Vasily Kandinsky is a personal favorite.

I love her use of rich colour… it gives a mysterious magical feeling.

These are the types of photographs i tend to use as sources of inspiration. I generally look for fabulous colour combinations; unusual types of flowers and their compositions as starting points.

I have been considering my previouse thoughts on creating a cultural bridge through fashion. I have decided that my research and ideas need to start where fashion originated from… Tradition.

My BA degree, commercial and life experiences have helped me to develop as a designer. My future objective is to further my ambition to design and create a collection, which demonstrates my full potential. Whilst my commercial experience has proved to be invaluable, it is subject to the design constraints of one market.

I am very passionate about traditional printing techniques and their importance to textiles and society. They should be celebrated and preserved, within the context of modern fashion. This is because the traditional techniques used to produce fabrics create identity and without identity there would be no diversity. Methods such as Ikat, indigo, resist dying, embroidery and block printing exemplify the types of printing which I have previously investigated. I value the imperfections created by hand made textiles, because I believe these elements make every design unique.

I wish to explore these traditional methods whilst incorporating modern techniques. For example, the combination of modern digital printing with detailed hand embroidery; or machine woven cloths followed by hand screen prints. I am interested in unusual combination’s and I intend to achieve my goals by experimenting, adapting, changing and reworking my ideas and designs.

My passion for design, culture and tradition was inspired at an early age, having spent my early years in the Middle East I have been influenced by exotic cultures reflected by artifacts from carpets and shish pipes to highly embroidered garments. This cultural diversity has had an impact on my design style and beliefs. One element of these cultural influences that is most prominent within my work is colour. Exotic countries and their cultures excite me with their abundance of colour and design variance. I am inspired by Basso and Brook, Dreis Van Noten and Ederm, whose work reflects bright, rich colour and pattern. These are the type of people I aspire to, because I too have a desire to create textured, eye-catching designs that exhibit these fundamentals. I intend to use colour to its full potential; capturing an exotic luxurious feel by studying natural elements, cultural objects and maximizing the experience of collaborating with fellow designers.

Working for Duchamp has developed my skills further in key areas such as:

Colour co-ordination

Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign programs: i have excelled at a fast pace (if i do say so myself) and hope to use the new techniques to enhance my personal designs.

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I learnt how fabrics are sourced and sorted into types of collections, and priced for a large Haute Couture design studio. I also developed my knowledge on fabrics by being able to decipher between different weaves, material composition, and genres. Alongside the factual information, I gained experience on how the studio is run, and the different positions within the company.

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The most interesting was the art of Tambor Beading, which is the process of using a string of beads and a hook to create designs.

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