Arts Thread

The concept behind my brand, ‘Campground’ practices a freedom focussed approach to build a collaboration between visuals and thoughts. Throwing out the rules of traditional textile design, our pieces are built as unique artworks. Each print being carefully composed to deliver the aura of the creative concepts.Silhouettes are intended as timeless canvases to display and compliment the prints.  A play of masculine and feminine in appearance, with experimentation of comfortable shapes and layers. Garment research is used to explore traditional features and shapes which I redesign through a modern lens. For example, men’s workwear pieces are developed with a feminine twist, using carefully chosen cloth and intricate print work. For this collection, I wanted to display the amalgamation between classical music and abstract art. Exploring my personal love for classical piano, the aim was to capture this deep feeling and translate it through print. It began by finding ways of visualising music – through dance. A ballet dancer moved to a classical piano playlist in whatever way that felt right to her by dancing the ambient narrative from the first note to the last. Abstract art was the perfect vehicle to express this further and painting studies were created using colour and composition to evoke the emotion of the concept. From here I recreated them on fabric by painting directly on a screen using Procean dyes, this way the flowing brush strokes could maintain their organic nature.