My Favourite Photos

I don't know anything about photography, but sometimes my photos accidentally turn out looking clever. I have just been looking through my photos on my laptop and here a few of my favourites which have or probably will inspire my textiles.

Budapest

Venice

Venice

Lisbon

Hopton on Sea ;)

Meldreth Station

La Charante

Tynemouth

Newcastle

Barcelona

Oxjam

 On the 2nd of July I went along to Oxjam festival in Deptford with my friend Emily, hoping to sell some bags, cards and bits that I made using old samples. The selling part didn't really go to well, but it was a lovely day with music and cakes. Here are some pictures, the bottom 3 were taken by Ash Lin, a girl with a big camera!

First year at NUCA

The year started off and the work I was producing was not very good in my opinion, probably because I didn't really know was expected. Here are a few bits from the drawing project which I am happy with. The two photos below are from a short project in which we had to choose something from the castle and do your project on it. I choose a big bowl with and Indian scene on it. Below are two of my favourite drawings from this project. The orangey one I edited on the computer in some long winded way because I was scared of photoshop at this stage in my life. The 2nd one I am so pleased with and is probably my favourite drawing I have ever done. 

This picture shows some sampling based on berries. I sewed round and round in little circles creating little half circles, 'titties' according to my tutor Grainne.

The 3 boards above show the best bits of my 'stripes and checks' project which was quite a long project, maybe a few months. I entered these boards into the Angela Huston competition and won £125! As you can see I experimented with weaving in this project (as well as printing and paper folding). Although I think that the print and weave combo is really interesting, I do not think that weaving is for me. I don't think its worth the long long long amount of time spent.

Here are some of my favourite photos of my bird project which was the last project of the year. We were able to choose for ourselves what we wanted to do our projects on. Although I have done a 'plumage' project before which i focused on chickens, I decided to look at birds again but this time more exotic coloured birds. This project was by far my favourite, because it was longer and perhaps because I enjoyed the theme. For this project i got my first first! Again I have used a combination of techniques. In a few samples i used knitting, print and stitch all at the same time.

Manchester Application 2010

I originally made this blog as a requirement of Manchester Mets application process and this is what I sent. It got me the interview which got me the place but obviously I didn't go there. Anyway I thought I'd keep it on here so you can see some of my work from sixth form and theres some info about the work and me at the bottom

The first drawing that I have submitted is part of a life drawing project. Here I have followed the model as he danced, capturing the movement. This was my second attempt at life drawing. In this session we were given a limited time of two minutes to produce a piece using ink and charcoal.
I have also included an example of my sketchbook work, a drawing showing a cluster of mushrooms used for my mushroom project. I have included an experimental sample in which I have used dissolvable fabric and machine stitch. After this you will see a board of my favourite samples from this project. During this project I learned to draw using the sewing machine inspired by the textile artist Alice Kettle.
My next project was based on insects seen at the Cambridge Zoology Museum. I have submitted a photo which shows three pages of experimental drawings where I have used ink, machine stitching, coffee, paint and dyes. I have also displayed two large final drawings in which I have used coffee as one background and ink for the other. I then began to create insects using machine stitching and layering. The next photo shows a board of my preferred samples from this project. On my final insect board I created many separate insects and then arranged them to resemble flying insects. I think the colours complement each other well.
I am currently working on a project looking at shells and exploring embellishment. I have shown a drawing of enlarged shells which focuses on the detail and shading. Next I have shown a small sample exploring embellishment using a variety of colour and materials. My last two pictures show layering, embellishment and I have made the shells 3D.
My enjoyment in Textiles has grown since I begun studying the subject. I feel this is because I have gained more skills and confidence. I am interested in studying this course as I feel the subject will become even more enjoyable to me as I learn new techniques. I take pleasure in being creative and looking at other artist for inspiration. I am interested in studying textiles at Manchester Metropolitan University as two of my favourite textiles artists, Karen Nicol and Nikki Parmenter, studied there and with the help of this course I hope one day to produce work of their standard.
I am currently studying Textiles, Philosophy and English Literature. In my spare time I coach gymnastics and learn French. I also like travelling as I find inspiration in different cultures and I often take the opportunity to visit galleries whilst exploring different cities.