F M P D E A D L I N E

After three long years at CCAD I have finally handed in my Final Major Project. The concept behind all this work is based on the narrowing divide between nature and science, I named this Botany Creativity.

Here are some sneaky images of my final pieces, you will have to come to the show to see the rest...

Enjoy x

T o d a y

I handed in my Professional Practice module

Press Pack; business cards, badges, business stationary, post cards, key rings, stickers, CV, envelopes, notebook..

All hand made with elements of screen printing!

s o s o b u s y

I seem to have a lot of stuff in a lot of places at the minute as it is nearing to two deadlines but I thought I'd share a quick peek at the 3 metre 4 colourway screen printed length I done before Easter... enjoy!

p r i n t

Some quick snaps I took today of some of my final prints for one of the many collections of 'Botany Creativity'

Thank you to Graham and Brown for sponsoring me for my Final Major Project. This will enable me to produce lots of screen printed lengths and samples on their fab 'Wall Doctor' lining paper.

I am absolutely thrilled to be sponsored by such a renowned company. Please visit their website http://www.grahambrown.com and blog http://blog.grahambrown.com and have a look at some of their beautiful prints.

Final Collections coming together

This is a little glimpse into my first final collection of wallpaper for Botany Creativity, more photos to follow! 

Trend Bible

On Friday I paid Trend Bible a visit. It was so lovely to meet with them and discuss what happens next!

I will begin my placement with them in summer once I have graduated, I am so excited to get an insight into such a renowned  trend company and learn new skills while there.

This is an image of me and Joanna Feeley, founder of Trend Bible.

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Latest Prints

Colour Direction

Section of my Colour Board for FMP. Brights laid with accents of vibrant neon and fresh white. Imagery sourced from various editions of Bloom and Pinterest.

Latest

I have been very busy recently getting on with the development process of Botany Creativity. I have been experimenting with colour, scale and layout. Spending days in the print room are the most enjoyable and I can't wait to see what next week brings!

WOW

I have fantastic news to announce, you's all may remember back in January I entered the student prizefund award ran by Trend Bible who are a North East based Trend Forecasting company.

Well... I WON!!!!!!! I seriously can't put into words how thrilled I am at the prospect of not only winning the prize fund but having the amazing opportunity to complete a 2 week internship with them.

Check out their website and the cool blog post about me,

http://www.trendbible.com/blog/news/news-prizefund-winner/#more-5761

C o l o u r

I have created these interesting textures using a mix of ink, Brusho, watercolour, glue and paint. Sometimes the accidental marks can become the most appealing.

Latest Repeats

After a few too many set backs I will finally be able to get underway with screen printing these this week.

Some new research pinned up in my bay into shape, layout and geometric placement to inspire me for my latest designs. All imagery sourced from Pinterest. 

Development

This week I have been busy getting underway with the development stage of my Major Project. I have been playing around with all my drawings and layering different imagery to see what interesting layouts I get. These  are shots of some of my layouts so far;

This is a very exciting stage for me, but until I can get into the print rooms next week I now have a weekend full of Koda Traces ahead of me!

Competitions, competitions, competitions

Today I have been on the hunt for competitions I could enter! My course has worked with Trend Bible in the past on a live project so I thought their under-graduate prize fund competition would be perfect for me.

I have sent them a lovely email telling them all about my concept for my Major Project and why I am a deserving candidate to win the prize fund and two week placement with them. Fingers crossed! :)  

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