New Designers London show

I was lucky enough to be selected to show my work from university at New Designers in London last week. It was a fantastic opportunity & alongside showing my work we had the chance to attend portfolio tutorials, workshops and lectures which I really benefited on. Particularly Artsthread who held a talk on promoting yourself online, very inspirational. 

Final Project-Moodboards

I found it useful to initially build mood boards on Pinterest of other artists work, but there is something quite rewarding about having a paper version that you can transport and always have on display. I started with my holiday photographs and I looked in the back of Fired Earths catalogue at the tessellating tiles they have and recreated these by cutting into paper so I could get an understanding of how they work.

The second mood board I created consisted of artists research which I collected off my pinterest or from magazines and shops. 

Final project-Tuscany

My final project at Norwich University was called Printed Tiles, in which I wanted to create a range of fabrics suitable for the interiors market.
Last year I went on a 2 week holiday to Tuscany where I visited Lucca, Florence, Pisa, Pistoia and Cinque Terre. I was so inspired by the variety of colours and patterns these places had to offer, particularly Florence Cathedral and the Duomo. I decided that this would be the starting point of my project.

The first photo is of a little square in Lucca. Very much a peaceful and unspoilt Italian city, no cars are permitted to drive in the city walls unless issued a permit by the council and there are no fast food chains, the restaurants are all locally sourced and run.

The following two photos are of Cinque Terre-5 villages built into the cliffs along the coast line and connected by train. Each has a little harbour and a mass of colour from the boats to the houses.