KIRSTY JEAN BRABIN
WOVEN TEXTILE DESIGNER
ABOUT
ABOUT KIRSTY JEAN
Kirsty Jean Brabin is a woven textile designer and maker. Based in Aberdeen, Kirsty Jean graduated from Cheslea College of Art in 2014 achieving a Distinction and gained a BA (Hons) Texile Design in 2012. Kirsty Jean has a passion for the Shetland Isles, this is a main source of inspiration when designing and weaving her luxury interior collections. Enthused by the hidden coast, she creates unique, gradient warps doning shapes from historical Nordic artifacts. Being a woven textile designer, relation to words such as ‘holistic’ and ‘traditional’ are often apparent. Careful consideration is taken in producing each piece and all wool she uses is sourced from Shetland's only surviving mill.
WHAT SHE DOES
Kirsty Jean is an advanced and dedicated weaver specialing in double cloth and supplimation warp weaving, for example piqué. Kirsty Jean's interior collections have featured at trade shows such as Premiere Vision Paris, Indigo Brussels and Pulse London. She has worked freelance for several high end interior companies and was Global Yell's Weaver in Residence in 2013. Her work has appeared in trend forcasting publications such as WGSN and is available upon request for styling work, as well as woven freelance work, commissions or collaborations. She is also a very keen creative writer and has written articles for publication. Please contact Kirsty Jean by phone, email or using the comments box below.
PORTFOLIO
Final degree show piece, a handwoven 1956 Parker Knoll chair, naturally dyed using organic yarn. Inspired by nature fighting back through the urban, concrete and brick. June 2013
Shetland inspired upholstery fabric created during my post as Global Yell's Weaver in Residence, July 2013
Design one drying out by an old croft; Shetland inspired upholstery fabric created during my post as Global Yell's Weaver in Residence, July 2013
Design two drying out by an old croft; Shetland inspired upholstery fabric created during my post as Global Yell's Weaver in Residence, July 2013
Piqué weave for a private commission, handwoven in Shetland. August 2013
Holding in close regard to my time spent living in the Shetland Isles, this upholstery piece considers Shetland tweed but bearing a contemporary twist; a twilled piqué surface encompassing bold neon accents. Handwoven in Shetland, May 2014
I created three hand woven throws with Shetland wool in the same studio where my passion for the isles originally flourished. Inspired by the hidden coast, I designed unique, gradient, double cloth warps and patterns used were enthused by aerial views of Neolithic settlements. Blanket stitched with mustard coloured wool, July 2014
I created three hand woven throws with Shetland wool in the same studio where my passion for the isles originally flourished. Inspired by the hidden coast, I designed unique, gradient, double cloth warps and patterns used were enthused by aerial views of Neolithic settlements. Blanket stitched with blue coloured wool, July 2014
I created three hand woven throws with Shetland wool in the same studio where my passion for the isles originally flourished. Inspired by the hidden coast, I designed unique, gradient, double cloth warps and patterns used were enthused by aerial views of Neolithic settlements. Blanket stitched with green coloured wool, July 2014