Print Textile Design Portfolio - Olaia Caicoya

Print Design Portfolio

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Print for Long Tall Sally Reworking an existing print: Using Photoshop I simplified the pattern and adapted it for the Autumn 2018 palette and moodboard. t was printed onto viscose and made into a wrap dress and a top, which were best sellers.

Boho Persian Print for Topshop (Assisting the designer Teresa PatiĂąo)

Inspiration

Creating an engineered design inspired by Preen Line SS15 collection, which uses repetitions of arabesque motifs, organic filigrees and symmetry. I’ve played with the scales and proportions of the ornaments.

Preen season prints are inspired by a trip to Morocco. The intricate designs and details of the mosaic and tiling work in Morocco is all graphic and colourful.

Colour palette

Moodboard from Topshop

Messy Stripes for Topshop (Assisting the designer Teresa PatiĂąo) Creating an irregular work with grey mall shades and cream using Photoshop and Illustrator. Mixing different odd shapes and playing with their sizes and perspective, creating imaginary landscapes.

Designs to bo be used as prints.

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Moodboard from Topshop

Ancient Persian Jewellery for Topshop (Assisting the designer Teresa PatiĂąo) Creating Persian looking motifs using Photoshop and Illustrator, based on different jewellery pieces from Mesopotamia and ancient civilisations.

To be used as gold thread embroidery on garments.

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Inspiration

Scarves Digitally printed in London on silk habotai

Own Tiles

Digital Textile Design. Mary Ward Centre, London I developed this collection while I was first studying and then assisting the teacher of the course “Digital Textile Design� at Mary Ward Centre.

This collection is inspired by the hydraulic tiles typical from Portugal, but with a modern twist, using only straight lines and geometrical shapes. The colours chosen are vibrant, bold and contemporary.

The patterns have been applied to fashion (silk scarves, bags) and homewear (placemats, coasters and mugs)

Scarf Digitally printed in London using silk habotai

Digital Textile Design. Mary Ward Centre, London My inspiration for this design was Ancient Egypt. I hand draw several Egyptian inspired motifs and then colour them on the computer and put on repeat.

Using a small sample of fluor colours has given the design a bold and fun touch.

And the possibility of a black or white blackground adds more interest to the piece.

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Digital Textile Design. Mary Ward Centre, London Collection of designs created while studying/working at Mary Ward Centre. They have been digitally printed in London on cotton and silk habotai scarves.

1. Inspired by youth culture and emoji communication, I’ve created this design available in black and millenial pink.

2. Hand drawn bird skeleton made during a visit to the Hunterian Museum in London. Used as a half drop repeat 3. Hand drawn russian dolls. In full polychromy, reminding Russian orthodox art, as well as in a limited palette of colours.

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Abstract Inspiration Strong early Abstract Art influence, artists like Vassily Kandinsky; and Constructivism, artists like Guy Vandenbranden.

Heat Press Designs Abstract collages inspired by geometry and abstraction. The process started painting paper with transfer dyes to create textures, and then when dried, transfering these papers to the cotton fabric using the heat press.

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Paper collages

Colour and texture inspiration

Digital Embroidery Design.

Mid term project MA Textile Design at Chelsea College of Arts Inspired by the traces left in the snow, yarn texture, as well as the fabric interlacing, all under the geometric abstraction influence, I created a series of collages using white and off white pieces of papers, which later would be translated into textiles using the digital embroidery technique. Trying different kinds of embroidery into different fabrics to obtain unique effects.

olaiacaicoya@gmail.com London N16 / 07964058809 MA Textile Design Chelsea College of Arts

Olaia Caicoya graphic & textile designer olaiacaicoya@gmail.com / 07964058809 N16, London

/ Education

/ Technical skills

Chelsea College of Arts, London. UK MA Textile Design. September 2017

Photoshop

University of Wolverhampton. UK BA (Hons 2.1) Media and Communication Studies

InDesign

Brookhaven College. Dallas, USA Associate Degree in Visual Communication Escuela Superior de Arte de Asturias. Spain Graduate in Graphic Design

Illustrator Dreamweaver Power Point MS Office

/ Experience Long Tall Sally (Fashion brand). London Creative artworker November 2017 Working closely with the designers, copywriter, retoucher and colleagues in the marketing department to take catalogues in all territories from design to print ready artwork. Liaise with the appropriate people/departments to ensure every job is delivered on time and to standard. Supporting the designers throughout the execution of campaigns and projects. Ensuring all artwork adheres to brand guidelines. To undertake other duties as may be determined from time to time within the general scope of the position

Dentons (Law firm). London Creative artworker March 2016 - October 2016 (contract) Produce high quality and best-in-class design and service to all Creative Services’ clients. Working on the layout, edits and print production of firmwide collateral. Work closely with the Senior Designers to support the firmwide design process to ensure accurate and timely delivery of products, correctly filling all jobs in the relevant job bag, filling of emails in the workflow email inbox and logging jobs on the digital job logging tool.

Clyde & Co (Law firm). London Graphic Designer March 2015 - December 2015 (contract) Produce creative solutions in response to design briefs, ensuring the generation of a consistently high standard of documentation, in keeping with best practice design principles and providing an internal design consultancy service to the business. Contribute to creative discussions and use initiative to consider new directions that could improve the presentation of existing materials.

Swarovski. London Graphic Designer February 2014 - January 2015 Help building a cohesive brand image for the Swarovski brand by collaborating with the visual identity team and individual business units, translating branding and marketing strategies into exceptional creative concepts.

Design of corporate collateral including event set up, invitations, logo boards, press releases, in house publications, etc.

Mary Ward Centre. London Digital Textile Design Teaching Assistant 2013 - 2014 Assist in teaching the students how to create their own surface pattern designs using Photoshop and Illustrator, and transfer these onto textiles using studio and professional print techniques.

Kinross and Render PR. London Middleweight Graphic Designer 2010 - 2012

Olaia Caicoya graphic & textile designer olaiacaicoya@gmail.com / 07964058809 N16, London

/ Achivements

/ Personal skills

Embroidery artwork at Nasty Women Group Show Stour Space, London. 2017

Creativity

MA Textile Design final exhibition. UAL Summer Show Chelsea College of Arts, London. 2017

Attention to detail

Photographic work exhibited at Winter Group Show Indo Gallery, London. 2013-2014 Digital textile print work exhibited at Mary Ward Centre, London. 2013

Highly motivated Problem solving Willingness to learn Flexibility and adaptability Planning and organisation Working well to deadlines

Photographic work exhibited at Rock Voskel Voskel Gallery, Paris. 2011 Lecturer at Visionica Festival and Ă“ptica Videoart Festival Asturias, Spain. 2006

/ Languages

/ Interests

English - Advanced

Typography & Design

Spanish - Advanced

Fashion & Textiles

French - Intermediate

Cinema Photography Arts & Crafts Music Literature Sports

/ References upon request

/ Thanks for your time