Close up of jacquard sample

This is a close up pic of one of my designs on the jacquard. The extra white threads running down the image are warp threads which aren't lifting properly - a loom problem, not a design problem. It's possible though to tell the loom control software which heddles aren't lifting and it adjusts your design accordingly. If only it could weave the fabric too...

Jacquard weaving in progress

Lots of development still to do!

Sunlight through old glass

Glasgow meat market flats

North light building reflections

This is a set of three small painted-paper collages I made to record the colours and shapes I saw in the glass facade of a building in Glasgow early one November morning. I've tried to capture the colours and textures by using a combination of flat gouache, metallic acrylic paint and pearlescent inks.

Large scale collage and development ideas

This is my largest collage to date (just over A3) and it took nearly 5 full days to complete. The black and white drawing is the start of my design development and the red/blue repeat at the bottom is my first attempt at creating a repeat.

Copenhagen transparent window series

I created these 3 repeats using letraset safmat and my inkjet printer. Each block is a collage of different tones layered on top of one another. My source photo (from my trip to Copenhagen in March 2008) is at the bottom.