Work in Progress Seminar

Time is now whizzing by to the end of the Final Major Project - still loads to do and more ideas that time to execute them. Better than the other way around, I suppose. Not much time now to finals at Northbrook and then our show at New Designers in London at the Design Centre. We are the Northbrook 2011 Eleven. Here is my studio space of the day we had to present out ideas to our peers.

Drawing lace

Apologies to my followers for the enforced silence of the last few weeks. I have been having major techno problems with my internet connection. I am happy to say that all is resolved so I will be posting regularly again.

I can't believe it is reading week already at Northbrook - I had forgotten how fast the time goes when it is sliced up into projects, deadlines and semesters. The last five weeks have flown past in a flurry of activity and ideas - it is great to be back in the studio and part of a creative group.

So, on with the show! I am doing a fashion fabric project based on florals, sustainability and embellishment. I have chosen to use found fabrics, threads and trims so my designs will be upcycled from vintage odds and ends. I have been looking at lace and translating the patterns into drawings. Here is one I made earlier. The exciting bit comes next when I translate the drawing into a fabric sample.

In floral mode

I'm in floral mode again, this time working on some designs for my return to Northbrook. The image here is a floral motif painted in acrylics on nylon and machined stitched.