Ira Marie Zerrudo
BIO
Ira Marie Zerrudo is a digital designer inspired by the interconnected natures of technology and textiles. Often working with themes based around introspection and the online experience, Ira Marie enjoys creating surface designs, digital art, and collaborating with other creators and designers on a variety of different projects. Working digitally is Ira Marie’s preferred way of making, but textiles have always been a personally important medium with techniques and qualities that can’t be experienced or achieved digitally. This duality of analog and digital is what continues to inspire Ira Marie’s current and future work.
CAPSTONE PROJECT
INTERWOVEN/INTERNET
Interwoven/Internet is a surface design collection that serves as a love letter to the virtual realm. Inspired by growing up online, playing games with friends, and experiences in many different communities, Interwoven/Internet combines these ideas with digital design techniques to create deeply personal surface designs. The designs within the collection can be used virtually in online spaces and can also exist on digitally printed or woven textiles. This collection shares a unique affinity and nostalgia which exists in people who’ve grown up with the Internet. For those unfamiliar with the online world, Interwoven/Internet offers a tiny glimpse into a culture that thrives with creativity and passion.
FEATURED WORK
Title: Faceless - Swatch
Dimensions: 25 x 25 cm
Year: 2020
Materials: Digital print on cotton twill
Title: Faceless
Dimensions: 13 x 13 cm
Year: 2020
Materials: Digital repeat of a scanned graphite drawing
Title: Status
Dimensions: 13 x 13 cm
Year: 2020
Materials: Digital design
Title: Network
Dimensions: 13 x 13 cm
Year: 2020
Materials: Digital design
Title: Feedback
Dimensions: 215 x 300 cm
Year: 2020
Materials: Digital design
Title: WIP Hex
Dimensions: 20 x 20 cm
Year: 2021
Materials: Digital vector design
Title: WIP Hex - Swatch
Dimensions: 25 x 25 cm
Year: 2021
Materials: Digital Print on Sports Fabric
Title: Agent
Dimensions: 30 x 50 cm
Year: 2021
Materials: Digital vector design
Title: Familiar
Dimensions: 120 x 180 cm
Year: 2021
Materials: Digital vector design
Title: CROWNED
Dimensions: 120 x 180 cm
Year: 2021
Materials: Digital vector design