New Designers

Apologies for the lack of communication over the past few weeks but we have all been mega busy finishing our final major projects and now we are onto preparing for the degree show on June 3rd.

Just a quick post to say congratulations to the 14 students who have been chosen to take part in this years New Designers in Londons Business Design Centre.

Well done to:

Michael Bland

Vicky Bown

Sarah Claydon

Vanessa Cooper

Lauren Grainger

Carley-Jo Hammond

Sarah Heseltine

Lindsey Murray

Ursula Neal

Julie Nichols

Ashleigh Reay

Sammy-Jo Stephenson

Laura Sturdy

and of course our own blogger Laura Footman.

I'm sure it'll be an amazing experience for all the students involved and hopefully we can get Laura to post a little something about it when she gets back.

By request!

Those of you who have been in college this week will understand how stressed third year have been, scurrying about in a panic trying to get all the bits and pieces finished for our swiftly approaching deadline on monday!

Our tutor Claire forwarded me this image to post on the blog for a bit of light relief - our own Sammy Jo Stephenson fresh from the exposure room and showered by the jetwash!

Hopefully Sammy won't mind us posting this picture too much and if you visit her blog here you will see that her sorry state was well worth it when you see her beautiful pieces modelled by fellow student Lindsey Murray. Bring on Monday!

In the laboratory....

The pictures above show some of CCAD's facilities including the print rooms and dye lab, this is where pastes are mixed for printing and dyeing all of our fabrics. Once used to show how everything works they are interesting and creative places to work.

STUDENT PROFILE: Laura Footman

Specialism: Surface Design for Fashion Fabrics

Favourite Artists/Designers/Influences:
Belle Sauvage
Alexander McQueen
Manish Arora
Richard Sorger
All Saints
Natural History

Dream Job/ Career Aspirations:
Laura would love to work within the textile industry designing fabrics for fashion, whether print, embroidery or both! She also would like to freelance for companies and one day develop her own label.

Brief Explanation of Final Major Project:
Laura's project is called 'Mad Paradise' which features acidic florals, plants that can poison you in an eerie tropical Eden, birds of prey, details from under the microscope and science and nature combined and gone...well...a bit mad! The final collection will feature hand screen printed designs and detailed embroidery.

Contact Details:

laurafootman@hotmail.co.uk

laurafootman.blogspot.com

A Quick Update!

I thought I'd stop by to update on our progress on the run up to the degree show. The studios are flourishing with creativity as everyone has got stuck in with their Major Projects. It has been really nice to see everyone's new inspiration up in their bays and the studios are full of interesting research and things to draw from. Most people are drawing in the studios at the moment and there is such an eclectic and varied mix of themes and ideas this year which will make for a fantastic show in June!

The BA (Hons) Textiles and Surface Design Degree Show for Cleveland College of Art and Design will be open to the public from the 4th- 13th June in Hartlepool Art Gallery, Church Square (across from the Cleveland College of Art and Design Main Entrance)

To New Beginnings!

So this is our new blog. Instead of following on with last year's degree show blog we have created a new one that is completely our own. Over the course of our final major project this blog will be updated by students Laura Footman, Katy Dawson, Kelly Thackray and Katy Howieson (Me).

As a first post I thought i'd share some photographs of the studios with our Minor Projects looking glorious all hung up and presented in our bays. I love how the projects are scattered about showing the differences in our work from card and gift, interior and fashion. Now its time to take it all down and decorate it with inspiration for our new projects. Scary stuff!