Indigo.....

 

It's that time of year again, for the Premiere Vision and Indigo trade show in Paris ! So i've got seven of my designs going this year and a cd with all of the graduating students work and cv's on will be going along as well! So hopefully something good comes from the tradeshow - lots of opportunities to be had !

Sponsorship News!

 

Some great news,  Thought I'd let you guys know I've been sponsored again.... By two more companies, Swann Morton and Fiskars !

Can't believe at how generous the companies I've been sponsored by have been ! Spoken to so many lovely people, can;t wait to start using all of the products that I've been sent!

- Fiskars
- Madeira
- Swann Morton
- Seawhite of Brighton
- Hobbycraft

Just want to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU !!!! To all of the people I've spoken to and the companies listed that have been so generous with their time and products. Thank You guys !!!

Development Update

So I've been a busy bee, plodding on with my design development - which I have to say is going really well, really enjoying getting stuck in and seeing how my ideas are coming together! So I'll talk you through how it's going !

Firstly I did some design layouts on Photoshop using scans of my drawings, but I didn't think they weren't really exciting or innovative  enough, so I decided to be brave cut them up and rework them into something more interesting..

 These are a few of the layouts I created, think they are much more effective than what I had before !
With these designs I then needed to move them into digital versions. Therefore I recreated them in Photoshop and played around with colour, layering and further placement to further develop the designs.

 

This is a photo of my designs, fresh off the digital printer, to sample with. I then intend to screen print lines over the designs, by adding coloured pigment lines and also discharging lines out as well. Below is a few pictures of the process.

 

I hope to develop with what embroidery will be on my designs as well, I will post pictures of this soon... I am thinking about going really chunky and embellishing with the non traditionalist.......

 

More to come....

Degree Show 2013 Blog

So the countdown to the BA (Hons) Textiles and Surface Design degree show 2013 at Cleveland College of Art and Design has begun !!

The degree show will be in June this year, so in the run up to the degree show this blog has been created to keep you all updated and informed every step of the way. The blog will keep you all updated on all of the students ideas and current work, in preparation for the degree show in June !

So start following ........

http://degreeshow13.blogspot.co.uk

Sponsorship

I work part time at Hobbycraft and I'm really pleased to say that they have decided to sponsor me and one of my friends from work/Uni ! Check out her blog below...

http://livvie-rose.blogspot.co.uk

All of the goodies will really help me so much with my final major project and the end of year degree show. I've gotten some gorgeous beads and loads of haberdashery products that I can't wait to start stitching with ! Check out some of the products on the website ... There's some great ideas and inspirations on there, that are really fun to make and do !

http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/

I'll keep you posted on my progress, I've got some ideas for how I'm going to use all of the products, so I best get stitching I think ! Xxx

Sponsorship

Today I've been super busy researching and writing off to companies for sponsorship, I've already been lucky enough to be sponsored by Madeira and can't wait to send off for some of their gorgeous threads! But I've sent off to a few more places to see if they can help me with some lovely goodies ... Fingers crossed... I'll let you know if I here back from anyone.

First Post of 2013!

Happy New Year! Hope you guys had a lovely Christmas and new year! So as the first post of 2013, I thought that I'd keep you updated with some of the drawings I've been doing for my final major project - the Christmas break was very much a working holiday, where I kept on with my drawings for my F.M.P. From my previous posts you'll all know that my theme is the fusion between crystals and architecture. I've taken quite a geometric approach to my drawings - which is something I haven't really done before especially in the drawing stages. Hope you like them ...