It’s taken me a long time to try and figure out how I wanted to write this blog post. The Black Lives Matter protests during this lockdown period has given me a new perspective on this project. Due to these protests, I have realised because racism exists, I have not been able to appreciate the…
Category: Second Year
Screen Printing
Anyone who knows me at art school, will know that screen printing is not my forte. This was proven even more so with our repeat print project. I don’t lie when I tell you that this project made three girls cry, one including me. It just shows how difficult this project was for us. It…
Feature on Textiles Inc
It looks like I was not the only one who was been busy during quarantine. As a result of Covid-19, a lot of textile students were not able to go on their work experience placements during the summer holidays. I luckily was not affected as I am the year below, but many course mates in…
Dying from Dyeing
Dyeing is a time intensive task. Many hours dying from dyeing with Hope has led to this post being written. I know its an exaggeration, but here are my tips to make the process as easy and stress free as possible. These tips are specifically for cold water dyeing. 1. Be organised and keep a…
Forecasting Foresights
Trends are very difficult to define. I find they mean individual things to everyone. According to Google, a trend is a general direction in which something is developing or changing. To me, a trend is a style that you create which can vary from fashion, interiors or creating an atmosphere. This trend was based off…
Thoughts on Second Year!
Second year was a bit of a whirlwind for us Textiles gals. It obviously ended with the Coronavirus pandemic craziness, but nonetheless, this was the best year yet coursewise. I’m gonna do it very similarly to my previous post about first year, of which, you can find here, if you want to check it out….
Zines
For the zine project, my inspiration came from my personal experience of suicide in my family. This unfortunate circumstance has resonated in me since, hence why it was the inspiration for this project. From studying about zines, I now understand that they are a quick form of publishing to get a strong message across. I…
Culture Clash
This was our first group project since starting at Edinburgh University. I thought it was timed perfectly since we all knew each other really well at this point and had something distinctive and individual to add to this project. Our project was simple, design a collection of interior textile samples for a commercial purpose. As…
Summer Florals
Florals is one of the things every textile designer has to do at one point. I tried to avoid doing flowers for as long as possible in textile designs as I feel they are overused. However, they are always in fashion, so there will always be a need for them. This entire project was inspired…
Textures of Arthur’s Seat
This project came about as a result of my Creative Books Work course. The brief was to create an artists book inspired by Maps, hence the MapBook project title. My inspiration for this project came from a regular walk I did near Arthur’s Seat and for a long time, I wanted to do a project…
Layla Priya Chauhan 