Description

Born in Bolivia (South America), then she moved to live to Barcelona for several years, now she is graphic and interior designer currently based in London.

Upon graduating with a First Class Honours degree in Interior Design and a degree in Multidisciplinary Design; she started to work in fashion and graphic design industry for many years.
After her professional experience in those fields she decided to move to London to start an MA Graphic Design at LCC.

By the end of the MA after she has been working for the last six months in andean cultural identity she decided to open her own studio where she will fusion all these disciplines and use graphic design methods to create patterns for digital textile design and their applications in furnishing, interior and fashion design.
This project will give her the opportunity to explore more deeply her skills and passions in art, ceramics, textiles, and anything related to folklore and cultural identity.

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MAJOR PROJECT

Andeans Textiles express cultural traits transmitting a symbolic language that explain myths, ecological environment and social conditions in the Andean region of South America.
The essence of the textiles’ graphics will never be static but something that evolves through time.

For this project she use the digital media to transform from slow (hand-woven) to fast (digital pattern) process. The visual language previously enclosed in traditional textiles (rough hard material) can now be applied in new supports: surface, graphic, fashion, industrial design and architecture.

To demonstrate the versatility of the new methodology (digital pattern) she determinates to experiment in this project with digital textile, creating some pieces in order to be used in furnishing, interior design and fashion. They were printed in different fabrics such as velvet, cotton, and silk.

The effect and the result of this project is the Andean cultural identity democratisation in the textile industry and it will be applied in other fields.