Jack of all Trades, Master of Many!

Hello there!

Yes, all has been a bit quiet on the radar recently as the major project was handed in on 10th May and everyone has been extremely busy. well done to everyone :). We can now take a very quick breather, although preparations for the degree show are getting into full swing.

This week we all have truly shown that we are jacks of all trades by chipping in with the sanding, filling and painting of all the exhibition boards that will be needed for the degree show! (which is quite a lot!)

Final decisions are being made about the opening night and after show party including the food and drink and an awards-style ceremony. Sounds great! :).

Lots to look forward to indeed and we will keep you posted as things progress. See you soon!


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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!

STUDENT PROFILE: Tracey Kyle

Specialism: Printed and Embellished Surface Design

Inspirations:

Vivienne Westwood

Folklore
Anna Sui

Florals
www.jubella.com
Vogue
Georgina von Etzdorf

Dream Job/ Career Aspirations:

Tracey would love to design for fashion and interiors freelance, carry on blogging and in the future bring everything she has learned together to teach textiles.

Final Major Project:

At the moment Tracey is hugely inspired by everything folklore, from colour, shape and objects. She started drawings using different techniques and by bringing the drawings together she is hoping to produce a range of printed lengths using a series of different printing techniques.

Easter Hol Competition

So it's nearing the end of our easter 'break' im sure all of us have been working our socks off dreading the deadline for:

1. Our Professional studies work - 22nd April
2. Our whole degree - 10th May

So to cheer you up i thought i'd link to a competition of mine over on bellefantaisie.net. The competition is to win one of my embroidered hairbands inspired by the spring trend of nudes and pastel shades. To enter all you have to do is go to the blog and enter a comment. The winner will be picked at random. Even if it isn't your style it would make a lovely present. You have until Tuesday.... GO!!!

STUDENT PROFILE: Kirsty Johnstone

Specialism: Surface Design for Interior Wallpaper

Inspirations:

Hennie Haworth,

Linn Olofsdotter,

Matthew Williamson,

New York

Day to day life.

Dream Job/ Career Aspirations: Kirsty's dream job would be to teach textiles as well as to be a free lance wallpaper designer.

Final Major Project: Kirsty is currently working on her final major project designing A1 wallpaper samples, she will also screen print a number of wallpaper lengths. Her work is a mixture of hand painted/ screen printed samples with a bright bold colour pallet. Her theme is New York, mixing the busy life of Times Square with pattern and people and has taken great inspiration from artists such as Hennie Haworth.

Contact Details:

kirstyj6@hotmail.co.uk

07817954641

Happy Easter!

As its the Easter holidays we all have 2 weeks off, as well as eating chocolate until were sick we should also be completing the personal promotional folio which has to be handed in 2 weeks tomorrow. Making documents such as CV's, business cards and invoices they will l all be decorated in an individual way. At the same time completing work in the development book and getting ready to print the last few fabrics in the 3 weeks we have left.

So I hope everyone is working hard and keeping up to date with the huge amount of paper work there is to do.