The Scarf Project - Co-Design Workshop 1/6: Experimental Mark Making

Mark Making / Experimentation

Thinking / Concept Generation

The Scarf Project has launched with its first co-design workshop - Experimental Mark Making. 

This four hour workshop session explored lots of theory and thinking which surrounds the design process. To structure the action an interactive design game is being explored - allowing the participants to compete against one another to propose new design concepts.

The making component of this workshop was facilitated by Bridget Harvey who brought along a pick and mix of objects to draw with and from. She also challenged us to try alternative ways to make our marks such as: trying our pencils/ pens / paint brushes to string, drawing with our opposite hand and pulling at random from a lucky bag of found objects. We worked together and swapped work as we made it, this really changed the handle and quality of the work.

We closed the workshop by photographing our work and using photoshop to co-design a scarf. This rounded up the day nicely as we left having produced a finished and final outcome. We will each be expanding upon that outcome this week - as each of us will be producing our own scarf using the material we generated within the workshop.

These scarves will be sent off to be printed on Friday and a following session will be used to explore how to use the scarves.

The next co-design workshop will be on Saturday the 26th March... the theme will be revealed later this week. If your interested in participating just send me an email - textiles2.0@gmail.com OR leave your details below.

The Scarf Project Co-Design Workshop 1/6

This co-design workshop will be facilitated by Bridget Harvey.

The theme for this six part series of workshops is Global Fashion, Local Tradition.

We chose x6 words to inspire this theme... please bring along objects and/or materials which define these words and can be used for experimental mark making.

If you would like to come along - just send an email to - textiles2.0@gmail.com
OR join The Scarf Project on Facebook to follow updates and sign up to participate.


Spaces are limited so please RSVP.

The Scarf Project

So, the pilot project has ended and I would like to send a really big thank you to all of the textile design students and graduates who participated! The aim of the pilot was to explore new ways of working and was very experimental - therefore lots was learned through a quick and dirty approach. 

The main practice was staged through a four hour intensive workshop session which divided the participants into groups to produce mood boards, samples and swatches. The samples were then printed onto fabric and following a discussion with the participants these designs will be edited and adapted to produce some final prints for a small collection of scarves.

Which brings me to introduce the next stages of this research - "The Scarf Project". Over the next three months the thinking and making explored during the pilot will be expanded upon through a series of co-design workshops. To provide a focus and starting point the series has been titled : Global Fashion, Local Tradition inspired by the book below.

Global Fashion, Local Tradition

More information will be circulated this week to promote the workshops and invite people to participate. In the meantime we have set up a facebook group titled - The Scarf Project. If your interesting in coming along to share and exchange skills or just want to follow what we are up to - please sign up! 

Lots more info to follow. 

Group 2

Concept Design & Development

Mood Board

Samples and Swatches

Group 1

Concept Design and Development

Mood Board

Samples and Swatches

The Beginning

Inspiration Images

Following the project launch - all participants uploaded / emailed some 'inspiration images'. These images printed and ready for  the co-design workshop.

Potential Scarf Fastenings...

Salvaged pieces of wood, cut and sanded, with holes ready for fastenings...