Breathe in, breathe out

I've been doing a lot of panicking lately but it's nothing I don't expect of final projects especially my final project of Level 5 and my foundation course.
I have been very inspired this week even if I've been stressing out over deadlines!
It's very inspiring when someone comes in and answers questions that have been on your mind for sometimes, such as how do you get your work out there? how do you submit your collection to be displayed at a gallery? how does that effect our costs?
Jane Needham came in this week and spoke to us about "The Craft Centre and Design Gallery"in Leeds and how they process collections and what they're looking for, this is a great motivation for designer makers, it gives us a starting point and a great beginning for a business.

Anyway here are a few images I took today from my hand in and some  close-ups!(:

Update

Thought I'd put a quick update on here. I'm planning on posting some photo's on here some time this week, hopefully I'll get some quality photos of what I've been getting up to in my project on here.
I've been very busy and set myself quite a task so hopefully I will complete everything ready for the Summer Show!

Watch this space!

Portfolio Boards

 This board is apart of my project in Level 4 where we were given a selection of words to choose from and I chose Surrealism because I've always been interested in symbolism and conceptual Art and felt it was a great idea translating that into something 3D. In this project I decided to run with a dreams and self conscious route. This board shows a few jewellery samples I played with, using different techniques. Flattening wire worked from automatic drawings I created before bed, hand written words using small dome punches, wrapping wire, using contrasting materials and machine embroidery.

 This board shows a few of my Textiles samples from the same project where I developed symbols in my dreams using acetate, a black pen and hand embroidery.

 This is one of my textiles final pieces which was a transfer I illustrated combining different aspects of my work self consciously arranging it then later applying it to a soft shiny satin which reminded me of a dream work and embroidering then adding copper wire forms coming out of the piece.

This board shows my Jewellery Final piece which was a round fancinator created using copper, I used wire to create aspects of my automatic drawing and words that reflected a mood within my dreams. I used a lions eyes that would hover over our own once it was worn which was a symbol within my dreams. 

This board is one of my first projects from Level 4, where were were given a shape to create our final pieces out of. I was given a triangle and this was my design process board for jewellery. This project was very useful as we explored techniques and it sparked my love for jewellery.

This board represents a group project we were assigned in Level 5 Professional Studies. It was a group project where we were placed into business groups teamed up with Young Enterprise, a company with start-up programmed to help start businesses. 

 Here is some design development from my first project of Level 5 FdA Applied Arts.

This project was based around perspective and developed from my own imagery where I experimented with using metal and distressed plastic to create a fog and different points of view.

Developing Structures!

Well I've not updated my blog in a while, shame on me!

I have been working on my last project of this year and loving been in the workshops and experimenting with materials once again.

My concept for this project is Structures and comparing buildings to the human structure.

I've been focusing on the features of each and selecting my own  photos and using anatomy books for inspiration. 

Looking into our Skeleton and using this as a starting point for my samples to develop.

Here are some of my samples so far and my bay!

Right now I'm at the development stage of my project so I need to finalize my concept and start designing!

Valentines Day & Wedding Photography!

Hello! I hope everyone's having a great Valentines day whatever you're doing.

Today I did some Freelance Photography for some old friends I knew from school.

Here are some of the shots from today, considering it was cold the rain decided to stay away!

Trip to Amsterdam

Nothing like a nice break from studies than going to Amsterdam on a trip.It was great cultural experience and I had fun considering all the walking I did! Here are some photo's I taken while there and edited using Photoshop. I have also posted these on Flickr where I like to upload all my Photography and Art work. I hope everyone had a lovely January!

I have a very busy February but I'm looking forward to starting my FMP !  http://www.flickr.com/photos/xcosmiclovex/