13.07.14

After a short break I am ready to start designing again. Been teaching myself Adobe Illustrator by watching endless YouTube tutorials, starting to get somewhere with it now. Just got myself a job at Diane Von Furstenberg in Bicester Village, using this time now to get some money in whilst looking for textile design jobs and building my portfolio.

Setting myself mini drawing and design projects working to print and pattern trends seen at the 2015 Resort shows.

Mood board - print direction Resort 2015

08.07.14 - New Designers - GRADUATE

New Designers was the last big tick on the list and it really was an amazing experience. The week began on a high after receiving a First Class Honors for my degree, feeling very proud knowing all the hard work paid off and also so happy for all my brilliant housemates and class mates who I am going to miss massively.

Monday and Tuesday was set up day and apart from being ridiculously hot we all pulled together and after a few tweaks and changes the stand looked fabulous and incredibly diverse. The awards evening was Wednesday and then the show was open to the public for the rest of the week with our stand attracting a lot of interest and lots of exciting opportunities being discussed. Loved having the time to properly look round the show and I always enjoy being in London. Had a few really interesting conversations, making connections and am now considering the possibility of doing an MA sometime in the future. Busy, busy week and felt like a massive achievement to finally be there and remembering the feeling of looking round as a A Level student and being completely overwhelmed.

Organised chaos!

The Birmingham City New Designers team 2014

I am now back home in Buckingham after jetting straight off after New Designers to Croatia for Hideout Festival to celebrate my birthday as well as the end off uni, my result and to really let my hair down after an crazy few months. I am now starting the daunting process of job hunting...staying positive! 

JUNE

FMP from start to finish

June has been a crazy month...Finished my degree and putting up the show marked the end of an incredible three years at uni, have honestly loved every second. Had my interview at Texprint, eagerly awaiting the outcome. Now busy packing the van and getting ready for New Designers which we are all really excited about and will in itself be an amazing experience and something I have aspired to do for a long time. 

Check out my portfolio on Artsthread and keep up to date with all my goings on, on Twitter and Instagram.

Private View

Had a lovely time at the Private View earlier this week, was very busy and everyone's work looked amazing, BIAD put on a great show.

BIAD Textiles Design 2014 blog

Have a look at our Textiles Design blog for the class of 2014. Features our beautiful and diverse collections for FMP Printed Textiles and Surface Design, Constructed Textiles and Embroidery.

http://bcutextiles2014.tumblr.com/

New Designers 2014

Very excited to have been chosen to exhibit at New Designers 2014 down in London at the Business Design Center!! Already busy preparing, June is going to be a crazy, exciting, fast month.

Degree Show

Degree show display

 After a long couple of days the degree show is up which also marks the end of an amazing three years at university. Everyone's work look fabulous. 

Please see here for more information about the BIAD degree shows which open on the 9th June till the 14th.