Redbubble

So the first step in my year of productivity was to create a Redbubble. I've known about Redbubble for some time now, for those of you who haven't stumbled across this site its an online market place which creates customized products from your designs.

I thought it was time to give Redbubble a try, uploading artworks is pretty straightforward, and it introduces you to a new world of designers which act has a great source of inspiration. 

With sites like this I always worry about my designs being stolen, but I'm hoping its just a good way of getting your work out there and its always nice to hear feedback about your style, good and bad. 

You can see of my designs here

New designers

So last week was new designers, where I got to show some of my work alongside lots of other wonderful graduates of 2013 at the Islington design centre. 

It was so exciting to be picked to do this and a lovely way to end my degree. Really great to get to see the work of so many uni students who do similar courses to myself, the work was all such high quality, it was a tad overwhelming, but nice to think these are the people I'll hopefully get to work alongside in the years to come. 

Below are some pictures of how I displayed my work, and LCC's space. 

Tiger print invited me along to one of their creative sessions, me and three other girls had an hour to create a circus themed photo, below is what we came up with.... (photo from tiger prints instagram, tigerprinters)

a summer garden party... exhibition

This week our exhibition has gone up, ready for marking and our private view. Heres some photos of how putting it all up progressed, woooo. 

Un-happy accidents

I've been applying my final decals to ceramics ready for the kiln, sadly three of my plates cracked, a not-so-happy accident. I've still got two more of the same style plate to be fired, fingers crossed they wont crack too. Luckily I had quite a few more ceramics so all was not lost. These are some of them...

ooo gnomees..

Yesterday I realised I've been spelling the word Gnome wrong, its a silent G, and apparently everyone knows this!! Poor Mr.Knome and his none existing G.....

some things i've been doing lately

Clover Canyon

Flicking Vogue's May edition on my train journey home yesterday I came across several print designers who's work just screamed out to me. The first of which was Clover Canyon, they design and produce in Los Angeles, with each collection created to reflect the joyful spirit of California. The patterns and colours used, which can be seen below scream out summer, which I guess could be said is what California is all about - endless summers!

More inspiration from Tate Liverpool

As well as seeing the Sylvia Sleigh exhibition, we also took a mooch around the sculpture galleries at the Tate, I found a few pieces I liked in here - which is rare has I'm usually not a big fan of sculpture. Looking at the pieces I liked here and at my current work, I'm finding myself drawn more to shapes, and marks creating patterns, very unlike my usual style of illustrative designs. (The first piece of each artist are the ones which I saw at the Tate and the following are some of their other works)

Richard Long

Lucio Fontana

Cornelia Parker

Tate Liverpool: Sylvia Sleigh

I've just come back from a couple of days visiting Liverpool, and I'm slightly in love with the accent. While there I went to the Tate Liverpool, completing my Tate collection and I'm now able to proudly say I've visited all four, yay! Tate had an exhibition on by the artist Sylvia Sleigh, whom I wasn't aware of previously. I wasn't sure at first if I liked her works, but after walking around the gallery my opinion was totally in her favour, they're amazing. Not only are the paintings brilliant, but each one is packed with patterns and colour. Below are a few of my favourites.