Present Prints | Libby Noblet

A fascination with a striped bow on a gift inspired some pencil drawings.

A bundle of white fabrics was given to me by my mother in law, who was clearing her cupboards out after a lifetime of making.

I converted my bow drawings into screenprint designs using handcut paper stencils. While printing the finest voile of the bundle, the basis of this exhibition began. Each variation in fabric type prompting the next design.

Some pieces have been made into things, (the striped bow design into a summer top) and others are hanging here as uncut lengths. The product range expanded as did the range of fabrics I explored. I’m hoping the printed lengths find a creative sewer who will turn them into something treasured.

The collages began during the pandemic where advertorials for private schools with slogans such as ‘time to shine’ and ‘time to choose’ were used to inspire
and motivate action. More recently, the original context was distorted as they were put together with found and created imagery. The collages ignited new pattern directions.