Final degree show Norwich

After a hectic week in London, I am back in Norwich ready to show my work at Norwich University. Here are a few photos of my work ready for tonight's private view. 

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. 

HEARTS AND HANDLES

My little sister brought this lovely, sparkly heart for me a few christmas's ago and I still love it as much as I did the day I first saw it, if not more! It's huge, about 80cm tall and it really is a statement piece, the kind of thing that would dominate anything else you were to put on the same wall it was hanging on. It was brought from a pop up christmas shop in Norwich-rather tacky shop full of tinsel and singing christmas dogs. I hadn't seen anything like it until very recently I saw a tiny red version in Next Home.

When you look up close you notice the glittery tops sitting on wood shavings moulded into rose flower shapes. The centre of the flower is a little piece of wood doweling. Looks very effect however very delicate! 

Just as I was uploading the photos of my glittery rose heart these little chest handles my mum recently brought caught my eye. She spent ages looking in various stores and online shops for the 'perfect collection' of handles to add to a new Ercol chest. They look lovely all sitting in a line-or in a small cluster in a pot as I had originally found them. 

DUSKY BERRY TREND

I was browsing on pinterest for upcoming trends and came across this really inspiring photo put together by Gudy Herder. Such a lovely way of presenting her trend in a really minimalist way. When I finally come up with a new project I want to experiment with natural dyes and colours, making them into a paste/dye and let it run up the paper, like in the top photo. I usually find it too overwhelming trying to get everything that inspires me onto my mood board, so overlaying three key topics and a selection of words would really benefit me.

I have included a link because she has lovely ideas, very useful for anyone in designing. 

http://eclectictrends.com/my-color-trend-presentation-201516-for-global-color-research-dusky-berry-part-i/