films of 70 nm thickness consisting either of polyester or nylon are laminated in 61 layers alternatively, and four types of basic colors such as red, green, blur and violet are allowed to be developed by precisely controlling the layer thickness according to visible wavelength. Morphotex has wide applications, e.g. filament, short-cut fiber and powdery materials." kenkichi (2005)

This dress is purely a trick of the light, Sydney designer Donna Sgro used Morphotex a technology-based, structurally colored fibre that mimics the microscopic structure of the Morpho butterfly's wings. Manufactured in Teijin, Japan, morphotex requires no inks, dyes or pigments, nor excessive water consumption or industrial waste as no energy is being used.

This project is really inspired me, because basically I'm interesting in textile technology. I knew an traditional dye technique is still useful for now. Moreover in Thailand Thai Silk is very poplar product in Thailand and very famous in the world. Thai Silk has unique quality and shine, they have reflect with the light. For this project, I realize that we can use new technology create a new fibre for same quality as made from nature material with out any dyes.



Reference


Chua, J Malik. (2010) "Morphotex" Dress Mimics Butterfly Wing Shimmer--Without Any dyes. [Online] Available from: <http://www.ecouterre.com/morphotex-dress-mimics-butterfly-wing-shimmer-without-any-dyes/> [Accessed 4 January 2015]

Gabriel Dawn

Gabriel Dawn is installation artist who create site-specific installation. He explored the connection between fashion and architecture together. His work is exploration of textile as loaded materials. On purpose to inspect to complicated construction of gender, and identity of his native (Mexico). He try to overturn the notions of masculinity and machismo frequently in a present day. 

Gabriel Dawn interplay of colours, as a designer. He is an installation artist. He created colourful site-specific installation by using a gradient of hanging threads and yarns on space. He played with textile for created some geometric precious in each installation. He created his installation as a no longer shelters the material need of the body, but instead create something as symbolic of non-psychical of humanity need to survive as a species. His work is very captivating to see. The play of thread lines create a visual effect which affect the viewer's perception, and how some work sort of indefinite clouds of floating rich colours in the air.

He was inspired me in term of colous and idea that look like a colour spectrum. For me, I work with gradient colours or harmony as a pastel, cool tone. I do some drawing and print by used different material represent floating, clear, and light weight. For instance, different weight of PVC, silk organza, duchess satin, and chiffon. I used bright and dark colour for working this project.  My aim of this project is how to created print that captivate a viewer feel floating, clear, and blur, such as print on different material and make surface of fabric that impact to product.

Reference

Jobson, C. (2012) Colored Thread Installation By Gabril Dawn. [Internet]. Colossor Art, Design, and Visual Culture. Available from: <http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/08/recent-colored-thread-installations-by-gabriel-dawe/> [Accessed 27 October 2014]

Colour project: References: Flavie Audi

During this project, I planned to used a gloss gel as a medium for interpret transparent colour of my concept. Also I create some textile which represented surface of the sea. I used different material such as powder pigment, beads, and mixed different media for create my own color palette. Also I would like to explore my idea to my sketch book. What is my first sight when I saw those objects? What is it a mood of colours?  And I think, what is happen when i change an original colour to some unique colours? Can the meaning has change in which way?

Flavie Audi is 27 years old Glass craft maker artist. She graduated from AA school of Architecture in 2011. After her graduated she spend a years for working with John Pawson. At the same time, She are focusing in blown glass and silver making. Today, she was graduated in master's degree in glass Royal College of Arts. The key of her work is focus finding a new technique of how to put energy and light into the permanent of work. According to "I am interested in creating experiences of mystery that invites for contemplation, meditation. A vision that is not to be grasped but rather admires it to draw intimate with it." Audi, n.d. 

Flavie Audi's work was influenced me by moment and creative. From her passion in architecture to glass, it is very success of combine two different two keys together. Her work is very amazing. I like her space pattern and surface. They looked similar to Cosmo space and a bird eyes view on surface of the sea. For this reason, I got a lot of inspirations which can create my work in personalize. Which the important keys from this inspired was an organic shape of glass, colours, point of view inside the objects, and angle of light, etc.

References 

Lawrence, V. (2014) Flavie Audi: Spectacular Accidents The young architect forges a new path in glass. [Internet]. W magazine. Available from: <http://www.wmagazine.com/culture/art-and-design/2014/04/flavie-audi-glass-sculptures/> [Accessed: 30 October 2014].

Watchthatlable.com (n.d.) Artist to watch - Flavis Audi [Internet]. Watchthatlable.com. Available from: <http://www.watch-that-label.com/artist-to-watch-meet-flavie-audi/> [Accesssed: 30 October 2014].

Colour project: Good Vibration

'We are able to hear a single tone (that is, without special devices) but we almost never see colour unconnected and unrelated to other colours. Colours present themselves in continuous flux, constantly related to changing neighbors and changing conditions'

The interaction of Colour - Joseph Albers

In this project as a textile designer , I should to know the important of colours in design textiles. How colours are important in our life... Colours are the first sign when I are looking at an object. Colours  around us can communicate to our mood and design. It is influence your mood. Mood can influence design and productive. Productive and design can made emotional respond to it. 

For example, red represent passion, love, and angry. Green represent nature, serenity, birth, and eco.

As a textile designer colours are important in design. We can follow colour trend forecast for company. Or you can create own color palette to show vision. Colours can be connect in every tone and shade. They can related to each other that depend on design.

References

Turnstylevogue (2013). Why is colour an impoetant part of your life?. Turestylevogue 18 July [Internet Blog]. Available from: <http://www.turnstylevogue.com/2013/07/why-is-color-an-important-part-of-your-life/> [Accessed 25 October 2014].

Colour project: Concept

My concept in this project is sea surface. I got this inspiration when i went travel at Phuket island with my friend on lasted holiday summer (July). An atmosphere at there place is very beautiful, peaceful, and relax. I was lived at Sri Panwa resort. There is a new resort in island. There is a 180 panorama view of Phuket island from my room. Moreover, I can see the between sky and ocean. It is very contrast when sunset with the lines. The colour of sky has change from light blue to gradient orange which is perfectly contrast of colour of the ocean.

 

An important key of my concept is a point of view of over the sea. The sea has clear and transparent water. Sometime you can see a things that live under the sea very clearly by transparent of water.

But sometime you cannot image what is an objects under the sea. Water is always movement by wind and reflect by light. They created an organic shape every time that unexpected what is happen for next shape. It is wonderful, blurry, rich of colours, and more imaginary.