Katie Baird
Textile and Fashion Design Degree
Bath Spa University
Specialisms: Textiles - Print / Textiles: Fashion/Interiors /
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Katie Baird
First Name: Katie
Last Name: Baird
Specialisms: Textiles - Print / Textiles: Fashion/Interiors
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My Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
University / College: Bath Spa University
Course / Program Title: Textile and Fashion Design Degree
About
Textile Design graduate with a primary specialism in print, and an interest in embroidery and constructed design. Highly influenced by organic colour and structure, with a love for exploring and experimentation across varied artistic practises.
‘Homegrown Comfort’ is a tactile interior collection, themed around a cottage kitchen-garden lifestyle, depicting scenes of fresh produce and kitchen cooking, alongside playful characterisations of my cats Arthur and Kamari. Studio Ghibli’s illustrative animation style has been a dominant influence, inspiring my combined use of food and cat character motifs. I based my theme on ideas of comfort in relation to the outdoors, as well as the warmth of rustic home settings. The collection is illustrative in style, primarily created through oil pastel drawings digitally printed on natural fibres, and tactile products created through hand-dyed punch needling and ceramic. Handwritten typographic elements also work to add graphic contrast throughout, and act as a form of minimal storytelling through character expressions and personal thoughts.
A printed surface collection inspired by animal anatomy and Leonardo Da Vinci’s anatomical studies. Painted and screen-printed studies explore contrasting elements of growth and decay, alongside intricately detailed oil paintings.