barney bear.

this is barney, the new edition to the bear family :) we also have another member which i will introduce to you soon!

collection deux.

the next cushion collection is now on the go! the colours for this collections are inspired by one of my favourite pieces of art, by Mark Rothko.
this week i had to learn how to use the industrial linker to sew it up.

ohh and heres a little sneaky peek at a new addition to the bear family... more on him later :)

collection une.

i know i said that the intarsia cushion wouldnt feature in my show, but it was so well received in my work review last month that i made another one!
& also a little friend for him :)

lots more dyeing!

busy busy back in the dye room!

work review

so yesterday i had a review of all the work ive done in the third year (pretty scary!)
but it went really well and it turns out, rather than having one big collection... it looks like im going to have lots of little ones... so theres something for everyone!
after my review (which lasted over an hour), i went through every single sample and pinned up my favourites.

now all ive got to do... is make them into cushions!

new samples.

here are some of the new samples ive done this week...

ceramics.

so in preparation for my degree show, ive started experimenting with ceramics. i needed a way to creatively get my illustrations into the show space and i thought printing them onto ceramics might be a good way to go.
i dont think theyre too bad for first attempts?
p.s. sorry the pictures are a bit dark, my studio space is so gloomy sometimes :(

did you know...

grizzly bears do not like to get their ears wet!
i didn't know this either but david attenborough informed me the other day and i believe everything that man says!
this is a drawing of an 'um-bear-ella'... get it?

bison.

he is finally finished! he certainly took a while but he was worth it!

another new addition...

i may have a slight addiction...
this is bernard. i made him to keep bertie company.