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Graduating in 1976,  Honeyman’s interest in painting, colour and pattern led him to pursue a career in  textile design. His first commercial work, ‘Snowdrops’, was purchased by Liberty of  London, for whom he later completed several more commissions. Honeyman has  also designed for Viyella and since 1995, he has been creating textile designs for  needlepoint kit specialists, Ehrman Tapestry. The kits are composed of a  selection of coloured wools and a cotton tapestry canvas which has been printed with a design-guide, allowing the needleworker to see exactly where each stitch and colour should be placed.\r\n\r\nEach of Honeyman’s designs for Ehrman takes several weeks to complete and is composed of around 144 individually painted stitches per square inch. A densely  squared grid is drawn in pencil and the placement of each stitch is indicated by a dot of colour, corresponding to the particular shade of thread that should be used. Viewed as a whole, the dots combines to create the overall image. This technique allows Honeyman’s complicated designs to be accurately printed onto the tapestry canvas, enabling needleworkers to follow and recreate the pattern easily. \r\n\r\nFrom 2008 to 2010, an exhibition of Honeyman’s work toured various galleries, including Perth Art Gallery in Scotland, The Silk Museum Macclesfied and the  Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture in London. These institutions, along with the National Museum of Scotland, all hold examples of his work in their collections. As well as working as a textile designer, Honeyman has also worked as a lecturer and examiner in printed textile design, having taught at the Scottish College of Textiles and the University of Cumbria.\r\n\r\nHoneyman cites the Arts and Craft movement as one of the primary influences on his work. Although not all of his work show an obvious aesthetic influence, the  movement’s emphasis on individual craftsmanship and craft as an artform is at  the heart of Honeyman’s artistic practice and intent: “Despite this digital age I produce all my designs as pieces of artwork”. He proudly works in traditional media and eschews digital processes in favour of painting and designing exclusively by hand. This echoes the Arts and Crafts movement’s rejection of  factory produced goods, creating something of a dichotomy with the ultimate application of these designs as mass-produced kits. In this sense, they provide an  interesting example of how these original ideals of craftsmanship and design have endured and evolved to accommodate the demands of contemporary commercial artistic practice.\n","physicalDescription":"Needlework design on grid paper, painted in individual dots to form a square paisley-style design.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Honeyman, Raymond","id":"AUTH347891"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"gouache","id":"AAT70114"},{"text":"pencil","id":"x30347"},{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painting","id":"x30598"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Gouache and pencil on paper","categories":[{"text":"Designs","id":"THES48968"},{"text":"Tapestry","id":"THES48887"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2018LH4769"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLC","id":"THES49171"},"free":"","case":"MB2D","shelf":"DR113","box":"T182"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Design for embroidery","id":"x38216"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Scotland","id":"x29130"},"association":{"text":"designed","id":"x29338"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1997","earliest":"1997-01-01","latest":"1997-12-31"},"association":{"text":"designed","id":"x29338"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Raymond Honeyman","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"53.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"48.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Design for a needlework kit for Ehrman Tapestry by Raymond Honeyman, 'Punjabi Paisley'.  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