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.