The Mountain Hare jacket and hat by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
Hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore for Virtual Yarns
Alice Starmore Artist & Textile Designer
The Mountain Hare hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
Glamourie by Alice Starmore
The Mountain Hare hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie

Glamourie

GLAMOURIE, 2018, Calla Editions, USA

 

Glamourie is a celebration of my Hebridean home and Gaelic culture. My daughter Jade wrote her own original shape-shifting stories in the style of Scottish oral legends featuring Hebridean creatures and characters. My remit was to create hand-knitted costumes to illustrate the stories. We then took the costumes back into the landscape and Jade photographed them on the mountains, moorlands and shorelines that inspired them. You can see the costumes in depth in the Textile Arts section of this website.

I then used key elements of the costumes to create a collection of commercial designs with full instructions for knitters. Providing instructions for key elements of the costumes gave knitters the opportunity to creating their own personal variations. I demonstrated some of the infinite possibilities in the form of collars, using a variety of elements from my commercial design instructions.

The Mountain Hare hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Damselfly hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Damselfly hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Damselfly hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Damselfly hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Damselfly hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Damselfly hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Lapwing Collar hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore for Virtual Yarns
Large collar hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Raven Collar by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Lapwing Collar hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore for Virtual Yarns
Large collar hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Raven Collar by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Lapwing Collar hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore for Virtual Yarns
Large collar hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Raven Collar by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
Alice Starmore Artist & Textile Designer
The Raven Cardigan hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Raven Cardigan hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Raven Cardigan hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Raven Cardigan hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Raven Poncho hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Raven Poncho hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Raven Poncho hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Eagle hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Eagle hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Sea Anemone hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Sea Anemone hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Sea Anemone hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Sea Anemone hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Cailleach hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Cailleach hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Cailleach hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Lapwing hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Lapwing hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Lapwing hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Selkie hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Selkie hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Selkie hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie
The Selkie hand knitwear design by Alice Starmore from the book Glamourie