Natural Colour Pallet

Berries in the Camellia House at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.  A great day out if your in the area! www.ysp.co.uk

Vintage Postcards

Lovely old postcard from my home!

Courtesy of the Barningham Local History Group, www.barninghamvillage.co.uk, who will be featured in the next BBC Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine for all the work they have been doing!

My New Watch

Beautiful cuff by Aranwen (http://www.etsy.com/shop/Aranwen)

The Hard Realities of an Exhibition

So it would seem preparing for your degree show is much more demanding than I had realised.  I foolishly thought I would have plenty of time to update an Exhibition Diary on my blog.  Still, the exhibition was put up and I was rather pleased with the final outcome!

Just a couple of pictures to show the final display!

Beautiful close up shot courtesy of Megan Ashwell (www.meganashwell.com, will write more about uni designers later!)

Was really fun to produce these but I am looking forward to creating more commercial items in the future!

Work in Progress

So these are some pictures of the work in progress!

They were taken in the studio so they are the ones in slightly orange light and cluttered backgrounds, but just to give an idea of what they will look like.

This is the first dress and the beginning of laser-cuts being added to the bodice. Eventually the whole bodice will be covered in them.

The second dress is made up of larger letters that have text cut out of them.  Harder to explain, but towards the bottom you can see the top of a letter R.

I realise that I always enjoy seeing the workspace of other artists  so maybe there might be someone out there who is interested to see where I work, for now anyway!
This is my desk in the studio at uni. 

As a group our whole course has recently had postcards printed, so we have something at the Degree Show and if we get picked to go to new designers.  So here is the image I picked if you don't ever get a chance to see either!
Hopefully it looks a tad more professional than the pictures in the studio.

Beginning of My Exhibition Diary...

Since I had no idea what to fill this blog with other than pictures I figured I would start a diary running up to my degree show.

Since me and two of my housemates are all on the same course we are all working flat out to prepare for our show in 3 weeks time.  

I am exhibiting two dresses made from laser-cut text from paper.  They began from a story by Jostien Gaarder called The Solitaire Mystery, all about stories weaving in and out of each other, I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys something slightly unusual! 

From this I was particularly caught by the slightly macabre phrase "I didn't know it was possible to drown in fairytales." I have been experimenting with laser-cutting text from paper and wrapping it around the body. I will post some pictures soon I promise!

I am halfway through making the final pieces but am finishing off my press packs (packs of images, samples and my CV to be sent to prospective employers or galleries).  Writing letters to people you have never met is very peculiar.  It's so formal! We are so used to writing emails and chatting online you forget how structured a letter really is.  I'm sending my press packs out to several galleries and studio spaces, but who knows if I will ever hear anything?!

Last week we finally got given our spaces in the gallery space and  I am right in the middle of the second floor. So my task is mainly to try and decide what type of floor I want to have... 

Plain white MDF or reclaimed wood?  

Still these letters wont write themselves, better get writing!

Doodles...

I also enjoy including text. 

I'm not sure why, but I think it is because it can say such pretty things.

Doodles...

I enjoy collections of things.

Coming soon...

Inspiration and creations!