Developing methodologies for creating a textile design collection, based on archive material

Pierce, Gina (2016) Developing methodologies for creating a textile design collection, based on archive material. In: Sense - Experiment - Surprise - Understanding: PhD Research in Practice: A symposium for PhD students in the creative arts, Thursday 21 January 2016 - Friday 22 January 2016, Nottingham Trent University. (Unpublished)

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Abstract / Description

My research is involved with working towards a methodology for developing textile designs from archive material and historical collections. This will focus on using the Parker Knoll collections, yet to be archived, as a case study.

I have found it essential to frame this research through a range of precedents to illuminate how researchers from various disciplines identify, interrogate and interpret archival material. These raise questions on how archive study can provide knowledge on hitherto undocumented areas of historical and sociological interest, as well as the industry and craft of design.

A range of studies by designers, academics and students taking very different approaches have led to the development of methodologies that give new insights into historical practices, and provide valuable precedents. Recent projects, for example the Awaken Project , and the Shadow Tissue study by Trish Belfield and Philip Sykas, show that there is the potential to produce new work that has power and resonance when based on in-depth absorption and interpretation of the archive material.

Despite these important projects, it has been noted that there are few research examples written by designers, particularly textile designers, on the methodology of the development process for using archive material for textile design collections. The existing precedents help to show where further investigation can be made, informing how methodologies can be developed to demonstrate that archive material supports a continual reframing of our understanding of the past, contributing to new knowledge of the area.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Parker-Knoll Ltd.; archival collections; archives; textile design collections
Subjects:	000 Computer science, information & general works > 020 Library & information sciences 700 The arts; fine & decorative arts > 740 Drawing & decorative arts
Department:	The School of Art, Architecture and Design
Depositing User:	Gina Pierce
Date Deposited:	03 Feb 2016 17:35
Last Modified:	07 Dec 2022 09:50
URI:	https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/id/eprint/866

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