Dunya Bueler- BA (Hons) Textiles in Practice
Between Lace and Line
Within my work, I am interested in the relationship between weaving and drawing, which I investigate through my own process of creation in the form of an "abstract pattern book." Drawing helps me visualise and process my weaving and is a significant part of my practice as a weaver. My pattern book functions as an experimental design and research tool, providing visual insight into textile thinking, process, and woven language through the abstraction of textiles into different forms. In my recent project, titled "Between Lace and Line", I experiment with vintage and historical decorative textiles and linear structures.
By experimenting with pattern techniques, I reinterpret the visual qualities of lace, ribbon, and drapery through material choice in woven and drawn paper-based forms. Through this process, traditional decorative textiles are collaged into contemporary woven forms, creating subtle patterned surfaces inspired by lace and frill, and distorted through line and material. Alongside this exploration of vintage textile effects, I investigate alternative paper systems and notation. By replacing traditional weave graph paper with manuscript, logarithmic, and varied grid papers, conventional drafting methods are challenged, and new forms of rhythm, repeat, and structure emerge.
Through examining mark-making in drawing and stitch-like effects in weaving, I reveal line as a shared language between the two disciplines. This project has allowed me to explore the relationship between lace and line through a hybrid practice of weaving and drawing.
