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).