Friday 22 June 2012

Katie Barrett










"Cha toir a'bhoidhchead goil air a' Phoit" (Beauty won't boil the pot)
Katie Barratt's graduate collection at Gray's School of Art, has at it's heart Gaelic culture.
Using the photography of Werner Kissling, who in 1920 photographed and recorded life in Eriskay, Scotland. Katie Barrett has researched and created many wonderful sketch books of hand tinted Kissling pictures. Extracting the wardrobe of the hard working women of Eriskay. Katie has then created a collection that takes as its inspiration; the silhouettes, the layering of clothing,the dense woollen outer garments and the bold prints on the aprons, to create a contemporary interpretation of these working garments.
This collection honours the women, the culture, the fabrics and traditions of the Scottish isles.

4 comments:

  1. Gosh I love, love, love this! Such wonderful textures and wonderful reference points. Do you know Kate Davies? http://katedaviesdesigns.com/2012/06/19/new-bmc/
    Her knitwear is inspired by the Scottish isles and with Irish culture too. I'm very interested in the cable knit - the myths and associations and have been looking at Gaelic culture and textiles which is how I found Kate's blog.

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    1. A great link thank you Christine will love it as she is a very keen knitter.

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  2. You are right, I do love this! Thank you. I know of Kate's blog 'needled' and love her 'Textisles' writing.

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    1. I think your work has real...um...presence. It has an unsentimental nostalgia about it and an ethereal link to the past. Clothes can evoke so many connections and I think your work does that!

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