My stand at New Designers

A condensed installation of my final degree shows work at New Designers. I recieved alot of lovely comments two exhibitions and an invitation to sell my work at Handmade UK in Chelsea Hall in November. I hadn't planned on turning my work into actual fashion pieces but with the interest I have had with the garments alone I think this is something I need to really look into working on. I also will be going to Manchester next week for my MA interview which will determine my next step with my work.

I have several conceptual ideas involving knit and embroidery with political and social concepts. Which if I am given a place at Manchester I can set in motion.

I have started making other pieces now which I will upload when they are finished. keep you posted :)

latest from New Designers

Finally feel like I have recovered from my week at New Designers. I was very pleased with the god feedback I gotf rom people visiting. I was selected to exhibit at Lantarnam Grange Arts Centre in Wales. Which I am really looking forward to being a pat of. I was also selected for something else which I am keeping under wraps until I know for sure.

I also need to be making piecesto sell at Cardigan Quays this month and prep for my MA Textiles interview at Manchester Met. So busy busy.

The final installation at my end of degree show at Carmarthenshire College

Before my final work was put together I did several photo shoots to get the right idea of what it would look like .

update of putting up my work

A picture or two of me putting up my work and one of the final piece which will be at New Designers stand T10 Carmarthenshire College. Where my installation will be put up.

I want explore film and photography within textiles in the future

My final years work

I have taken a couple of close up images of my work with my mobile and have a short film too. I will be putting up a similiar installation up at New Designers London, where I hope my concept will be seen by a  wider audience who can see past the commercial viability side of my work which is not my intention t the moment but to work on conceptual textile art pieces with a strong political theme.

My work all along has been to highlight the fragility of childrens futures in the ever present threat of war. With subtle hand embroidery of bullet holes in muslin and the garments have been aged slightly with distressing the garments and tea staining them. red poppy ribbon embroidery has been added on some of the garments to bring to light the memory of past wars and the present.

The projection is of my two children wearing the garments which is filmed throughmy knitted panels which have a war element added with the floral like pieces on the panels which are of the soldier lace I developed through out the year developing my own technique.

This last week has consisted of a massive clearout and making pieces to submit to local galleries and co-operative craft shops where I will hopefully be able to sell my pieces. As well as reading and reading and reading. I have read a boot by Patti Smith which was very ispiring and am half way through the Floating Artist.