Bridget Harris

Print making and playing with order and position. Often I just use one piece of garment or lace to print with , here I am trying to get out of the habit and use a variety of different elements. The reason is to try and link these pieces with further work in some way. I like the difference between the ghostly images and then the block colour of the lace in the right hand corner,I'm not sure if I could now print and over print to get different textures and colours .

Within my degree a module called "Making Techniques for Products" proved to be a challenge in having to make me decide what to make, as my work is textile art based I wanted something to sit along side this. After much thought  the decision to make Artists Handmade Books was made. I felt this would link in with the many days I spent at the London Metropolitan Archives searching through the Admission books, Billet Books and various other old ledgers not only for my studio practice but also my dissertation. I wanted my books to capture the same elements of my studio practice,by using cyanotype, embossing lace , wax and stitch.

Welcome to my blog. I'm am about to share with you my final year at Bradford College of Arts. I am a Contemporary Surface Design and Textile student. My work is very conceptual,it is based around the Foundling Hospital and Eighteenth Century women. I had always been very interested in cyanotype,I knew nothing about this process however I was able to do a fantastic weekend workshop with Hannah Lamb   which gave me a very sound starting point. A great day at Hannah's studio.