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Colour Visions: Expressive Layering Strategies for Digital Jacquard Design
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business.
2025 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master of Fine Arts (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis [Artistic work]
Abstract [en]

Through their three-dimensionality, woven textiles have the ability to add layers of sensorial richness to how one experiences patterns and imagery. Building from the foundational research into digital jacquard weaving with CMYK colour channels published by Frankie Ng and Jiu Zhou in 2013, as well as the emotive principles of impressionist painting, this thesis seeks to challenge the methods designers use to extract colour information from digital images. With the investigation into methods of colour channel separation, structure layering, and colour assignment, the weavings produced within this project offer a case study of how the developed experimental design techniques produce expressive results. Emotion was used as a starting point for compositional decisions (such as colour extraction methods, bindings, palettes, and materials) based on a collection of photographs that reflected a variety of personally emotive associations. The resulting weavings exhibit diverse characteristics, highlighting the potential for artists and designers to adapt the outlined layering techniques in unique ways. A series of six large-scaled weavings were produced with the intention of visualising a series of emotional experiences through careful pairings of colour pallets with materials and bindings that resonated with the concept for each composition. The resulting works employ these tools, transforming digital photographs into atmospheric woven artworks that aim to provoke emotional responses. 

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Keywords [en]
Textile Design, Jacquard Weaving, Colour, Experimental Weaving, Optical Colour Mixing
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Design
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-33754OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-33754DiVA, id: diva2:1976961
Available from: 2025-07-01 Created: 2025-06-25 Last updated: 2025-09-24Bibliographically approved

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