Ruth mcgrath
Fashion Textiles BA Hons
Middlesex University
Specialisms: Sustainable Fashion/Textiles / Fine Art / Textiles for Fashion
Location: London, United Kingdom
Ruth mcgrath
First Name: Ruth
Last Name: mcgrath
Specialisms: Sustainable Fashion/Textiles / Fine Art / Textiles for Fashion
Sectors: Digital/Visual Communication/Film / Fashion/Textiles/Accessories / Fashion/Textiles/Accessories
My Location: London, United Kingdom
University / College: Middlesex University
Course / Program Title: Fashion Textiles BA Hons
About
I am excited to continue working and creating within Art and Design spaces where I can incorporate my aesthetic expertise and creative mindset, while simultaneously learning greatly from, and helping the team I am reporting to. Having studied and interned in Fashion, Fine Art and Textiles based spaces for 7 years I feel confident in various ways of working, however, I am aware that there is so much more for me to learn - which is extremely exciting. I am expressive, articulate and inquisitive when it comes to analysing work and discussing critically and creatively. Being open minded comes naturally to me, as much as I have my own opinions I am very flexible and I can easily understand other peoples viewpoints and find it intriguing to look at concepts from different angles. I have a fresh and forward way of thinking and adore unique, eclectic and experimental art and fashion pieces.
University Final Major Project - This series is my diary, my own visual storyline shown through sculptural textiles. My focus has been to highlight and document personal and mundane moments of my life, as I am passionate towards disregarded or average objects as well as concepts; bus tickets, people telling me i'm nosey, used scratch cards, broken headbands and my uncles face, they all trigger some kind of nostalgia inside of me, whether this is a fantasy or a real experience. The process of their making is not a straight line but a constant cycle as I am never fully sure of what my ideas will produce and I enjoy to mix things up. I use my writing, collected objects, drawings, prints and 3D collage to track my thoughts and feelings throughout this cycle of development. However, in all of this chaos I try to let things flow naturally in a mediative fashion as this is when I enjoy art the most and has also been one of my conceptual morals for this project.
All sorts of single media drawings and illustrations
Styling and photo editing second hand clothing
Showing a mixture of my styling and fashion promotion skills from when I Worked for a local charity between August - January 2023 as well as through apps for my own business over the past 5 years.
writing of all kinds poetry diary notes thoughts prints
Using a variation of analog media to begin with, I then transferred these artworks digitally to further edit them and eventually finalise into sample prints for commercial use
Various life drawings
