Ellie Beales
Textiles BA Hons
Arts University Bournemouth
Specialisms: Textiles for Fashion / Textiles - Print /
Location: Reading, United Kingdom
Ellie Beales
First Name: Ellie
Last Name: Beales
Specialisms: Textiles for Fashion / Textiles - Print
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My Location: Reading, United Kingdom
University / College: Arts University Bournemouth
Course / Program Title: Textiles BA Hons
About
Textile designer for hand and digital print at the Arts University Bournemouth
‘Fragile Beauty’ is a collection inspired by elements of nature which aren’t always appreciated or seen in a beautiful light such as deconstructed plants, withered florals and natural structures which hold interesting shapes as they decomposed or weather through the seasons. This collection celebrates the importance of nature in all ways it may appear through a vibrant colour pallet for the Spring/Summer women’s runway. Consisting of bold, playful hand and digital prints I have captured expressive marks and textures of my hand drawn motifs through techniques such as screen separation, devore and digitally printed methods using distortion and pixelation to exaggerate my designs further. My collection holds movement and fragility through the lightweight fabrics within the collection to enhance the movement of my designs but also to add a sense of delicacy. Throughout this collection I have linked my theme of ‘fragile beauty’ to the importance of beauty standards and unconventional beauty within the fashion industry. This has allowed me to express and celebrate the importance of differences through life and to appreciate everyone and everything in how they may appear.
Competitions
Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2025
This collection was based around the city of Pairs exploring elements of love, romance and imagination. inspired by the film Amelie I created a range of hand and digitally printed fabrics for the spring/summer womenswear runway.