For my work placement I decided I wanted to work in 3D, to use my hands to create a product. I was able to spend my placement with Graham Crummet a vehicle trimmer. During my placement I was able to watch and participate in creating 2 complete Triking Sports Car trim sets, I was able to…
Museum Visits
During previous visits to the Bridewell Museum Norwich I had become aware of an exhibition of a piece of machinery that created wire fencing, I thought this may relate to my knitting project as I intended to use wire ( however this did not quite go as planned- see material sampling) to create interesting surfaces. …
Drawing – Mechanical Components
For this unit I wanted to look at Mechanical components used to make Triking Sports Cars . I chose various mechanical components to draw, some I found very hard to draw as they where made from solid aluminium billet which is very reflective, I also used foil to create impressions of the components. I experimented drawing with wire although…
A Fashion Showcase: Creativity &Craftsmanship
As part of Norwich Fashion Week NUA held a Fashion Showcase . I found this event very inspiring it gave me the opportunity to listen to the designers and creators and also to look/photograph their work. The speakers where Beatrice Korlekie Newman , Daniel Harris and Nick Thompson, co-founder of Knit, an award winning creative agency…
Machine Knitting – The begining..
For BA6 I wanted to learn how to use the knitting machine, I had thought about it for the previous unit but worried about not being able to use the machine and thought I would fail, and then spent the rest of unit not liking what I was doing and feeling frustrated. I got the lowest…
Fashion Week Workshop – Horning Pirmary School
During fashion week myself and 2 other students from NUA took part in a workshop at Horning Primary School. NUA had been contacted by the Class 5 and 6 tutor asking for help during fashion week, the children had been looking at fashion and designers but had not looked any further. We decided to create…
Bradford Boards
Creating boards for submission for the Bradford Textile Competition has been very interesting, it took 3 attempts to get them right (good enough to submit anyway) 1st attempt – no story , and random after discussion with my tutor I could understand what was meant , it was a series of images but no theme…
Sublimation printing
Sublimation printing sampling- I wanted to experiment with the photographs of the machine embroidered chrysanthemum – both the initial and the inverted image. Collaged sublimation prints Image enlarged – 3 prints sublimation paper exhausted Learning to take forward I enjoy sublimation printing , the printing is instant I also feel in control of the printing process…
From a painted flower to a light fitting … Bradford Entry
For my Bradford Competition entry I have decided to create a material suitable for interior use, I wanted to create a light fitting using lightbox film inspired by neon lights based on natural forms . I am very excited by this project whilst writing this reflective entry I am able to reflect on the development…
Screen printing – “Painterly” Mono Print
I wanted to create a repeating floral design inspired by Marimekko (Finish fabric designers) using floral images, my idea was to create a layered image with foliage in the background the second layer a strong bold design using texture … Initial ideas foliage prints went well .. Mono printed background Kodatrace…