I have made some! The company has a fashion collection, too, but those designers are in a different building. All of us interiors jacquard people were required to make a few fashion fabrics, though. It was fun--interiors fabrics have to be more carefully made and less experimental, since people tend to keep their curtains and sofas around for a lot longer than a new top--so I got to try some different things from what I usually do.
Have you ever actually seen something you've designed/made in use in someone's place? That would have to be the most awesome feeling, looking at it and thinking 'I made that!!'
I am so fascinated by the whole process, and understand it so poorly. XD What do you start with, to end up with a fabric like that? You weave them yourself- but then, do the designs end up getting mass-produced...? I don't even know if I'm thinking of the right questions. It's more than my sleep-desirning brain can handle right now, hah.
But, but. Ah. Super cool. The paisley is strangely appealing.
Not yet! I hope someday. I've had a few companies I was excited about request samples of my designs, but not very much has sold. (Thanks, crappy economy.)
The other big milestone is getting a fabric in a magazine. My designer-boss will look over my shoulder while I'm flipping through design magazines and just casually point out, "Oh, I made that one." I will certainly not be that blase about it if I manage to pull that off sometime, haha.
I think I will try and write a longer post about how these things get made. Three months into this job even my dad was still asking, "But what do you do exactly?" XD When I was in school I did a lot of handweaving, but these are all designed on the computer and woven on big industrial looms.
The arabesques have wings in them, and the brown pattern is just like some tree-patterns you used to draw. It feels very familiar - very you, but grown-up and matured.
Huh. Interesting. But kind of reassuring, actually. Though I do have to confess that I didn't draw the paisleys, I got one of the artists at work to do it.
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... what about clothing fabric?
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It was fun--interiors fabrics have to be more carefully made and less experimental, since people tend to keep their curtains and sofas around for a lot longer than a new top--so I got to try some different things from what I usually do.
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Have you ever actually seen something you've designed/made in use in someone's place? That would have to be the most awesome feeling, looking at it and thinking 'I made that!!'
I am so fascinated by the whole process, and understand it so poorly. XD What do you start with, to end up with a fabric like that? You weave them yourself- but then, do the designs end up getting mass-produced...? I don't even know if I'm thinking of the right questions. It's more than my sleep-desirning brain can handle right now, hah.
But, but. Ah. Super cool. The paisley is strangely appealing.
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The other big milestone is getting a fabric in a magazine. My designer-boss will look over my shoulder while I'm flipping through design magazines and just casually point out, "Oh, I made that one." I will certainly not be that blase about it if I manage to pull that off sometime, haha.
I think I will try and write a longer post about how these things get made. Three months into this job even my dad was still asking, "But what do you do exactly?" XD When I was in school I did a lot of handweaving, but these are all designed on the computer and woven on big industrial looms.
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Though I do have to confess that I didn't draw the paisleys, I got one of the artists at work to do it.
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