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This week I’m back in my studio and at my loom planning and designing for my final project at Handweavers Studio. Deadlines at the end of February and May 2015.

• My aim is to design the first Orton collection of South Downs Tweed (Winter) with a modern take on traditional tweed. I shall be offering a selection of luxury apparel – exact items to be finalised during my research, snoods are on my list.
• The inspiration for my project is the South Downs. I am currently walking the South Downs Way (Eastbourne to Winchester) this winter, and gathering inspiration from the colours, moods and textures I see and experience.
• I am also researching creative responses to the South Downs – poetry, painting, novels. I am mapping my days and recording notes, pictures  as I go. I shall also be exploring, dissecting and examining Tweed from a variety of sources.
• This project builds on and develops my enjoyment of braided twill (Project 2) where I felt I had success blending colours using merino wool and bamboo to create soft wearable items. This project will aim to extend both the colour palette, the range of natural fibres and twill structures to create luxury items that will be wonderful to wear.

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