About me
Olivia Reid is a Embroidery and Manipulation Textile Designer. Specialising in CAD Embroidery, Fabric Manipulation and Digital Print for high end women’s fashion. She has unique and innovative takes on techniques which include Smocking, CAD Embroidery and Embellishment. From which a range of tactile but delicate samples are created. With a sensitive understanding for material and colour, allowing her to be confident within pushing the limits of her designs.
Projects
- 'Culture in Colour'‘Culture in Colour’ explores the relationship between shape and colour when looking at the Jardin Majorelle in Morocco, capturing the vivid architecture and dramatic forms that are found within the gardens. Through the use of abstraction, block colour and overlapping shapes become the forefront of the imagery, translating a small aspect of Marrakech culture into a collection of samples that reflect a contemporary take on the cultural garden. With a carefully considered combination of techniques
- Beneath the SurfaceBeneath the Surface highlights the delicate and sensual nature of the coral ecosystem and how carbon pollution is leading to the underwater organisms to die, through the abstraction of textures and surfaces combined with a contrasting colour palette. By using colour as a way of showing the stark contrast between the living and dead organisms, the collection emulates the message of an ever changing ecosystem. Through the use of carefully considered materials such as, neoprene and veil netting alo
Projects credited in
- TAC-TILESTAC-TILES explores the relationship between architecture and abstraction when looking at the Royal Arcade in Bournemouth, to develop a contemporary surface design suitable to enter in the BEAF container competition. Focusing on sensory and tactile elements, the interlocking rhombuses create a modular surface design by abstracting simple shapes and colour from the interior architecture of the building. The combination of contemporary techniques such as laser cutting and UV printing demonstrates g
Work history
Sales AssistantJohn Lewis & Partners
Bournemouth, United KingdomPart Time
Communication: offering customers help and advice on products as well as working as a part of the team to help resolve any issues or problems
General skills: Training new partners and working private events
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Student at Premiere Vision ParisPremière Vision Paris
- Paris, FranceFreelance
Represented by agents at Premiere Vision Paris
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Skills
- Digital Embroidery
- Embellishment
- Digital Print
- Fabric Manipulation
- Colour Theory
- Embroidery
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Trend Research
Education
BA TextilesArts University Bournemouth
Bournemouth, United Kingdom
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UAL Foundation Diploma in Art DesignSussex Downs College
- Eastbourne, United Kingdom