State of Affairs

Heritage

Storytelling

Using a mix of fabrics including velour, cotton and a variety of techniques from hand sewing to printing and adhesives, this piece is both the medium and the message. Creating a sense of weight, luxury, and reverence, the velour adds both texture and connotation to themes of religiosity, stateliness, and power. The cotton provides a comfort, and a sense of the known and remembered. By mixing the two, you create a duality of the commonplace and the opulence.

Material

Other

Craft

Printing
Textiles

General Technique

Combining
Constructing

Specific Technique

Properties & Qualities

Application

Art Clothing

Qualities

Colourful

Colour

Orange Pink Red Violet White Yellow Black Blue Green

Sample Information

Date of creation

May 10, 2023

Dimensions

20cm x 1000cm x 0.5cm

Weight

1kg

Culture & Context

Using materials with connotations to the church, fabrics that were traditionally used for ceremonial use in specific contexts for upper class members of society.

These bright colours then contrast with the blank white of the backing. The purity of the church doctrine reflected and contrasted by the colourful lives of the parishioners.

Process & Production

The process began digitally and with mocking up designs on paper. Scale was important in this piece, and so working to a large scale was essential.

Ordering samples for testing sewing techniques and adhesives was also important.

Same of fabrics were digitally printed on and supplied to test weight, surface, detail retention and legibility.

Credits

Craft Maker

Lorna Quinn

Library Contributor

National College of Art & Design Ireland

Photographer

Lorna Quinn

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