I spent the day in London at New Designers, a place for newly graduated student to show off the best of their work in hope they may get spotted for a job opportunity. The standard for work was incredible. I am interested in my work next year becoming more neutral, not because its an easy option! I genuinely love neutrals, it seem to be what I am always drawn to, but texture plays a big part in what I like too. I looked at how other people did neutrals as New Designers as it can be hard to get right. The successful pieces had small amounts of neutral colours such as purple or green, or even just undyed yarn. It goes wrong when the natural colour of the yarn is yellowy, it is worth dying the natural yarn a natural colour to ensure this yellowness doesn’t come through. I also saw a lot of texture and structure in terms of weaving. Looking at the way things were hung was also interesting, very important as the hanging can make or break a piece; a lot of monofilament was just so the hanging did not show, also pins held up fabrics by the corners, shelves or rails were used to display smaller pieces. I loved one where they had gotten hold of a professional hanging panel glide system, it was used to hang wallpaper as it would be seen in a shop. It was a very inspiring place to be, not only for weaving and textiles but the ceramics and jewellery was also fantastic.
