BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Surface Textiles
______________________________FLORAL DECAY Devika Rattu is a Surface Textiles Designer specialising in Print through traditional screen-printing and digital printed textiles. Her work explores printing and dyeing techniques with a modern twist by distorting and warping her artwork to create something distinctly unique. Her Spring/Summer 2014 collection Floral Decay is a high-end womenswear collection, which stemmed from the idea that man-made cites are created by destroying natural landscapes. Then when man no longer has use for the structures, the invasion of nature and the decaying process takes over and creates something delicately beautiful, fragile and unique. Looking at the visual record of physical decay shown in the work of Marchand and Meffreâs âRuins of Detroitâ the photography explores abandonment by people, society and the presence of past lives within the derelict buildings. The collection draws on traditional print processes of Devore and dyeing used in a contemporary way with unconventional fabrics. The techniques have been extensively refined to showcase a highly creative development of textiles. Both techniques required long periods of time to explore, test and perfect, creating a distinctive collection. The dyeing and printing process has been a fundamental aspect to the collection. The importance of colour is paramount to Devikaâs vision through her collection, especially the transformation of her artwork into printed textiles. An integral part to the development of Devikaâs work is her floral illustrations. Specialising in organic watercolours paintings rich in colour, distorted and warped to form graphic structural shapes, which won her a prize for Chelsea Flower Show competition and an annual membership to the Royal Horticultural Society. Then developed for the illustration competition Nina De Yorke and will be used to develop an instillation for the 2013 LCF Press Exhibition. ______________________________EDUCATION London College of Fashion Ba (Hons) Fashion Design Technology_Surface Textiles 2010-2013 London College of Fashion Foundation Diploma in Art and Design 2009-2010 ______________________________WORK EXPERIENCE Freelance Print Designer_ Mirjam Roudén Design Intern April-May 2011 Giles Sample Room Intern January-May 2012 Anna Sui Pattern Making Intern July-September 2012 ______________________________ ACHIEVEMENTS Runner up_Chelsea Flower show t-shirt competition Annual membership for The Royal Horticultural Society Collaborative photo shoot, producing 2 dresses and a headpiece for Fauna & Flora⨠Selected as participant for Illustration 2013⨠Finalist for Nina de Yorke Fashion Illustration Competition ______________________________SKILLS Adobe_ InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator Screen printing_ discharge, devore, polychromatic, acid, procion_ sublimation Dyeing Digital Printing Domestic embroidery and knitting machines Drawings and technical drawings Pattern Cutting ______________________________CREDITS _FAUNA + FLORA_ Print_ Devika Rattu Dress_ Sofia Ilmonen Creative Director_ Rob Philips Photographer_ Kasia Wozniak Models_ Sophia at Select and Katharina at M+P Beauty_ Pace Chen Nails_ Lauren Michelle Pires _FLORAL DECAY_ Photographer_ GMGP Model_ Sophie at Select Beauty_ Pace Chen