STACEY KEEN

Woven Textile Design // Glasgow School of Art Graduate // All creative content, unless otherwise stated, copyright © Stacey Keen 2012-15 // My inspiration blog: www.warpedbrainchild.tumblr.com //

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Very proud to be working as Weave Technician at the Glasgow School of Art.  I learned  how to weave here, and was taught by the very talented Chantal Balmer, who I am currently covering for while she's off on maturnity leave. 

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One of my screen print designs on sale in River Island now!

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I am still settling in to my new home and my new job, but new creative ventures are not too far from my mind.  Here are some inspiring woven textiles I came across.  Hopefully I will have some new work to post very soon.

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You can take the girl out of the city, but you can't take the city out of the girl.  This is a lovely film about what Glasgow is.  I think it will always be the place I call home.

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I have now been employed at David Howard for a month! In celebration, and to ease my longing for loom related activities I have treated myself to this book.  Please do watch this space for creative updates coming soon. 

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Since accepting my new job at David Howard a couple of weeks ago, I have felt the imminent loss of access to a loom rather acutely.  

Stumbling across these images from Andrea Donnelly (Little Fool Handwoven Textiles), has all but accentuated that rather melancholy emotion.  

Beautiful, inspiring work.  Go and look at more of it now!

Website: http://littlefooltextiles.com

Blog: http://littlefooltextiles.blogspot.ca

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Stephanie Ruddie - Woven Textiles Designer

Specialising in menswear and interiors, Stephanie uses traditional techniques to create intricate, forward-thinking textiles with high sensitivity to market and end uses.  We met at New Designers 2012 and I hope to see more of her work in the very near future.

Watch the promotional film for her collection Jacob's Ladder.

And find out more about her here.

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Happy and Shell-shocked

Good News!  I have a job! You are now looking at a Trainee Weave Designer for David Howard Group.  I start on the 18th of March so I'd better get organising a relocate from Glasgow to sunny Ware, Hertfordshire.

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Jane Harper - Woven Textiles Designer.

These pieces, titled Collapsible Construction, are from her Degree Show Collection (Central St Martins 2012). They are all woven as one piece on a dobby loom and manipulated post weaving.  They are stunning examples of innovation within loom based practice.  

Website: www.janeweaves.com

And should you want to read more here is a Weaveshed article about her.

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A wee selection of images from my last warp.

Copyright © Stacey Keen 2012

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So my friend and fellow GSA Textiles graduate, Sylvie McGowan and I only appeared in the january 2013 Issue of Wallpaper* Magazine. Wowee!

Find some more spectacular, playful printed textiles from her here.

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Commissioned by Trapcode to showcase Mir. Made by POTEMKIN.

I think this video is stunning. Thanks to a friend for directing me to it.

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A slightly damaged, but still lovely, sun-set Leno Weave.

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I recently visited the GSA Fashion and Textiles 4th Year "Work in Progress" Exhibition. I can't believe it's been a whole year since I exhibited my own drawings at the same show.  I was very impressed with the quality of the work from this year's final year students.  Two in particular were astounding - Knitter Leah Merrick and Printer Natalie Wardrope.  Really looking forward to seeing the finished textiles!

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A beautiful gift from my beloved.

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And here's another. Lovely lovely.

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Came across this jacquard woven sample while working on the GSA Archive today and thought I would share it. Lovely.