Dundee College Exhibition

This is my booth at the Exhibition.
You'll maybe recognise some of the pieces from earlier blogs.
I had a couple of hours to set it up but I had planned it in my head before hand. I think it worked well. The preview evening was great, very busy and lots of interest.





A little bit more detail here.






The Jam Pot display. I had the idea for the cupboard and Peter made it for me!

This is how I displayed my accessories. I made a couple of brooches to pin on the wrap and the bag.





Someone wanted me to make a brooch and earrings to match. I have to say it feels fantastic when someone wants to buy my work.





More jewellery developments - delicious earrings and a brooch!

I'm finished at Dundee College now. I really enjoyed it, I was inspired by my tutors and friends and I will miss being at college and seeing everyone. Time to move on.....

Accessories

I've finally finished the accessories for my underwater project. Thanks to Paula for being so patient with me while I was taking the photos of her. I think it was time well spent in the woods just to get the right shots to show off my work.



I'm going to make a brooch for the scarf and I have an idea for it. I'm waiting for the pin for it to arrive in the post. Hopefully it'll arrive tomorrow and I'll get it finished for the assessment on Thursday.





Thanks to Christina for being so patient for this photo too! I'm lucky my nieces both live so close by - very handy not just for photos, for babysitting too.

Sea Urchin Accessories

I am working on a project based around a water theme and I am in the process of developing samples for a bag, scarf and a pair of mittens.

I'm developing my ideas from some sea urchins that I collected from a holiday in Crete. I'm enjoying using the green and purple colours and experimenting with lots of textures. I've also starting knitting again for one of the accessories!

Hopefully the finished pieces will be displayed on the catwalk at Dundee College Fashion Show at the beginning of June.

Dying to Make a Throw

Two of the many photos I took on a field trip to Lieth at the start of this project. I was to look at marks in decay and architectural markings. I developed drawings from these photos ( and many others too) and finally came up with a design. My sketch book for this project is very thick!



A selection of fabrics that I dyed using low imersion technique.




This is a sample for the design of the throw. I used a wool blanket as the first layer. Then I added strips of the dyed material, a layer of dyed gauze then embellished the three layers. The sample is made up of three sections stitched together with a selection of stitch added.



This is the finished piece.



This close up shows more detail of the stitch and the different sections.

Jam Recipe Apron

This is the last "Artefact" for my college project on memories -

the Jam Recipe Apron.

I am pleased with the end result and even more pleased that I have a great model.

I hope Aprons will become more popular again. I don't want this one to get used just yet -I need to pass the college project first!

Making Jam

These Pot Holders are two more finished artefacts for one of my college projects.



I made these Fabric Strawberries for the same project as the Strawberry Apron I am just about finished another apron then the project will be finished.

Expressive Techniques Workshop

These are the results from a workshop at college last week.
The process involved using Polly filler, bits and peices to print with, Shellac, Gesso, and Acrylic Inks to create these three pieces (which are small sections of larger pieces). The colours of the acrylic inks are great.
I am pleased with the results and look forward to using them in the development of one of the projects I am working on.