» Listings for September 2017

1. Colourway Creation Process

   Posted on 12:00pm Saturday 16th Sep 2017

   I love working on new colourways, though it isn't something I do all the time. Especially when it comes to repeatable colourways. Often when I dye for the sake of dyeing or myself I just throw colours together to see what madness comes out of it. This part of my process is very haphazard, but often informs my more structured dyeing. I like to play with colour to see how they combine in a more real way than on a colour palette.

   When designing a new colourway I usually have been prompted to think about a Fandom or theme and then I tend to select the first few things that come to mind to take down the research rabbit hole.

   So for example when working on the Phat Fiber samples for January with the Theme  'Dragons and Fantasy'. I had originally been thinking about fiery reds browns, colours I don't dye often, but are commonly associated with Dragons and their fire breathing ways.   However when it came to dyeing my samples I was suddenly reminded of Eragon by Christopher Paolini and thought it would be nice to play off other colours, so I was guided to his dragon in particular Saphira.

    

   

    

    

2. The Endless Collection

   Posted on 12:00pm Saturday 9th Sep 2017

   This is what you've all been waiting for! A reveal of the full collection. 

   I first stumbled upon The Endless not through the original Sandman comics but through the manga comic by Jill thompson, Death: At Death's Door. I fell in love with the idea of the character Death, and even attempted to do the odd cosplay as her. It was through this small window into the Seasons of the Mist, I discovered The Endless.