Grey area : an area or situation in which it is difficult to judge what is right and what is wrong.
'Grey Area' is a menswear printed textiles collection that highlights and explores the hardships and emotions experienced by young men growing up in disadvantaged areas. Through digital and screen print processes, I have conveyed the physical sense of this mental distortion through glitched effects and purposely warped elements. Damage and distress is communicated through rough textures and worn surfaces.
This textiles collection encompasses the grey area that many young people often find themselves in. Through the promise of comfort and money, young minds are distorted and manipulated. Their vision of what is right and wrong becomes obscured. With high rates of unemployment and little opportunity for up-skilling, the allure of the drug trade and involvement in organised crime, a chance of earning a high income without need for qualifications is offered.
Grey Area
Black cotton satin printed with white opaque pigment
Digitally printed sweatshirt fabric
Natural heavy bull denim printed with black pigment and clear foil
Water resistant poly cotton printed with hand painted heat transfer ink and black pigment
Digitally printed sweatshirt fabric
Digitally printed drill cotton
Digitally printed drill cotton bonded to jersey fleece
Polysatin lining printed with sublimation image
Black cotton satin printed with puff pigment