Daniel Burren Exhibition

So! Late night post to get my blogging back up to speed! Here's a little exhibition I went to over the summer in newcastle. 

The Baltic was hosting an exhibition on Daniel burens work! I found his work very insperational within colour and shape and  fine it has been perfect primary research for my current studio module !  Here's some of the best photos I took ! 

Ahhhhhh back to UNI!

Soo after almost 3 and a half months off UNI! It's time to get back into action. After an amazing summer and after amazing results for first year, I'm finally ready to get back into some creative activities back at ccad! 

Looking forward to starting level 5 with a fresh new concept ! Been getting a little over excited looking at wgsn !   Here's a few concept ideas !  I've been working on! 

UNI'S OVER ?

SO.. a year of uni gone already ? surely not. Only seems like yesterday when i moved into my halls!  thinking was CCAD the uni for me ?

Anyway, regardless of how quick this year has gone, I'm so overly proud of myself completing first year hopefully without many struggles( well none that major i can think of haha) . Can see a huge improvement from my first project i started here at ccad, and see progression through to this last project.  here's a picture of my last ever uni hand in for this academic year, First year is finally over but I've made some amazing friends and met some inspirational people... needless to say, its pretty sad my bay being all tidy .. that's not something I'm used to!

Boards painted back white and work hung up for assessment.. so here's to first year  and all the exciting new things to come in second year.  

now its time for me to go enjoy my summer in London hopefully gathering loads of exciting research for the new Level 5 project when we return !

oh and I forgot to mention,
i got a first in my material culture essay
WHAT A RELIEF!

Repeat design ! Koda trace !

Super excited to have started and finished my koda trace all ready for my 3 metre print ! - soo long, - never thought I'd see the back of it but I finally saw it through and I'm more than happy with it ! 

 they say You can't rush art can you ? 

Took pictures of my progress along the way,  here's some for you folks to look at while I carry on ...

Next.

so heres a few photos from my professional studies report I'm doing for uni,  i decided to do a shop report on the store NEXT.  in children's wear.   within this report i will  be talking about what the best selling items are for this time of year.

time of year considerations, is there anything at the time of doing the report that might influence shop layouts and differences. ill also send out my online survey which will collect a range of different answers to my questions from a range of different age groups online, giving my survey a varied outcome.

Repeat Pattern paint out 1

So this week we've been starting to paint out our colour blocking of repeat designs in the studio, the purpose of this is to recognise which colours work best with your design, here's a few step by step takes I took along the way. Not very analytical when doing blog posts usually, but i feel for this one, i loved the concept idea, but felt i couldn't excel the full look of the pattern, maybe if i had have used two a1 sheets of paper to see the print on a larger scale this might have made it easier to see as a visual, but in the meantime, I'm still happy with my painting and colour experimentation skills, onto my finals next week ! exciting!

Owens and Kim INTERN !

AHHHHHHHH EXCITED TO HAVE  THIS EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.

Thrilled to have this opportunity this week working with designers Owens & Kim.  So today was my first day and everyone was just lovely,  helped with header lining, seaming prints to make garment fronts, steamed, washed ironed, made around 32 cups of tea, and .... had birthday cake!

for a first day i couldn't have had it any better.

Cant wait to get back in there tomorrow! for more washing, drying and drinking endless amounts of tea.. LIFE IS GOOD PEOPLE.

http://www.owensandkim.com

London - round 2

LONDON- CHELSEA  HARBOR.

                                                                              

So this week we've been to London, seeking all sorts of lovely research for the up and coming project! Visiting museums , chealsea harbour design centre, design shops, and just enjoying some beautifull sights !

Here's a few photos from  Chelsea Harbor, which was incredibly inspirational. Looking at all the up and coming new fabrics within the industry was exciting. I loved the way they set out fabric designs in their colour blocks, which made it easy and asthetically pleasing to the eye as you walked into the show room.

Painting ? A1

So paintings in progress last week, A1 was a little scary if i'm honest !  Concept made up from stone cavings and floral. London this week to get some more insperational photography to put towards my primary research for the project ahead! which scarily is my last project of level 4 !       How time flys !           

New project, new bay

exciting new project, with such a mixed concept don't know how i thought i could pull this one off !. excited to start my A1's anyways, see if i can get into it! hopefully the more work i do the more I'm able to slow into my idea!. pastel,stone and florals ? lets see how this turns out !  love having my 3 wall bay, so much space to fill     starting to wonder if my bay will ever be empty, work work work.       i like it.

Embriodery

Really enjoyed embroidery as part of my last project, here's a few photos of how I got on! A bit in the wrong order but hey. 

     

Printing

Well for some reason this post didn't post when I wanted it to so here it is, -

excited to start final prints at UNI this week, but in the mean while my bay's looking cute as !   Fabrics colour charts drawings and materials! Ahhhhhh .. 

London bound

Here's a few photos from my recent London visit people, nothing like a good sunset across london to help take some lush photos!, considering these were done on my iphone they aren't to bad! enjoy!, can't wait to come back in feb for more exciting things ! 

so here it goes.

 well heres my last hand in i did for  monday this week! really happy with my 8 outcomes instead of 4! worked really hard on this one, can't wait to get back some feedback! heres a few pictures of presentation.

neglect?

 Right guys i've been focusing so much on my studio modules at the moment that I've completely neglected my blog!!!, how dare i now its time to get stuck into this. spending interim week in london anyway so should have some lovely london views for you all!! also catching up on material culture and professional studies. so heres to working ....