Harry Messenger

I am a textile artist specialising in weave, utilising bold mark making and abstract concepts as the driving force behind my art. Breathoffreshair entails the intrinsically human feeling of being trapped between monotony and gloom, dulling the colour in our life. The euphoric sensation of breathoffreshair can be triggered by events in our lives small or large, insignificant or life changing that sparks a wonderous state of tranquillity. My installation aims to encapsulate this feeling, being personal and true to how I experience it, to submerge anyone into this sensation to emerge lighter and airy. Playing with collage, texture, and colour to create an immersive world that is vivid, calming and soft to the senses. Doing a six-week placement for Margo Selby and being the winner of Paul Vogel’s men shirting for S/S26, in which I was gifted the opportunity to visit Texworld in Paris, I am in search of finding my footing to establish what type of designer I want to become.