Textile Reflection Essay

The textile process began with an inspiration object that I analyzed for elements and principles. The door hardware that inspired me had balance, emphasis, line, and contrast. Next I created a parti which embodied these elements and principles. To begin the patterned I rotated the module/parti in many directions to form the textile pattern. I scaled the pattern to be smaller and larger than the original for comparison. I chose to print the larger pattern on my fabric for the textile. My textile is a bit more faded than I thought it was going to be, but the pattern printed well. The process of designing a textile is beneficial to a project to be able to understand the textile business. I do not think I will go with the colors I chose for this textile to be used in the overall design of the Depot project, but this color harmony would be beneficial in a different space.

Textile Design

Combination Heritage

The idea generator was heritage and the combination of Russian, German, and French heritages creates this American heritage. The form-giver was used with the colors of pink to tie all the different heritage objects together. The objects were all so different and the color pink was a unifying for all of them. The color pink was chosen as the unifying color because the dominant floral background had pink flowers. Knitting is a past time tradition of the family and is symbolically resembling how all the heritages weave together. The applications of these heritage objects to create this textile are placed on a floral pattern which represents the French heritage as a main component, because the letter “P” is for the French last name, Pharmer. The flowing curves of the knit piece show how the heritages have separate features, but are intermingled together to create a unified design.

I created a textile based on my heritage of Russian, German, and French decent. I feel like I learned more about my heritage through this design. I did this design in Photoshop and again learned many useful new skills. I do like my textile on paper, but I am not sure if it would be the same in fabric. Through this textile creation I was inspired to think that one day I could design fabrics for furniture. This was an abstract piece that I learned more about design from.