M.A.D.E

WOOOHHOOOO!!

A shop called M.A.D.E in Cirencester has kindly agreed to sell my work within their shop. I had a meeting with them to show them my work that i had, some newly made and some made from my degree show and they loved it all!!!

The lovely ladies that run the store have given me feedback and have been able to help me extend the range with their great ideas!

Im able to sell my work with great like minded people such as: ilikepens, Jennifer Collier and Gemma Correll.


Some of the items that i am selling are my knecklaces that seem to be catching people's eye:

More Tea vicor

I had been asked by work if i would like to enter any drawings into their catalogue competition. I had entered a very basic drawing before leaving for Poole:



With more time i would have entered in something that would have been really quirky but they liked what i had given them.

Skate!

Skateboard Competition:

I was asked to enter a design for a skateboard deck comp. Here was the design i had come up with:
I had some great feedback from the judges and they are wanting me to use the design in my other work!!

The Wonders of a Fish Eye!!!!

We all know that Gold Fish supposedly have a memory of 3 seconds but have you Ever wondered what a fish can see like???

Lomography is the answer! It's an amazing fish eye camera!! It's way to cool for school!!!

These are just a few images from the film i took:

What is Next....

so what is next!!!!

It's soooo scary finishing university and of all things having to move back home to try and find a job......
Well i suppose the easy part for me is that i know i want to go travelling! So save save save save is the main goal for now!! The hard part is to try and get as many shifts at the lovely White Stuff clothing store who are trying to help me out. Plus they throw a the best paella party with wigs on!!

Apart from saving for travells - i hear you ask - WHAT ABOUT THAT DEGREE!!!!????
Well at the end of my 3rd year i had gone into the metals workshop and had produced lots of lovely items that i hope to be selling soon but that story is for anouther blog post.

'How To' Books

'How To'

Within my second term at university i have been focussing on 'How To' books - inspired by Make-Do-And-Mend.

Here are the books and add-ons that come with it:

'How To' Change a Fuse and rewire a Plug:

'How To' Speak French:

The front cover of the book

A page from the book with the amazing 'Cut Out Tash'

Wahhh!!

'How To' make a Tea Cosy:

'How To' Bake a Cake:

Selling Work

Work i have been selling through a museum/gallery shop

These where what i had made for our Exhibition project in my 2nd year of university. I had made so many that i decided to sell most of them. The feedback i had got from the buyers was great!!

While i had been designing my work for 3rd year, which was related to the Countryside, i had realised ... hang on one momento.... i can turn this into a Christmas card!

Add a red nose and there you have Rudolf!

I had made a large batch and sold all bar 2

Watch out for more selling items at 'Cheltenham Art Gallery Museum'.




WATCH ........ THIS ........ SPACE!

3rd Year - 1st Term

3rd Year!!!
Work i had done in my first term of third year at uni.

As i have lived in the countryside since a very young age, i had decided to theme my project on just this.

I had spent many days going on country walks in fields with a sketch book, looking at interior design and seeing what i could use for my projects.

My inspiration comes from the deer that i would see grazing and darting from one field to another.

After researching on an artist : Andrew Holder; who inspired me to take the normal and add something different to it.

Awesome huh!???! I really wont one!!

I had taught myself different embroidery techniques and had given this deer a different look.


From this i was able to realise that the first drawing of the dear was too child like and a realistic drawn dear would play better in my designs.

Here i have been able to still use the inspiration from Andrew Holder, with a modern twist but also keep a country feel to the design.

Here i have printed on hankie. Using both printing and magic touch.

Throughout my dissertation i had become increasingly interested with Make-do-and-mend so had wanted to incorporate this into my design:

As you can see by the writing it is encouraging you to carry on the embroidery with 'Sew Here' and 'Pass It On' to keep it within the family through generations.

I had also been able to use this design to sell on Christmas cards (in section Selling).

2nd Year Work

Travelling
Have you been travelling or want to??

I have wanted to go travelling since i was in year 11!

Throughout my second year my project was based on travelling (other peoples experiences, my holidays and other forms of travel)

Here i have taken inspiration from an envelope that has travelled from one place to another.

Enlarging different aspects, printing onto fabric, paper, sewing and dipping into wax.

Taking plane tickets and involving them into my work. A sign post i had seen while in Bulgaria on a ski trip.

Trips i had taken within the UK, on the train to Bristol. Some line drawings on envelopes.


Have you seen a flamingo travel??

Well i haven't seen one with a backpack on anyway!!

Machine stitched.

Magoo The Bear

My next project had been created by these characters. Carrying on the theme of travelling; i had chosen Magoo the Bear to travel through the pages of a notebook i made.

Magoo The Bear

All free hand machine stitched.