Kids Patterns

I spent a few days last week designing some new patterns for use on kidswear patterns. I thought this would be a nice additional project to my portfolio and I was pleased with some of the results. I'm also wondering whether it would work on some homeware and gifts as the floral patterns are quite versatile and I like the colour combination. I thought I would share to see what you think...

Handmade Fair 2015

After a brilliant weekend exhibiting at Handmade Fair, I thought I would share a few snaps from the weekend. I was involved in some of the workshops at the Sizzix stand as well as creating the Bird House project in the Craft Asylum skill workshop.. There was such a great atmosphere at the fair and with the sun shining, everyone was extremely keen to get involved! We got some great feedback and it was lovely to see creations made from the collection I have designed for Craft Asylum.. As well as the workshops, we also tried our hand at a bit of celeb spotting! It was lovely to see such a wide range of talent and so many people excited about the craft...

            

It was such a great weekend and I have returned feeling very inspired and happy to have been out and networked with other designers! I hope to be involved next but in the meantime, look out for news on the Handmade Christmas Fair...

Best of British

I recently noticed a competition to design a range of prints for the theme, 'Best of British'. I thought this would be a great opportunity to enjoy some design work outside of daily working! I set about with the theme and thought about different ideas that could represent this 'Best of British'. I have always loved working with nautical ideas and, from living close to the seaside, have always grown up with trips to the beach and sunset strolls. I thought this would be a lovely theme to work on. Below, are a couple of the designs I produced..

Candy collection by Craft Asylum

Recently, I spotted my first paper collection for Craft Asylum in the Chester Hobbycraft store. This was such a great achievement having worked with the brand for over a year now. I love to think of crafters taking it home and transforming the patterns into brilliant projects. The collection consists of a 12x12 paper pad, a 6x6 paper pad and some stamps, which all co-ordinate really nicely with one another, meaning the crafting possibilities are endless! Below are a couple of the designs featured in the collection and a store snap. I have also shared some of the designs on my Instagram and website here! This collection will also be a major part in the skills workshop we are doing at Handmade Fair in a couple of weeks, more on that soon!

Promotional Ideas

Along with working and doing small commissions here and there, I like to think about new ways I can promote myself as a designer. After visiting a couple of consumer shows, I felt inspired to show the design industry what I was capable of and thought about ways to push to promote my designs from my on-going portfolio. I decided to pack together some promotional material, to send out to companies and to help expand on my own little brand.

Graduate Collection

Some quick snaps of the final collection... Plenty more to come but these are all based around the idea of creating beautiful and unique scarves. Each design is hand screen-printed.

Just a couple of photographs of my final degree show at Leeds College of Art.. Hopefully see you there!

 

 

Printed Length...

I have completed my first printed length! Screen-printing 3 metres of hand-dyed fabric with 3 colours! I am looking forward to displaying all of my prints together at the show...