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Alex McCarthy

MA work

MA work

  • Face

    Face, Alex McCarthy 2014
    Sublimation and screen printed textile sample.
    29.70/51.15 cm | Photographer: Alex McCarthy

  • Old Ladies

    Old Ladies, Alex McCarthy 2014
    Digital Print and Screen Printing techniques.
    51.44/31.04cm | Photographer: Alex McCarthy

  • Garment Visualisation

    Garment Visualisation, Alex McCarthy 2014
    Painting and Digital Medium.
    15.54/18.13 cm

  • Old Ladies

    Old Ladies, Alex McCarthy 2014
    Painted Photograph
    109/152mm | Photographer: Alex McCarthy

From a Pair of Trousers to a New Narrative

A small printed garment collection conveying the story and concept of my collection. It includes three main looks; printed fabric samples, a booklet and photographs displaying my visualisations and a photograph shoot of my final collection, a concept collaboration film, displayed on a flat screen and a two-piece textile orientated garment collaboration collection.

Programme
Textiles
Collaborators
Morwenna Darwell, first-year Womenswear
Raj Mistry, second-year Menswear
Signe Emma Kristjansen and Despina Rangou, second-year Visual Communication students
Maria Ressano Garcia, second-year Textiles student

Info

Info

  • Alex McCarthy

  • MA Degree

    School

    School of Design

    Programme

    MA Textiles, 2014

    Specialism

    Printed Textiles

  • My collection is about storytelling through print: a personal project that explores print within the body and the space around you. Using techniques from other art forms to provide a fresh perspective on the print process, I have explored how personal and collective identities can be conveyed through dress. Painted brushstrokes and photography are two new sources that introduce an element of surprise into more traditional print processes. Projection and performance have been ways of developing this into spatial and immersive outputs. The movement that is unleashed through this process has in turn informed the subtle sculptural form of the garments that the textiles culminate in. My work is not only a collection but an experience that I want people to immerse themselves in.

  • Degrees

  • BA (Hons) Textile Design, Glasgow School of Art, 2011 ; Foundation Diploma, Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London, 2008

  • Experience

  • Paid internship, Diane Von Furstenberg, New York, 2012; Internship, Zandra Rhodes, London, 2011; Internship, Print Department, Diane Von Furstenburg, New York, 2011 ; Internship, Costume Department, Glyndebourne Opera Company, Sussex, 2010; Internship, BCC Costume Department, Glasgow, 2010

  • Exhibitions

  • Work-in-progress Show, Royal College of Art, 2014; Group exhibition, The Royal College of Art, 2014

  • Awards

  • Finalist, Emmett and Thomas Mason shirt project, Royal College of Art, 2014; Third prize, Bridge of Weir Leather Company Innovation Competition, 2009

Registered Office: Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU