Dionne Swift Textile Artist

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Devoré

I use devoré processes on velvet to explore the changing structural qualities in the landscape.

Dionne Swift carves the wildness of windswept landscapes into fabric, creating ploughed furrows of subtle and surprising tones
Me painting at Radiant Works
Dionne painting at her studio in Huddersfield

I use devoré processes on velvet to explore the changing structural qualities in the landscape.

I dye and hand paint the cloth, I over paint and employ dye reduction techniques to develop visual layers and the notion of depth
I aim to allow the processes selected to add to the development of the work. The techniques used are as important as the imagery depicted.

The devoré process was developed on C17th France as a means of creating a poor man’s lace. Devoré – to devour – to eat away/to burn out. The fabric I use is a combination of silk and viscose, the devoré process removes the viscose pile.