Lily Abbott
Textile Design for Fashion and Interiors BA Hons
Bath Spa University
Graduates: 2024
Specialisms: Textiles - Knit / Textiles: Fashion/Interiors
My location: Bath, United Kingdom
Lily Abbott
First Name: Lily
Last Name: Abbott
University / College: Bath Spa University
Course / Program: Textile Design for Fashion and Interiors BA Hons
Graduates: 2024
Specialisms: Textiles - Knit / Textiles: Fashion/Interiors
My Location: Bath, United Kingdom
About
Lily is a recent first-class graduate from Bath Spa University having studied BA (Hons) Textile Design for Fashion and Interiors specialising in knit. She has a playful, fun and eclectic approach to knitwear design, experimenting with structural and textural techniques alongside graphic imagery and text on both Dubied and domestic knit machines. The eccentricities of human nature, from conversations and folklore to collecting old or pretty things, are a constant source of inspiration for her sideways approach to contemporary textile design.
'What's the forecast?' is a knitted textile collection for fashion inspired by conversations I had about the weather with customers over the summer when working as an ice cream seller in a local park. When chatting with customers, no matter whether the forecast was good or bad the topic of the weather would come up, this also led to me hearing funny idioms and folklore about the weather, such as when cows lay down it’s going to rain, or flying ants mean thunderstorms are on the way. These funny sayings and the British obsession with the weather has inspired me to create a collection of knitted textiles that explore the weather, from folklore and forecasting methods to sun and storms, informed by my conversations with people, forecasting methods and typical British weather events. The collection is a playful, slightly odd exploration of the weather using textural, experimental and graphic techniques in knit on both domestic and Dubied machines to form a collection reminiscent of nostalgic, kitschy, novelty vintage jumpers. The project features experimental exploration in my practice including encapsulating lasercut embellishments within knit.
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