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Susan Ricketts

BA (Hons) Fine Art, Yr3
Susan Ricketts Susan.Ricketts@mail.bcu.ac.uk
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Yr3
2022
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 My practice is about an ethical way of dyeing fabric by connecting eco-friendly fabric to nature, by using plant dyes. The technique used is a Japanese shibori and tie-dye, a process of twisting, pleating, crumpling, folding and binding with nylon thread and elastic bands. I use an organic plant based dye Indigo(Indigofera tinctoria), or any plant based dyes to add a deep earthy rich hue to natural calico cotton and Linen giving the fabric a sympathetic justice to sustainable textiles without using a chemical dye. I am interested in the way how our fabrics are produced by the textiles companies, and after intensive research I have decided to produce my own dyed/designed fabric for my soft furnishings business. The fabric I use is environmentally friendly, durable and recyclable and intended for repeat use, the combination of the dye and fabric is an ethical link to a sustainable production of textiles for the future of our environment. 

Past Shows

The annual Degree Show is a highly anticipated event amongst staff, students, external partners and friends of the School of Art – it provides a platform for the work that the students have spent so long conceiving and producing. The 2023 Degree Show has been realised through an ongoing testing of ideas in public arenas in which the discourse around art practice takes place. This process of realising practice which engages with audiences has over […]

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Diana Bercea
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Detail photograph of clay sculpture. The clay has been shaped by hand and there are details painted in blue and brown that resemble moss or natural growth.
Nikol Ignatovic
Nikol Ignatovic
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Photograph of a gallery exhibition of a series of black and white photographs at different scales on a white wall. From left to right the photographs show hands, a plate of food next to a photograph, an abstract image, the back of a head with an abstract image layered over the top.
Susan Ricketts
Susan Ricketts
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Lucy Lucas
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A colour photograph showing two fabric collages on a white background. The collage on the right shows parts of a mens blazer that have been deconstructed. The fabric is in pieces and layered onto of one and other. A leopard print fabric replaces the body. The words 'Be Strong and Couragous' are written in pink on a white piece of fabric. In the fabric collage on the right the words 'you are perfect' are stitched in pink and written on off-white fabric. A photograph pf three women is printed onto fabric and layered underneath alongside other elements of a deconstructed mens blazer.