Centra Saint Martin’s BA Textile Design Students X Coordonné Unveil Rest Time Wallcovering Collection
Image By Courtesy of CSM
Taking their inspiration from deliberate slowness, calm moments and quiet spaces in Springtime, Year 2 BA Textile Design students on the Print pathway interpreted the theme of rest in a collaboration with Spanish wallcovering brand Coordonné.
Ten students’ artworks were taken into production by the design house and today the Rest Time range of wallcovering designs launches to the public.
Producing their final work, students used a range of hand rendered drawing and painting approaches using mediums such as Gouache, watercolour and oil pastels, working with either a repeat pattern or mural. Each of the ten designs have been produced in four different colourways.
Two of the students, Martha Ashby and Lâl Yilmaz, were invited to Barcelona in July to visit Coordonné and see their artwork in production.
References inspiring Martha’s ‘Dungeness' mural include Eric Ravilious, Derek Jarman's Garden (book), watercolour landscapes, John Morris - Summer Reflections and Charles Burchfield - Landscape with Hills and Clouds.
Lal’s reference points for her ‘Bike ride’ repeat pattern include minature art, folk art, Leonara Carrington's way of illustrating surreal narratives of an unknown world and stories with characters in her paintings, and Persian and Indian miniature painting.
“Dungeness is at its best in the golden light of summer. The black house turns gold and casts a shadow that nearly touches the sea. The pale shingle reflects the light long after the sun has set behind the power station, turning the pink to bone. Twilight here is like no other. It lingers in a perfect calm. You feel as you stand here that tired time is having a snooze.” — Martha Ashby, 'Dungeness'
“Reminiscing the surreal worlds of miniature paintings that are free of any particular space or time. In my times of solitude I immerse myself in a similar world inspired by nature, animals and people that construct the city which I explore on my bike.”— Lâl Yilmaz, 'Bike Ride'
The Brief
The Coordonné brief set out to explore what happens when we let creativity flow from “unproductive” moments. In researching, students were encouraged to explore their surroundings, identifying quiet places where they could find escape and create moments of reflection.
They played with forms of drawing, image and mark making such as meditative drawing and drawing through touch and sound, finding objects and moments that symbolise escape and tranquillity.
The Students, Their Projects And Techniques:
Martha Ashby, ‘Dungeness View’, watercolour
Celia Caplitz, ‘Grand Canyon’, markers
Sophie Hogg, ‘Metaphoric Birds’, watercolour
Lydia Strong, ‘Moroccan Branches’, acrylic, colour wax
Lâl Yilmaz, ‘Bike Ride’, colour pencil
Arizona Forde, ‘Timeless Stones’, watercolour
Boyu Jiang, ‘My Cave’, colour pencil, soft pastel
Tae Eun Kim, ‘Diving Moment’, collage, watercolour
Ivy Cangialosi, ‘Leaves Reflection’, cyanotype, photograpy
Selina Foster, ‘Infinity Strokes, watercolour
