"Travelogue Collage" two seater sofa, wall hanging installation and artists' book

Bottle, Neil (2014) "Travelogue Collage" two seater sofa, wall hanging installation and artists' book. [2D Design, 3D Design, Book art/Artist's book, Craft, Digital art, Exhibition/show, Site-specific work, Textiles]

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Neil Bottle - detail of two seater sofa

Neil Bottle - detail of two seater sofa

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Neil Bottle - two seater sofa and wallhanging

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"Travelogue Collage" Two-seater sofa and wall hanging installation at Contemporary Applied Arts

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"Travelogue Collage" Two-seater sofa and wall hanging installation at Contemporary Applied Arts

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"Travelogue Collage" Two-seater sofa and wall hanging installation at Contemporary Applied Arts

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Creators:
Bottle, Neil
Description/Abstract:

In the Travelogue Sofa project, Neil explored the relationships between traditional and contemporary textile print methodologies. Digital print is often associated with mass production; however in this project the limitations of digital design software are pushed to new boundaries with multiple layer applications creating engineered pattern shapes for a one piece of furniture.

Neil worked with the Upholstery Workshop in Broadstairs, which specialises in hand produced bespoke upholstered furniture. The Upholstery Workshop team has not previously worked with a textile designer who utilises digital engineered print technology. This proved to be an exciting creative dialogue as the textile design was developed alongside the construction of the framework and upholstery. This process allowed adaptions and changes to be made to both the sofa framework and to the textiles design. A central focus of the piece is a four-way pattern match, which presented the added complication of a pattern match to both visible and hidden areas of the textile design running around the 3D cushion shapes.

Accurate pattern cutting and multidirectional pattern matching, normally a skill acquired after years of upholstery apprentice, needed to be digitally mastered for this project. The need for accuracy required to allow for a seamless pattern match was extremely complex. Fabric shrinkage, movement and alignment tolerances had to be factored into the design process. For the Upholstery team this highlighted the differences of working with repeat off the roll fabrics and the digital engineered fabric. Working with placement or engineered printed fabric is more widely used in the fashion industry.

Neil's research into computer aided design programmes has yielded surprising similarities to the hand crafted screen-printing techniques that he has developed for over twenty five years. In this respect, he explores the application of computer-aided design from a craft perspective but with the added flexibility that digital printing offers, such as the ability to alter scale, colour, layer order, intensity and layout more efficiently. The result is a unique object, which has been designed around the 3D furniture form, encompassing both traditional crafted upholstery technique whilst developing a new level of expertise in the digital textiles design process.

Item Type:
Art/Design Item
Date:
June 2014
Copyright Holders:
Neil Bottle, Photography: Sam Chick
Material:
Digitally printed cotton on hand made wooden frame work with fabric padding. Hand drawn, painted and photographic collage, digitally manipulated. Digitally printed on cotton. Upholstered and sprung by hand
Measurements or Duration:
Two seater approx. 175 cm long, Wallhangings Left panel 90 x 200 cm, Centre panel 130 x 200 cm, Right panel 90 x 200 cm
Funders:
INTERREG IVA 2 Mers Seas Zeeën Programm, University for the Creative Arts (UCA), Textiles Open Innovation Centre TIO3, Cité de la Dentelle et de la Mode (CIDM)
Locations / Venues:
Location
From Date
To Date
T103 Innovation Centre, Ronse, Belgium
December 2014
January 2015
Autumn showcase exhibition, Contemporary Applied Art Gallery, London, UK
24 October 2014
16 November 2014
'Moving Textiles: Digital Encounters' group exhibition, Herbert Read Gallery, University for the Creative Arts (UCA), Canterbury, Kent, UK
20 June 2014
26 July 2014
Projects or Series:
Crysalis Project
Additional Information:

The printed wall hanging and artists book were created for the closing ceremony of the three year Crysalis project held at the T103 Innovation Centre, Ronse, Belgium. Neil also gave a presentation about his research project outcomes at the closing ceremony conference.

Uncontrolled Keywords or tags :
textiles, printed, digital, hand crafted
Schools:
School of Fashion & Textiles
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Depositing User:
Neil Bottle
Date Deposited:
19 Feb 2015 11:27
Last Modified:
01 Mar 2022 08:44
Art/Design Categories:
2D Design, 3D Design, Book art/Artist's book, Craft, Digital art, Exhibition/show, Site-specific work, Textiles
URI:
https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/2394

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