Degree Show Pieces...

Phew, everything is now officially over, i have moved back home but not quite unpacked and found new homes for my belongings...with this i will promise to keep more up to date and blog more! :)

Here are my final degree show pieces, exhibited in Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University.

Finished!!!

So I've not posted for a while because I've had sooooo much to do, hand-ins, degree show, private view and industry views... not that thats all over ( cant quite believe it actually is) i can share my collection of final designs.

The following three collections of designs for interiors...

and these are wallpapers...

degree show....

Half Drop...

To get my ideas flowing about my Interiors collection i did some research, the most versatile designs are really quite simple at first glance, based around  a simple stripe or polka dot maybe...

I began by selecting my imagery and trying out simple repeats, the half drop worked really well with the floral image.... layered up on top of a coloured stripe background the simple layout looks quite sophisticated and classic.

Wallpaper...

Here is one example of one of my wallpaper designs...The layers of traditional 'Damask" style motifs, combined with the complementing colourway creates quite a contemporary feel.

I am hoping to finalise this collection by the end of the week, ready to move on to Interior/Upholstery fabric designs...

Hennie for Habitat...

Hennie Haworth

Collection 3...

To help kickstart the third and final term (eeeeek!) i decided to try and organise my designs into 3 separate collection and have a count up of how many designs could possibly be final samples....

The first collection is based more of surface pattern with a mix of compositional pieces and repeats...for notebooks, gift wrap and stationary maybe?

The second is based a lot more on texture and is more subtle...these lend themselves to more interior design and wallpaper.

The third will hopefully include more of  my visual research, so more image based. ..i am as yet unsure of the final application of these designs but again will probably be more suited to products due to the composition....

Adapted Colours...

Holiday...

Room for Improvement...?

Although i had previously said i wanted to create a more vibrant collection for my fabric experiments i feel i needed to tone down the colour to allow them to compliment my existing designs, i have create the above effect by "Cellulosing" the original print outs and scanning them back in...

New Collection?...

The next step of my development process is to start experimenting with fabric printing...in the past I've found the digital printer, combined with the fabric, sometimes makes the colour of the image a lot lighter therefore i wanted to create a few samples with a bit more vibrancy and zing.

The above designs started of photographs from a china cup, however with some mirroring effects and blending tools i have created some quite statement compositions.

Paperweights...

To try and put my designs in Market context i have been experimenting with different papers, seeing if the weight and texture changes the image or makes it look a certain way...

I really like the tracing paper prints and think these would look good on sheer fabrics!...

Dear photoshop...

I created this simple design on photoshop using the postcard template and layering imagery using the stamp tool, experimenting with the opacity creates the delicate, vintage feel.

Pancakes...

Lemon? Sugar? Syrup?...

Wallpaper...

Lene Toni Kjeld

Transitionwallpaper: so called hybrids, a combination of 2 different repeat patterns...


http://www.walldecoration.dk/concept.html

Collections...

After my tutorial on thursday i feel a bit more clear on my collections. The more floral collection was well received and 6/8 designs were selected for a possible collection.

My next project alongside building up more designs to create further collections is to experiment with papers and fabrics...

By printing my designs onto a range of materials i will have a better idea about what the designs can be used for. This week i am going to send some designs to the digital printer and print some onto wallpaper.

Claire Scully...

I really like the ghostly, ephemeral feeling to this image. The monochromatic colour scheme enhances the imagery and allows the layering to show through.

a little bird told me....

After the Weekend...

So its Monday again, these weeks go so fast! 

Over the last week i've been thinking of ways to combine my imagery, making it work together in a number of ways without it becoming repetitive. I have come up with a possible solution of created mini collection, or sub-themes.

I've began to play around with some of my imagery, creating patterns and brushes in Photoshop, exploring which types of imagery work better together and with certain colour ways.

Below are two designs created today...