Joanna Cann
Textile Design BA Hons
Chelsea College of Arts UAL
Graduates: 2020
Specialisms: Textile Innovation/Textile Art / Fine Art / Sustainable Fashion/Textiles
My location: London, United Kingdom
Joanna Cann
First Name: Joanna
Last Name: Cann
University / College: Chelsea College of Arts UAL
Course / Program: Textile Design BA Hons
Graduates: 2020
Specialisms: Textile Innovation/Textile Art / Fine Art / Sustainable Fashion/Textiles
My Location: London, United Kingdom
About
BA Hons Textile Design, Chelsea College of Arts. Specialising in textile arts and sustainable textile design
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Central Saint Martins. Specialising in Painting
Fabric Designs for fashion and interiors showed at international fashion and textiles trade show Premiere Vision, Paris. A project on 'Revelry' exploring an eccentric, performative character; the Countess Virginia Oldoini. She was known as the mysterious 'selfie' queen of 19th C Parisian society and was Napoleon III mistress. The queen was regarded as narcissistic, continuously capturing herself in frivolity and glamour and 'wedding cake' style luxurious dresses. To materialise the qualities of self-indulgence and tainted glamour I created a dishevelled ‘wedding style' cake with a black decaying inside as a nod towards the sinister nature of her notoriety and decadence. The cake is also a play on the famous quote; 'Let them eat cake' supposedly spoken by the later notorious figure in French society, Marie Antoinette. I experimented with a mixture of robust, rich and delicate fabrics such as corduroy, silk and organza to respond to the layers and qualities of the cake.