ROS Theses Repository

View Item 
  •   ROS Home
  • Textiles & Design
  • Doctoral Theses (Textiles & Design)
  • View Item
  •   ROS Home
  • Textiles & Design
  • Doctoral Theses (Textiles & Design)
  • View Item
  •   ROS Home
  • Textiles & Design
  • Doctoral Theses (Textiles & Design)
  • View Item
  • Admin
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

An investigation into achieving visual narration using photochromic dyes on a textile substrate

View/Open
BanksC_0114_std.pdf (10.13Mb)
Date
2014-01
Author
Banks, Carol
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
Photochromic dyes have the unique property of being colourless until exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light. Their application within design has thus far been basic, predominantly developing the medium as it is exposed to natural UV light. Therefore, by exploring the dyes’ colours and movement when printed on a textile substrate and developed by artificial UV light, this thesis investigates their ability to create a form of visual narrative. Using the dyes’ colours to evoke a change in emotion set the parameters for answering this aim. Testing the interactions of the dyes’ colours in sunlight, on a range of substrates and in varied combinations, provided initial knowledge of how they perform in this medium. Whilst the stylistic techniques of French Impressionist films provided configurations with which to explore the movement of the dyes, research on colour showed the diversity of ways in which it is able to be used to express emotion. Two custom built UV LED arrays, manually operated then software driven, enabled the dyes’ development times and intervals to be controlled. Design questions were then answered by combining these factors with the dyes’ fading speeds. Storyboarding photographs became an important part of the analysis and reflection process whilst filming also assisted in observing their transient nature. This work revealed that a new methodology, that was based on placement and sequencing, would be necessary when designing with dyes that move. Design exploration illustrated how using two dyes, from opposite ends of both the fading and emotional spectrum, mixed by printing, could create a colour change, as they faded, when they were developed in a linear sequence. Subsequently, by combining abstract representational imagery with variations on the stylistic film techniques, to alternately develop two dyes, it was illustrated how, by varying their development intervals, these dyes have the potential to create a visual narrative that evokes a change of emotion in the viewer.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10399/2895
Collections
  • Doctoral Theses (Textiles & Design)

Browse

All of ROSCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitles

ROS Administrator

LoginRegister
©Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH14 4AS.

Maintained by the Library
Tel: +44 (0)131 451 3577
Library Email: libhelp@hw.ac.uk
ROS Email: open.access@hw.ac.uk

Scottish registered charity number: SC000278

  • About
  • Copyright
  • Accessibility
  • Policies
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • Feedback
AboutCopyright
AccessibilityPolicies
Privacy & Cookies
Feedback
 
©Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH14 4AS.

Maintained by the Library
Tel: +44 (0)131 451 3577
Library Email: libhelp@hw.ac.uk
ROS Email: open.access@hw.ac.uk

Scottish registered charity number: SC000278

  • About
  • Copyright
  • Accessibility
  • Policies
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • Feedback
AboutCopyright
AccessibilityPolicies
Privacy & Cookies
Feedback