Catherine Chaney
fashion and textile design /// product development
Knit fabrics
Rugged. Refined.
Motif development | Motif development | Mountain Range motif and fabric sample |
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Mountain range fabric sample | Red Sky motif and fabric sample | Red Sky fabric sample |
Texture map Mountain Range motif photoshopped onto shirt. Example of potential end use. | Inspiration and color storyboard | Fabric storyboard |
Rugged. Refined. is a pair of knit fabrics intended to combine the rough and tough outdoors man with a refined elegance. Both designs were inspired by elements in nature - a mountain range and ocean reflection - and maintain an overall simple style with elegance in the details.
Printed fabrics
Microscopic
Cotton Comfort
Cotton Comfort and Microscopic are two separate collaborative projects of printed fabrics. Both were printed onto cotton sateen.
Motif development | Dissected cell motif and Fabric1 sample | Fabric1 sample |
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Multi-color cell motif and Fabric2 sample | Fabric2 sample | Green cell motif and Fabric3 sample |
Fabric3 sample | Microscopic collaborative storyboard and samples | Personal samples storyboard |
Microscopic was inspired by the view of cells and cell structures under a microscope, particularly the vivid colors of dyed cells. The various designs were inspired by both plant and animal cell structures.
Motif development | Motif development | Cotton boll motif and Fabric1 sample |
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Fabric1 sample | Fabric2 sample | Fabric2 closeup |
Cotton Comfort collaborative storyboard and samples |
Cotton Comfort was inspired by the growth cycle of cotton. The set of fabrics depict three distinct stages: seed, blossom, and boll.