Grace Sidaway Textiles

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." -Pablo Picasso

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Every weaving project I do is created with locally sourced yarns, all sustainable  hand dyed by myself, a process I really enjoy!!

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Nude bespoke fabrics intended for female ‘nude’ lingerie. 

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Jacquard pink palm trees.

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An entirely silk fabric, pieced dyed in a tan brown colour. Fabric intended for an underwear collection that has garments for all skin colours. 

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A silk warp with mercerised cotton weft. Huck lace weave. 

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A personal project, a festive blanket for somebody who didn’t like the colour red! Using soft wool, all yarns hand dyed in the most sustainable way possible (low heat, less time) 

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Jacquard weaving samples based on the work of Ian Stern; a Cornish photographer who tragically took his own life before his work became known.  I have collages parts of his work and created themes to make fabrics in black and white. 

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Another sample, all yarns are hand dyed by me in the most sustainable ways possible. 

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Some close up images of colourful samples. 

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Some finished samples wit visulisations. 

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Final outcome; a baby’s blanket, using a bold twill, in wool and mohair. Project based on Cornish landscapes. 

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Playing around at the start of a warp, using wool. Showing this picture to showcase some mistakes that are happening, but it’s all part of the process! Experimenting with different basic twill lifting patterns.

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Mainly woven with plain weave using a worsted wool, a twill in green and square floats in a dip dyed mohair. 

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Samples as part of a project for The Society of Dyers and Colourists, based on colours of the the Cornish lanscapes. Mainly woven on a 4 shaft table loom and a 16 shaft floor loom. Using wool and acrylic yarns, all hand dyed by me, mostly naturally. 

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A project on medieval behavior, and my own interpretations on patterns that were used. My first Jacquard weave. 

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A length of weave made inspired by an alternative coloured landscape. 

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Pictures from my first ever warp! A project being inspired by childrens toys; bright colours and bold patterns.