Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1974. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

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Floats. In weaving, they serve as a base for fundamental bindings such as twill or satin; they can also be considered as an error. Although more experimental floating threads have been a subject of exploration for many creators, their use in interior-oriented textiles is still rare. Basing on the possibilities offered by the Jacquard weaving technology, this project aims to investigate the aesthetic properties of floats. It was done through a systematic development of near-field and far-field structures as well as colour and yarn research. The investigation resulted in a collection of five textile objects, displaying different visual expressions achieved by the use of floats. Furthermore, by placing the woven pieces in a spatial context, Floating in focus aims to challenge the prevailing perception of interior textiles. Shape exploration of the collection is an attempt to find new ways of integrating woven textiles in space, somewhere between architecture and archetypical interior textiles such as blankets, pillows or upholstery.

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This degree work relates to the textile design field where the aim is to design jacquard woven patterns for smocking techniques, in order to create three-dimensional pattern surfaces for a spatial textile design context. Smocking is a traditional embroidery technique where the stitches manipulate the fabric and create decorative areas. Jacquard woven patterns work as templates for the smocking stitches so the pattern shapes the fabric. Bindings and yarn colour combinations were explored in an industrial jacquard machine and tried out with different smocking variations made by hand. Experiments with scale and materials have been done. The result consists of three woven textile objects smocked with two variants of lozenge smocking. The work demonstrates examples of smocked three-dimensional surfaces in various scales and shapes, which can be further developed into interior products, for instance room dividers or sound absorbers. The primary motive was to update the traditional smocking technique with patterns and colours, with the intension to develop a contemporary expression. The smocking technique acts as a method to manipulate patterns and can work as a sketching tool in pattern design. The purpose is to inspire alternative ways of sketching with patterns.

Using figures from the popular culture program The Bachelor in a large-scale tapestry-style weaving, I address the drive to create idealized simulations in order to better understand one’s own reality and identity. Natural dye and traditional weaving processes in combination with digital weaving technology allow me to literally integrate the juxtaposition of analog and digital elements which defines a woven image. Dye work and pattern allow for large gestural drawing marks while individual threads overlap to create literal pixelized imagery. I examine the act of weaving as the creation of screens through which one can see, hide, or obscure. I similarly question the role of the observer of a false reality and examine the choice to participate in, construct, or re-create a simulation.

Visuomenėje vyraujantys grožio standartai virsta mėginimu tiražuoti moterų išorę. Mane supa grožis, mano šeimos moterys taip auklėtos, joms tai svarbu. Svarbu ir man, nes siekiu pripažinimo ir slepiuosi. Visada slėpdavausi, užsidengdama kitų žmonių istorijomis, išgyvendama panašius jausmus. Atėjo laikas save apnuoginti. Plaukai man - vienas pagrindinių moteriškumo simbolių ir akcentų. Netekusi jų, netenku dalies savęs. Veidas tampa neatpažįstamas. Tai istorija ne apie ligą, tačiau grožio siekimas kartais tampa liga. Į mano asmeninės istorijos veidus, galite įdėti savo veidą. Ir tai nebe mano, o neegzistuojančio asmens veidas. Reta moteris norėtų platinti savo „negrožį“. Ko realiame gyvenime neįgivendinčiau, savo kūrinyje fabrikinio audimo principu kurdama tiražą, aš skatinu nusiimti savo kaukes. Dvejų studijų metų tyrinėjimo laukas išsikristalizavo į teorinio darbo temą "Žmogaus plaukų panaudojimas šiuolaikiniame mene: nuo ritualo iki koncepcijos". Savo kūrinyje plaukų, kaip medžiagos nenaudojau ir paradoksalu, moters plaukai, virtę simboliu, kinta, kol galiausiai išnyksta. Šį kūrinį sudaro 25 A4 formato žakardinio audimo autoportretai. / Beauty standards, which dominate in the society, turns into effort to circulation of the women appearance. I’m surrounded by the beauty, my family woman was educating like that, and for them it is very important. It is also important for me, because I’m seeking for the appreciation and I’m hiding. I was always hiding using other people’s stories, surviving similar feelings. It is time to denude myself. Hairs for me – one of the basic symbol and accent of femininity. I lose them, I lose a part of myself. Face becomes unrecognizable. It is a story not about disease, but sometimes seeking of the beauty became a disease. Into my personal story of my faces, you can put your face. And it is no longer mine, but it is non-existing persons’ face. Rare women want to propagate her “non-beauty”. What I never unrealized in the real life, in this creation using factory weaving principles and creating circulations, I’m encouraging to take off your masks. The field of two years’ of my research grows into theoretical work – “Human hair using in contemporary art: from ritual to the conception”. I didn’t use hairs as a material in my creation and paradoxically, a women hair became to a symbol, changes, and finally disappears. This work consists of 25 units, A4 format Jacquard weaving self-portraits.

Mémoire (M.E.L.)--Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 2001. / Document électronique également accessible en format PDF. CaQCU

This work places itself in the field of textile design and jacquard woven textiles. By exploring the relationship between the traditional Swedish bindings simplified overshot and monk’s belt, and computer-generated design tools and digital aesthetics, the primary motive has been to design a woven collection that explores alternative and contemporary expressions of traditional textiles. By challenging traditional properties and their original context, the collection has explored their spatial recognition as experimental decorative textiles. By adapting an experimental design method that forces de-contextualization and manipulation, the outcome of the study is a collection of three woven textiles which all suggest how traditional techniques can be revisited and reworked into contemporary contexts.