Last week @ New Designers
New designers was definitely an eye opener! The place was just as amazing as last year if not better. I couldn't quite believe the competition i was going to be dealing with. Most of the work was stunning particularly the jewellery in "one year on"... if i had the money i would have bought it all!
My stand was nice and easy to put up as i only had 2 metres of wall to work with...
Janice Webb who also studied with me at Farnham had a lot of attention particularly from the judges... we are all very excited to see where her work takes her in the future and if you get a chance to take a look at her work, I'm sure you'd agree with me that the colour and shape is just beautifully designed... https://twitter.com/janiceewebb
In all honesty, New designers probably wasn't the best experience for me professionally as i felt it was too commercial based. I didn't feel that i was getting the right attention to my work, however this has encouraged me to look for a variety of pathways to introduce my work to. It has been an exciting week, an exciting year too and am still excited to whatever the life in design may bring...
As for the rest of the textile girls, I'd like to wish them all the best of luck for the future and I look forward to hearing about all the amazing jobs we're (fingers crossed) going to get from all this hard work!
Exhibiting at "New Designers"!!
Next week from the 25th - 28th June, I will be exhibiting my work at New Designers, an exhibition for up and coming artists, textile designers, jewellery makers etc. If you're interesting in coming along please visit the website:
My work specifically will be shown in week 1 on stand T46... if you plan on getting tickets in advance here is a 2 for 1 offer: NDEXHIBITOR1
Belgium skills tour garments....
The last few days of the skills tour were exciting and proved to be quite productive. We carried on to experiment with all the unwoven materials available and developed what we had produced into a fairly extravagant garment, inspiration of "Lady Gaga meets Cruella De Ville". Myself and Anthea chose to combine all of our knowledge of print and composition together using all of the new materials. Admittedly some days in the studio were quite long and tiring and we both got a bit snappy at times, but at the same time had a great experience and i would continue to go back to do the skills tours. After all design can't always be relaxing and easy, it would be quite boring it if that was the case.
Everyone garments were all really different and interesting. We all used different materials, some strong and sturdy and other very elegant and light, others used techniques such as embroidery, or lazer cutting to produce simple and effective patterns...
The studio...
I'm in Belgium... again !
Indeed i am back in Belgium, and this time it's looking promising! Already today we have Travelled to Ghent and could have been shown how to use the digital printing, knitting a weaving equipment and the local collage. The equipment was huge, i didn't understand how it was so empty, if i were studying there i would certainly have made the most of it! Luckily later on during the week we will be travelling back there to carry on with our pieces.
I also took a revisit to one of my absolute favourite places on the planet... this i call my kind of museum!
I also took a revisit to one of my absolute favourite places on the planet... this i call my kind of museum!
So far during the tutorials and workshops we have chosen to do our own thing and simply experience with all new types of materials, especially non-wovens to produce some interesting effects. As a pair working on a collaboration, myself and Anthea have chosen to produce a neck piece as a type of costume... so far interesting... the rest will come during the next few days..
Final end of year show!
All in all, think the show went really well and couldn't have looked better! Textiles was lucky this year to be put in the front foyer gallery of the university in order for people to notice our work a lot more when passing through as in the past, not many people knew where the studio was and so the shows would be quite well hidden. As you can see in the pictures the layout was carefully thought about and i was lucky to have my work put on its own plinth towards the front of the entrance. However i must add that it all seems left to the last minute to decide what was going where and was a little stressful - for the tutors mostly - but was slightly frustrating for us girls.... nevertheless it turned out to be a great show...
If you are interested in seeing the whole university show: it is on until 7th of June and the address is:
UCA Farnham
Faulkner Road
Farnham
GU9 7DS
Business cards arrived!
Here they are! It's all happening, off into the big wide world i go... they make me feel quite grown up but am so excited to be handing them out to possible future clients or even bosses....
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