Leeds Print Fair

Hello! I am excited to share that I will be sharing a stand at Leeds Print Fair this year with fellow LCA Surface Pattern students Amy Hodkin and Millie Empson. It is a two day event this year from the 5th and 6th of November, so the full bonfire weekend.
I started to print some work last week, and at the fair I will be selling some Lino printed gift wrap and cards, as well as A5 prints and A6 digitally printed cards. 
It will be lovely to see some old and new faces there, it was so fun to visit the fair last year, but I am super excited/nervous to be selling at it this year! Eeeek :) 

Snippet of the Lino-printed gift wrap. I have printed Red versions and white versions!

Collaged and digitally printed A6 cards

Book Review: Bright Bazaar

This book is amazing for colour lovers and those that need a bit of a inspiration!!

Rad Studio

On Tuesday I spoke a bit about the wonderful RADSTUDIO! shop in Saltaire, but felt that this shop deserves its own post (I wrote about them from my last visit in October here) as I took A LOT of photos. 

Everything in there is so lovely and super dreamy. Their stock ranges from Corby Tinderstick prints, Meri Meri bunting, Bobo Choses kids clothes, to plants, arm chairs, lights and cushions as well as stationery, fragrances and books. It is the cutest shop and I am glad I popped in and treated myself (to this Meri Meri bunting, I <3 it!). 

On my desk

Plastic wrap design (second time using Illustrator!)

'Mollie Makes Handmade Awards' Shortlisted!

A couple of weeks ago I found out that I have been shortlisted for the 'youth award' within the Mollie Makes Handmade Awards EEEkkkk! Along with other talented creatives, I will be attending an awards day on the 7th July filled with crafty workshops, a photo walk with Xanthe Berkeley, lunch, and hang around with people from Pinterest, Etsy & more, as well as do my pitch.. how exciting?!

LCA Surface Pattern Degree Show 'Made Here'

I visited the LCA degree show this week, and was overwhelmed and also super proud of how fabulous my course Printed Textiles & Surface Pattern is! If you missed the chance to see the degree show you can visit New Designers part one in London at the end of the month (from the 29th June until the 2 July!) to see the lovely work in real life as pictures really do not do it justice, it is all even more fabulous in *person*! 

University Room Tour

I thought seen as I only have two full months of living in this house I should take a few pictures to remind me of my room here. 

Marimekko for Target

The end of the Safari Adventure

Hooooraaay! I have finished all of my work for my third hand in of second year. Only one more to go before I'm free for summer (I booked flights to go to Tenerife in August with Rob on Monday so I finally have something to look forward to EEK.)

Draping board showing cushion and bedding ideas

Placement in London

I got back from London on Saturday, a week early due to several reasons but mainly because my rent came out early which left me minus on the money situation, which isn't great in London. 

What an experience those two weeks was. When it came to public transport everything that could of gone wrong did!! 

Hello Spring!

HOORAY 'first day of spring'.... and it has rained for most of the day and apparently it is meant to snow tomorrow, *sigh* to British weather!

On the bright side I have been using lots of bright colours and learnt new dying techniques so I currently have rainbow coloured hands.

Direct Dye printing

Paris: Day 3, Wednesday.

Day 3

Wednesday

This was our last full day to do things before we went to the trade show on thursday, so we made the most of it! 

- Starting the day off sight seeing at the Louvre with lovely macaroons. 

Paris: Day 2, Tuesday.

Day 2

Tuesday

We started the day off by visiting:

- Musee d'Orsay. Great for the architecture and historical pieces of art. It is in a super fancy area which was great to be in considering our hostel was in a bit of a run down, dodgy place. 

Hannah Bowen for Scion

Hannah's graduate collection

A few weeks ago we had Hannah Bowen, a LCA graduate of 2013, who now works and designs for Scion a Harlequin brand, come in for a guest lecture.

Busy Bee

The live brief fortnight is now over and although I can't show my work online yet I am quite happy with what I have produced! 

I really enjoyed working for a Greetings and paper based outcome. 

Snippet of my final 6 designs

I have also been finishing up my final fabrics that I will be taking to Paris two weeks today (EXCITING). 

Jonny Hanna & Donna Wilson @ YSP

Today I took a trip to Wakefield with Rob to visit the latest exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, by Jonny Hannah, called main street. It is Jonny's vintage inspired homage to the independent trader, and presents 2D and 3D pieces of his work.

New Find!

I am back in Leeds after the Christmas break and I finally got to visit the wonderful new Fred Aldous shop. It is AMAZING. I have never visited one of these shops before, but heard a lot of good things about it and it lived up to its expectations and more.

Print & Pattern Kids Book and Paper Zoo from Oscar Sabini 

Merry Christmas!

Just a quick post to wish you all a very merry christmas and a happy new year!

I'm sure I will have lots of new work to show you in 2016.

Have a good'un : ) 

My entry for a Paperchase card competition

 

Home for Christmas!

Finally after a long yet rewarding few months at uni I am home for christmas. I have three weeks at home (even if I do have essays and designs to do before I go back!) and I can't wait for christmas with the family. 

Dixie <3 

Designing a collection

For the past week I have been developing my collages from the last project into patterns that will be made into fabric that we then take to Indigo at Premiere Vision in Paris to sell to companies (hopefully!!). I am designing mine for the market of newborn to 2 years old due to the naive, playful style of work that I produce.

 

New collage of Leaks and Spring Onions