Katherine Murphy (kaff)
(she/her)
The overall theme of my personal project is Nostalgia, stemming from a collection of childhood photos gathered as primary visual research. These photos have been carefully selected through colour palette, composition and the people within them.
The final pieces are a collection of one-off embroidered ‘keepsakes’ due to the personal nature of the research. Each piece captures memories and provokes nostalgia to the viewer through stitched visual storytelling. I hope that this would lead to commission-based work for those wishing to capture a moment of life through a one-off textile piece. With this in mind, this specific project is a commission to myself and my family.
visualisations
tea towel samples visualised with my dad, photography by my sister @alicemaryphoto
more visualisations, again photos by @alicemaryphoto
visualisations taken around my house using film
donated base fabric with digitally embroidered postcard text
primary research and drawing
collection of selected childhood photos
that i kept over the summer, multiple mini exerts and drawings inside
some of my most infuential drawings from the beginning of the year
integral to future colour work used in my tea towels, often stuck to the blues and greys
samples
charity shop found tea towel with digital text and free machine appliquéd figure of my sister
donated base fabric with drawing i did as a child digitally embroidered overtop
another of me and my cousin, onto another charity found tea towel. figures again are free machined with reverse applique
collection of mini free machine figures including reverse applique