MA Textiles Room 2.5

Craft as Ceremony aims to visualise cultural heritage in contemporary textiles using the craft of stencil dyeing.  Lin-Ya invites viewers to engage with the rituals involved in the making process, discover a sense of ceremony from everyday objects and take a journey with her to examine traditional craft.

Lin-Ya Tseng was born in Taiwan. She had work experience in the slow fashion industry. This inspired her to take more interest in textiles and to go deeper into considerations of sustainable issues. Regarding textiles, she is a visual person who appreciates pattern design. Furthermore, she enjoys exploring traditional crafts that precious skills can be continued and preserved for the future.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linya1109/
Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/lin-ya-tseng-863099b8CDSWXAQZ

Craft as Ceremony aims to visualise cultural heritage in contemporary textiles using the craft of stencil dyeing.  Lin-Ya invites viewers to engage with the rituals involved in the making process, discover a sense of ceremony from everyday objects and take a journey with her to examine traditional craft.

Lin-Ya Tseng was born in Taiwan. She had work experience in the slow fashion industry. This inspired her to take more interest in textiles and to go deeper into considerations of sustainable issues. Regarding textiles, she is a visual person who appreciates pattern design. Furthermore, she enjoys exploring traditional crafts that precious skills can be continued and preserved for the future.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linya1109/
Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/lin-ya-tseng-863099b8CDSWXAQZ

Craft as Ceremony aims to visualise cultural heritage in contemporary textiles using the craft of stencil dyeing.  Lin-Ya invites viewers to engage with the rituals involved in the making process, discover a sense of ceremony from everyday objects and take a journey with her to examine traditional craft.

Lin-Ya Tseng was born in Taiwan. She had work experience in the slow fashion industry. This inspired her to take more interest in textiles and to go deeper into considerations of sustainable issues. Regarding textiles, she is a visual person who appreciates pattern design. Furthermore, she enjoys exploring traditional crafts that precious skills can be continued and preserved for the future.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linya1109/
Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/lin-ya-tseng-863099b8CDSWXAQZ

Craft as Ceremony aims to visualise cultural heritage in contemporary textiles using the craft of stencil dyeing.  Lin-Ya invites viewers to engage with the rituals involved in the making process, discover a sense of ceremony from everyday objects and take a journey with her to examine traditional craft.

Lin-Ya Tseng was born in Taiwan. She had work experience in the slow fashion industry. This inspired her to take more interest in textiles and to go deeper into considerations of sustainable issues. Regarding textiles, she is a visual person who appreciates pattern design. Furthermore, she enjoys exploring traditional crafts that precious skills can be continued and preserved for the future.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linya1109/
Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/lin-ya-tseng-863099b8CDSWXAQZ

Craft as Ceremony aims to visualise cultural heritage in contemporary textiles using the craft of stencil dyeing.  Lin-Ya invites viewers to engage with the rituals involved in the making process, discover a sense of ceremony from everyday objects and take a journey with her to examine traditional craft.

Lin-Ya Tseng was born in Taiwan. She had work experience in the slow fashion industry. This inspired her to take more interest in textiles and to go deeper into considerations of sustainable issues. Regarding textiles, she is a visual person who appreciates pattern design. Furthermore, she enjoys exploring traditional crafts that precious skills can be continued and preserved for the future.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linya1109/
Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/lin-ya-tseng-863099b8CDSWXAQZ

Craft as Ceremony aims to visualise cultural heritage in contemporary textiles using the craft of stencil dyeing.  Lin-Ya invites viewers to engage with the rituals involved in the making process, discover a sense of ceremony from everyday objects and take a journey with her to examine traditional craft.

Lin-Ya Tseng was born in Taiwan. She had work experience in the slow fashion industry. This inspired her to take more interest in textiles and to go deeper into considerations of sustainable issues. Regarding textiles, she is a visual person who appreciates pattern design. Furthermore, she enjoys exploring traditional crafts that precious skills can be continued and preserved for the future.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linya1109/
Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/lin-ya-tseng-863099b8CDSWXAQZ

Craft as Ceremony aims to visualise cultural heritage in contemporary textiles using the craft of stencil dyeing.  Lin-Ya invites viewers to engage with the rituals involved in the making process, discover a sense of ceremony from everyday objects and take a journey with her to examine traditional craft.

Lin-Ya Tseng was born in Taiwan. She had work experience in the slow fashion industry. This inspired her to take more interest in textiles and to go deeper into considerations of sustainable issues. Regarding textiles, she is a visual person who appreciates pattern design. Furthermore, she enjoys exploring traditional crafts that precious skills can be continued and preserved for the future.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linya1109/
Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/lin-ya-tseng-863099b8CDSWXAQZ

Herbal Quilts examines the impact the textile dye industry has on the environment and the collection uses natural materials and herbs, which are known for their healing benefits. A series of mini quilts have been developed, infused with herbs including turmeric and madder - which are known for their anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. Herbal Quilts explores the possibility that these textiles can be beneficial to our well-being. 

Turmeric quilt – Double sided quilt -hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding 
Medium - Turmeric on linen
Madder quilt – Double sided quilt- hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding
Medium – Madder & Alkanet on khadi

Surya Dhagat is a textile designer with a background in fine arts and specialization in printed textiles. Having an experience in the Indian craft sector, I have used my knowledge of natural dyeing and printing to create sustainable textile materials that can be beneficial for our wellbeing and environment.

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dhagat.surya26/
Linked in  - linkedin.com/in/surya-dhagat-607089183

Herbal Quilts examines the impact the textile dye industry has on the environment and the collection uses natural materials and herbs, which are known for their healing benefits. A series of mini quilts have been developed, infused with herbs including turmeric and madder - which are known for their anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. Herbal Quilts explores the possibility that these textiles can be beneficial to our well-being. 

Turmeric quilt – Double sided quilt -hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding 
Medium - Turmeric on linen
Madder quilt – Double sided quilt- hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding
Medium – Madder & Alkanet on khadi

Surya Dhagat is a textile designer with a background in fine arts and specialization in printed textiles. Having an experience in the Indian craft sector, I have used my knowledge of natural dyeing and printing to create sustainable textile materials that can be beneficial for our wellbeing and environment.

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dhagat.surya26/
Linked in  - linkedin.com/in/surya-dhagat-607089183

Herbal Quilts examines the impact the textile dye industry has on the environment and the collection uses natural materials and herbs, which are known for their healing benefits. A series of mini quilts have been developed, infused with herbs including turmeric and madder - which are known for their anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. Herbal Quilts explores the possibility that these textiles can be beneficial to our well-being. 

Turmeric quilt – Double sided quilt -hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding 
Medium - Turmeric on linen
Madder quilt – Double sided quilt- hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding
Medium – Madder & Alkanet on khadi

Surya Dhagat is a textile designer with a background in fine arts and specialization in printed textiles. Having an experience in the Indian craft sector, I have used my knowledge of natural dyeing and printing to create sustainable textile materials that can be beneficial for our wellbeing and environment.

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dhagat.surya26/
Linked in  - linkedin.com/in/surya-dhagat-607089183

Herbal Quilts examines the impact the textile dye industry has on the environment and the collection uses natural materials and herbs, which are known for their healing benefits. A series of mini quilts have been developed, infused with herbs including turmeric and madder - which are known for their anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. Herbal Quilts explores the possibility that these textiles can be beneficial to our well-being. 

Turmeric quilt – Double sided quilt -hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding 
Medium - Turmeric on linen
Madder quilt – Double sided quilt- hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding
Medium – Madder & Alkanet on khadi

Surya Dhagat is a textile designer with a background in fine arts and specialization in printed textiles. Having an experience in the Indian craft sector, I have used my knowledge of natural dyeing and printing to create sustainable textile materials that can be beneficial for our wellbeing and environment.

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dhagat.surya26/
Linked in  - linkedin.com/in/surya-dhagat-607089183

Herbal Quilts examines the impact the textile dye industry has on the environment and the collection uses natural materials and herbs, which are known for their healing benefits. A series of mini quilts have been developed, infused with herbs including turmeric and madder - which are known for their anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. Herbal Quilts explores the possibility that these textiles can be beneficial to our well-being. 

Turmeric quilt – Double sided quilt -hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding 
Medium - Turmeric on linen
Madder quilt – Double sided quilt- hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding
Medium – Madder & Alkanet on khadi

Surya Dhagat is a textile designer with a background in fine arts and specialization in printed textiles. Having an experience in the Indian craft sector, I have used my knowledge of natural dyeing and printing to create sustainable textile materials that can be beneficial for our wellbeing and environment.

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dhagat.surya26/
Linked in  - linkedin.com/in/surya-dhagat-607089183

Herbal Quilts examines the impact the textile dye industry has on the environment and the collection uses natural materials and herbs, which are known for their healing benefits. A series of mini quilts have been developed, infused with herbs including turmeric and madder - which are known for their anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. Herbal Quilts explores the possibility that these textiles can be beneficial to our well-being. 

Turmeric quilt – Double sided quilt -hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding 
Medium - Turmeric on linen
Madder quilt – Double sided quilt- hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding
Medium – Madder & Alkanet on khadi

Surya Dhagat is a textile designer with a background in fine arts and specialization in printed textiles. Having an experience in the Indian craft sector, I have used my knowledge of natural dyeing and printing to create sustainable textile materials that can be beneficial for our wellbeing and environment.

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dhagat.surya26/
Linked in  - linkedin.com/in/surya-dhagat-607089183

Herbal Quilts examines the impact the textile dye industry has on the environment and the collection uses natural materials and herbs, which are known for their healing benefits. A series of mini quilts have been developed, infused with herbs including turmeric and madder - which are known for their anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. Herbal Quilts explores the possibility that these textiles can be beneficial to our well-being. 

Turmeric quilt – Double sided quilt -hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding 
Medium - Turmeric on linen
Madder quilt – Double sided quilt- hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding
Medium – Madder & Alkanet on khadi

Surya Dhagat is a textile designer with a background in fine arts and specialization in printed textiles. Having an experience in the Indian craft sector, I have used my knowledge of natural dyeing and printing to create sustainable textile materials that can be beneficial for our wellbeing and environment.

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dhagat.surya26/
Linked in  - linkedin.com/in/surya-dhagat-607089183

Herbal Quilts examines the impact the textile dye industry has on the environment and the collection uses natural materials and herbs, which are known for their healing benefits. A series of mini quilts have been developed, infused with herbs including turmeric and madder - which are known for their anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. Herbal Quilts explores the possibility that these textiles can be beneficial to our well-being. 

Turmeric quilt – Double sided quilt -hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding 
Medium - Turmeric on linen
Madder quilt – Double sided quilt- hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding
Medium – Madder & Alkanet on khadi

Surya Dhagat is a textile designer with a background in fine arts and specialization in printed textiles. Having an experience in the Indian craft sector, I have used my knowledge of natural dyeing and printing to create sustainable textile materials that can be beneficial for our wellbeing and environment.

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dhagat.surya26/
Linked in  - linkedin.com/in/surya-dhagat-607089183

Herbal Quilts examines the impact the textile dye industry has on the environment and the collection uses natural materials and herbs, which are known for their healing benefits. A series of mini quilts have been developed, infused with herbs including turmeric and madder - which are known for their anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. Herbal Quilts explores the possibility that these textiles can be beneficial to our well-being. 

Turmeric quilt – Double sided quilt -hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding 
Medium - Turmeric on linen
Madder quilt – Double sided quilt- hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding
Medium – Madder & Alkanet on khadi

Surya Dhagat is a textile designer with a background in fine arts and specialization in printed textiles. Having an experience in the Indian craft sector, I have used my knowledge of natural dyeing and printing to create sustainable textile materials that can be beneficial for our wellbeing and environment.

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dhagat.surya26/
Linked in  - linkedin.com/in/surya-dhagat-607089183

Herbal Quilts examines the impact the textile dye industry has on the environment and the collection uses natural materials and herbs, which are known for their healing benefits. A series of mini quilts have been developed, infused with herbs including turmeric and madder - which are known for their anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. Herbal Quilts explores the possibility that these textiles can be beneficial to our well-being. 

Turmeric quilt – Double sided quilt -hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding 
Medium - Turmeric on linen
Madder quilt – Double sided quilt- hand painted and hand quilted with wool wadding
Medium – Madder & Alkanet on khadi

Surya Dhagat is a textile designer with a background in fine arts and specialization in printed textiles. Having an experience in the Indian craft sector, I have used my knowledge of natural dyeing and printing to create sustainable textile materials that can be beneficial for our wellbeing and environment.

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dhagat.surya26/
Linked in  - linkedin.com/in/surya-dhagat-607089183

Emotional Materialisation (A Pair of Gloves) is part of a series that investigates emotional durable design through hand and machine knitted textiles. The final collection uses old objects that once belonged to other people as a source to explore the possibility of evoking memories and emotions. 

Yuan Zhang is a fashion textiles designer. Over the past eight years, she has gained education in fine arts and design from both China and the UK. This sets a considerable impact on her creative ideas and thinking while infusing different cultural backgrounds together. Her main research areas include new ways of combining fashion products with art, emotion and examine sustainable knitted textiles.

Emotional Materialisation (A Pair of Gloves) is part of a series that investigates emotional durable design through hand and machine knitted textiles. The final collection uses old objects that once belonged to other people as a source to explore the possibility of evoking memories and emotions. 

Yuan Zhang is a fashion textiles designer. Over the past eight years, she has gained education in fine arts and design from both China and the UK. This sets a considerable impact on her creative ideas and thinking while infusing different cultural backgrounds together. Her main research areas include new ways of combining fashion products with art, emotion and examine sustainable knitted textiles.

Emotional Materialisation (A Pair of Gloves) is part of a series that investigates emotional durable design through hand and machine knitted textiles. The final collection uses old objects that once belonged to other people as a source to explore the possibility of evoking memories and emotions. 

Yuan Zhang is a fashion textiles designer. Over the past eight years, she has gained education in fine arts and design from both China and the UK. This sets a considerable impact on her creative ideas and thinking while infusing different cultural backgrounds together. Her main research areas include new ways of combining fashion products with art, emotion and examine sustainable knitted textiles.

Emotional Materialisation (A Pair of Gloves) is part of a series that investigates emotional durable design through hand and machine knitted textiles. The final collection uses old objects that once belonged to other people as a source to explore the possibility of evoking memories and emotions. 

Yuan Zhang is a fashion textiles designer. Over the past eight years, she has gained education in fine arts and design from both China and the UK. This sets a considerable impact on her creative ideas and thinking while infusing different cultural backgrounds together. Her main research areas include new ways of combining fashion products with art, emotion and examine sustainable knitted textiles.

Emotional Materialisation (A Pair of Gloves) is part of a series that investigates emotional durable design through hand and machine knitted textiles. The final collection uses old objects that once belonged to other people as a source to explore the possibility of evoking memories and emotions. 

Yuan Zhang is a fashion textiles designer. Over the past eight years, she has gained education in fine arts and design from both China and the UK. This sets a considerable impact on her creative ideas and thinking while infusing different cultural backgrounds together. Her main research areas include new ways of combining fashion products with art, emotion and examine sustainable knitted textiles.

Self-Love Craft Club is a guerrilla kindness craftivist project encompassing the values of fat activism. These hand embroidered anti-diet culture messages have been left in public places to act as a positive interaction in someone’s day, creating a moment of quiet solidarity against fatphobia between maker and recipient.

Dorothea Blackmore is a multidisciplinary artist from Medway, Kent who recently graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a BA in Textile Design. I mainly create fat positive illustrations and hand embroidery pieces. Exploring fat activism and feminism, my work challenges traditional expectations of craft and explores how it can be used as a powerful tool for social change.  

Instagram: @dorotheatextiledesign 
@self_love_craft_club

Self-Love Craft Club is a guerrilla kindness craftivist project encompassing the values of fat activism. These hand embroidered anti-diet culture messages have been left in public places to act as a positive interaction in someone’s day, creating a moment of quiet solidarity against fatphobia between maker and recipient.

Dorothea Blackmore is a multidisciplinary artist from Medway, Kent who recently graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a BA in Textile Design. I mainly create fat positive illustrations and hand embroidery pieces. Exploring fat activism and feminism, my work challenges traditional expectations of craft and explores how it can be used as a powerful tool for social change.  

Instagram: @dorotheatextiledesign 
@self_love_craft_club

Self-Love Craft Club is a guerrilla kindness craftivist project encompassing the values of fat activism. These hand embroidered anti-diet culture messages have been left in public places to act as a positive interaction in someone’s day, creating a moment of quiet solidarity against fatphobia between maker and recipient.

Dorothea Blackmore is a multidisciplinary artist from Medway, Kent who recently graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a BA in Textile Design. I mainly create fat positive illustrations and hand embroidery pieces. Exploring fat activism and feminism, my work challenges traditional expectations of craft and explores how it can be used as a powerful tool for social change.  

Instagram: @dorotheatextiledesign 
@self_love_craft_club

Knot Another Cushion proposes playful interactions with multipurpose tufted textiles, and the collection is designed to respond to the sensory relationship of its participant and react accordingly, whether the desired result is play, support, comfort or wellbeing. The curious shape of each piece encourages exploration and the tactile qualities of the fabric provoke sensory reactions.  

Knot Another Cushion proposes playful interactions with multipurpose tufted textiles, and the collection is designed to respond to the sensory relationship of its participant and react accordingly, whether the desired result is play, support, comfort or wellbeing. The curious shape of each piece encourages exploration and the tactile qualities of the fabric provoke sensory reactions.  

Knot Another Cushion proposes playful interactions with multipurpose tufted textiles, and the collection is designed to respond to the sensory relationship of its participant and react accordingly, whether the desired result is play, support, comfort or wellbeing. The curious shape of each piece encourages exploration and the tactile qualities of the fabric provoke sensory reactions.  

Knot Another Cushion proposes playful interactions with multipurpose tufted textiles, and the collection is designed to respond to the sensory relationship of its participant and react accordingly, whether the desired result is play, support, comfort or wellbeing. The curious shape of each piece encourages exploration and the tactile qualities of the fabric provoke sensory reactions.  

Knot Another Cushion proposes playful interactions with multipurpose tufted textiles, and the collection is designed to respond to the sensory relationship of its participant and react accordingly, whether the desired result is play, support, comfort or wellbeing. The curious shape of each piece encourages exploration and the tactile qualities of the fabric provoke sensory reactions.  

Dear Anxiety talks about mental health issues during COVID-19 and is based on my own experience in London in 2021. I use hand-spun yarn as a medium for practicing mindfulness to combat my daily anxiety and stress. 

Shao-Jung Cho is a Taiwanese textile designer based in London. She has always been passionate about handmade craft. In her most recent MA project, the focus is on utilising textiles as a medium to convey social issues in order to achieve social sustainability. She practices mindfulness and storytelling through hand-spun yarn as well as conveys information she cares about through her work. She believes that the process of making textiles by hand can calm people down. In addition, textile crafts are places where people can criticise social injustice gently.

Instagram:
@1997_zz
@shannonxtextiledesign

Dear Anxiety talks about mental health issues during COVID-19 and is based on my own experience in London in 2021. I use hand-spun yarn as a medium for practicing mindfulness to combat my daily anxiety and stress. 

Shao-Jung Cho is a Taiwanese textile designer based in London. She has always been passionate about handmade craft. In her most recent MA project, the focus is on utilising textiles as a medium to convey social issues in order to achieve social sustainability. She practices mindfulness and storytelling through hand-spun yarn as well as conveys information she cares about through her work. She believes that the process of making textiles by hand can calm people down. In addition, textile crafts are places where people can criticise social injustice gently.

Instagram:
@1997_zz
@shannonxtextiledesign

Touching the Cycle of Life explores the cycle of growth and decay in nature, embodied within Zen Buddhism and Japanese wabi-sabi. The collection celebrates the beauty of the imperfect, the unfinished and the impermanent, and I aim to communicate the importance of embracing imperfection and the impermanence of life.

Jingwen Xie, a knitter from Beijing, graduated from Chelsea College of Arts in MA textile design. Derived from her obsession with ruins and broken landscapes, she is investigating the relationship between nature and human behavior and trying to incorporate it into her knitworks.

Instagram: @ravenonair

Touching the Cycle of Life explores the cycle of growth and decay in nature, embodied within Zen Buddhism and Japanese wabi-sabi. The collection celebrates the beauty of the imperfect, the unfinished and the impermanent, and I aim to communicate the importance of embracing imperfection and the impermanence of life.

Jingwen Xie, a knitter from Beijing, graduated from Chelsea College of Arts in MA textile design. Derived from her obsession with ruins and broken landscapes, she is investigating the relationship between nature and human behavior and trying to incorporate it into her knitworks.

Instagram: @ravenonair

Touching the Cycle of Life explores the cycle of growth and decay in nature, embodied within Zen Buddhism and Japanese wabi-sabi. The collection celebrates the beauty of the imperfect, the unfinished and the impermanent, and I aim to communicate the importance of embracing imperfection and the impermanence of life.

Jingwen Xie, a knitter from Beijing, graduated from Chelsea College of Arts in MA textile design. Derived from her obsession with ruins and broken landscapes, she is investigating the relationship between nature and human behavior and trying to incorporate it into her knitworks.

Instagram: @ravenonair

Touching the Cycle of Life explores the cycle of growth and decay in nature, embodied within Zen Buddhism and Japanese wabi-sabi. The collection celebrates the beauty of the imperfect, the unfinished and the impermanent, and I aim to communicate the importance of embracing imperfection and the impermanence of life.

Jingwen Xie, a knitter from Beijing, graduated from Chelsea College of Arts in MA textile design. Derived from her obsession with ruins and broken landscapes, she is investigating the relationship between nature and human behavior and trying to incorporate it into her knitworks.

Instagram: @ravenonair

Touching the Cycle of Life explores the cycle of growth and decay in nature, embodied within Zen Buddhism and Japanese wabi-sabi. The collection celebrates the beauty of the imperfect, the unfinished and the impermanent, and I aim to communicate the importance of embracing imperfection and the impermanence of life.

Jingwen Xie, a knitter from Beijing, graduated from Chelsea College of Arts in MA textile design. Derived from her obsession with ruins and broken landscapes, she is investigating the relationship between nature and human behavior and trying to incorporate it into her knitworks.

Instagram: @ravenonair