The Worshipful Company of Weavers Associate Prize was won by Amy Gair at New Designers exhibition in London.
Amy is from Shetland and studied a BA in Contemporary Textiles at the University of Highlands and Islands, before she progressed onto Heriot Watt’s School of Textiles and Design to complete her honours year in a BA(Hons) in Design for textiles, specialising in weave.
She graduated from Heriot Watt in June 2014 with First Class honours and won The Incorporation of Bonnetmakers and Dyers of Glasgow Prize at her graduation for her ‘Industrial North’ collection of dobby and jacquard woven fabrics.
Her ‘Industrial North’ Collection was focussed on Shetland and its northern identity as a remote Scottish Island. As the island is located half way between the Scottish Mainland and Norway, there are some Scandinavian influences which ideas she have tried to incorporate too. The collection brings together Shetland, Scandinavian design influences and traditional Scottish woven fabric qualities such as twills, herringbones and checks. She used a combination of wool, merino, lambs wool and also some Shetland wool too.
She used her own photography and mixed media artworks to create ideas for translating into weaving which are a crucial part to her design process.
Amy is about to embark on a Masters in Textiles and Fashion at Glasgow School of Art and aims to work in the UK textiles industry after graduating from this course. She eventually would like to set up her own textile label back in Shetland.
Website: www.brownsroadtextiles.com
Twitter: @brownsroad
Blog: amygair.wordpress.com
The Worshipful Company of Weavers
Photography of award event: copyright New Designers 2014.
Other photography and text: Amy Gair 2014
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