I got a 2:1!!!!

It was results day on Tuesday and I have officially graduated with a 2:1 BA Hons in Textile Crafts!!!!

For my final major project, I got a first too! Absolutely over the moon!

Press Pack

I collected my press pack from the printers today all ready for New Designers next week. It looks great! I am so happy with it. Now let’s just hope the press want it and someone does a feature on me.

Opening night!

The VIP opening of the degree show was held on Friday 17^th. It was such a lovely evening, showing off our hard work and celebrating with family and friends. Everyone got dressed up for the event and we all had a wonderful evening (even if our feet were dying by the end of it all!!!)

Me & Nicola

Me & Cat

Granny came to see my exhibition :)

Granny having an inspection of my work

I have a place at New Designers!!!

I am incredibly lucky to have been selected to take my degree show collection down to part 1 of New Designers. I could not believe it. I was desperate to get a place and worked so hard in the hope I might get a place, you cannot imagine how excited I was when I found out!

So there I shall be, 30^th June - 2^nd July on stand T4 with the University of Huddersfield. For information on tickets follow the link below.

New Designers Tickets



Exhibition!

Putting up the exhibition was a mammoth task and far more tricky than I could have imagined. I went in with an idea of how to display my work; I wanted it suspended from the ceiling, hanging away from the wall, with pieces overlapping each other.

It ended up suspended but on an angle so the piece were parallel to one another but coming away from the wall diagonally into the room.

I’m really happy with my exhibition. I feel it shows my fabrics off wonderfully and bringing them in together really emphasises that they are a collection.

Exhibition space with supporting work

Final Collection, Photo shoots and Contextualising

As my work can be seen in a number of contexts, after a discussion with my tutor it was decided that it would be good to create a number of visualisations to show which context my fabric collection could fit into.

I’d already thought that a photo shoot would be a good idea, taking my finished fabrics back to the woods where the inspiration came from.  Before-hand, I went to check out some locations, looking for trees with low enough branches to drape fabrics from and areas of dappled sunlight.

I decided that if I was able to get one, a model would be an excellent idea to show how my fabrics could be used for fashion rather than doing this as a visualisation.

The whole photo shoot experience was so much fun! I got some really great shots and really enjoyed the styling process. Maybe I’ve found a new direction?!

Visualisation of Intended use: Fabric wall feature

Visualisation: Alternative interiors use.

Visualisation: Alternative interiors use.

Sample 11

As part of my degree we have to produce an exhibition catalogue. The course does one which you can take part in (for a cost) or you can produce your own. Everyone this year took part in Sample 11.

We were allocated one double page spread each and we had to figure out how we wanted to assemble our pages.

When we received the images from the photoshoot, I played around with numerous layout ideas. We were also asked to include a quote which summed up our practice.

The theme on which a piece of work is based is not always explicit…it allows the viewer to use their imagination and form their own ideas.

This is what my page looks like. We received our catalogues last week J

Photography: ©andrewf.com
ISBN: 978-1-86218-095-6
Publisher: The University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH