Ella Bartram
Textiles in Practice BA Hons
Manchester School of Art MMU
Graduates: 2026
Specialisms: Textiles - Weave / Textiles: Fashion/Interiors
My location: Manchester, United Kingdom
Ella Bartram
First Name: Ella
Last Name: Bartram
University / College: Manchester School of Art MMU
Course / Program: Textiles in Practice BA Hons
Graduates: 2026
Specialisms: Textiles - Weave / Textiles: Fashion/Interiors
My Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
About
I am a Mixed Media Designer, specialising in Woven Textiles. My woven outcomes explore interactive textures through the use of diverse yarns and bold structural experimentation. Manipulating materials to generate vibrant tactile explorations of colour, texture and pattern is central to my design practice.
Distorted Order is inspired by architectural blocks observed during my travels, alongside the collaged mosaics of Antoni Gaudí. The project explores the tension between the structured order of weaving and distorted imagery. The precise and linear blocks and stripes juxtapose the irregular and organic motifs to create distorted and graphic woven outcomes. I am interested in how geometric forms can be broken apart and reconstructed, shifting between structure and abstraction.Through bold colour blocking and layered geometry, I create woven samples that balance control and repetition with unpredictability, resulting in dynamic and playful outcomes. By manipulating scale, structure, and material combinations, I push beyond traditional woven repetition to develop textiles that feel both ordered and disrupted. Distorted Order investigates how architectural influence, collage, and graphic composition can be translated into distinctive woven surfaces.
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