Graduation

So I thought I'd finally share with your my graduation snaps! I was in a terrible mood to begin with because I couldn't stop worrying about walking across the stage! I opted for flats because I figured they were my safest option. I did NOT want to be the one that falls flat on her face - and luckily I didn't!

Peterborough

I forgot to post these piccies from before I finished uni! After we came for our little holiday to Hull we then ventured to Tashar's neck of the woods down near Peterborough. Here are the piccies from our 'Southern' holiday!

Preston

So I moved to Preston for univesity a little under 3 years ago. I chose Preston because its far enough away from Hull without being TOO far. It's also VERY similar so I felt right at home. Despite me immediately regretting my decision to move here because I hate the 3 and a half hour train journey (people that complain their train journey is stressful when they only have one train and it takes less than an hour - I have no sympathy). I'll be moving back to sunny old Hull soon, and even though I'm really excited to get back and get cracking with setting up my business and seeing old friends - I'll quite miss Preston. I love the fact I live in town. A quick trip out to buy something isnt a twenty minute bus ride - on a stinky bus at that! I also love my independence here and that I finally know where stuff is! I've been trying to carry my camera with me more often and managed to snap a few pictures of the marina - where I jog - looking super pretty! I thought I'd share with you, just to show Preston isn't all ugly (My Dad has a full on hatred of this place)

Kitchenware!

So the other week I thought I'd be brave and have a tutorial at uni with one of the tutors (surprisingly!), and to my surprise it went really well! She really liked my ideas and gave me some really good advice, so now it's all systems go! I really need to power through and churn out work like I'm some kind of design machine! We discussed what purposes the design could be used for and I showed her my initial ceramics work - and she liked it! (unlike my other tutor who told me it was a no go). I also like it - so I'm going to go ahead with it, as I think it's a nice interesting way to show my final prints. Along with the ceramics I plan to create a 'Kitchen Collection'. I'm currently playing around in photoshop adding my designs to various items to see which patterns suit what best, then I'm going to pick which designs are going to be on what and what should be neutral etc! etc! I'm really pleased with the way my work is going and I really need to just keep focused and keep going! I've really got my heart set on a 1st for this project. I think a 1st overall is looking unlikely (I think my written work might drag me down) but theres no harm in hoping! Anyway... here's my 'teatowel' collection... Let me know what you think and which ones work best and owe themselves to tea towels nicely! :-) I'm also going to play around with placement prints ect, and not just allover patterns, it's all still to come :-)!

Final Collection Ideas

So I've done quite a bit of photoshop work this final project, but all my patterns are a bit all over the place and in different colour ways ect as I was still experimenting. Yesterday (whilst basking in the glorious sun by my window) I tweaked some of my designs, & made new ones so they have more of a collaberative flow to them. Here they are - I'd love to know what you think!