Ottoman

I am currently working on transforming a few pieces of furniture as you can see from previous posts. One the the pieces that I am re-upholstering is an old ottoman that has been passed down through the female generations of my family. I have woven this design below to go onto the ottoman.

The colours that I have woven it in are slightly different to those shown here on the screen, they are a copenhagen style blue ( to match the chair paint ) a dusky pink and a navy. They all contain wool, the navy being 100% woolen and the other two are wool/cotton blends. I really liked the design once it was woven and can't wait to wash and cut it ready to re-upholster this classic style piece.

Visualisations

I have drawn and digitally edited some designs of my chair and Ottoman to create visualisations of what they may look like when they are complete. I intend to keep the designs quite simple with the use of two of three yarn colours.

Below are the chair designs. I have actually painted the chair the Copenhagen blue heritage colour which is the colour the design on the right hand side is. I have further to explore with my design and material ideas so the fabric for this is yet to be chosen. 

Below now are the designs for my ottoman, I think that the variations show that It may look different depending on how much pattern I want within the final fabric used. I think that I need to incorporate the Copenhagen blue colour into the yarn choice for my ottoman so that the furniture pieces match.

Starting transformation

Slowly I am beginning the transformation of my Lloyd loom style chair, I decided that I wanted to keep the heritage look of the chair and so I have chosen a blue paint from Dulux heritage collection called Copenhagen blue. There were many colours to choose from but I wanted to lighten and brighten the chair up so I chose a classic colour but not too dark. 

My reasoning for painting the chair before deciding what woven material I want to use for the upholstery is that I wanted to know what colour exactly the chair turned out to be. This is so I can then try out dark and light fabrics to see which works the best. I might also decide to alter the chair colour around the plaited trims to adapt the finished design of the piece as a whole.

Below is the chair painted in Heritage - Copenhagen blue.

Upholstery idea

For my final degree show I want to display the idea that my weaving designs are for interior fabrics and furnishings. I have come up with the idea or upholstering a few objects to display alongside blankets and cushions. 

The items that I will be upholstering will be pieces that would mainly be used in a bedroom collection and they will have character. The furniture won't be new modern designs. This Lloyd loom style chair is one of the items I hope to alter and create new from old.

I want my collection to work in my degree show as a whole collection and look like it belongs together, to do this I will have to collaborate simple and technical designs onto different designs so that they look good together as one.