Check out my latest naked lady drawings... just click the link on the right hand side of the page...hope you like them!
Nat x
Evelyn
at the moment, mixing contemporary illustration
with decorative 1920s surface pattern and fonts...
they are so delicate and feminine.
Year of Eccentricity.
Ok so 2011 wasn't the best year for me.. had a lot of "stuff" to contend with (don't we all), but it's a New Year now and i have an amazing future ahead... i mean... i have so much to be positive about:
- i have been blessed with a fabulous and stable relationship with an amazing guy.
- i have a supportive and extremely talented family, whom i love dearly.
- i have assessed all of my friendships and acquaintances and filtered out the negative influences
- i am sitting in the worlds comfiest position with a large cup of tea ( minus a packet of biscuits though)
- and i have finally stopped dwelling on what has been... and have successfully started focusing my mind on the things to come...
so yes.. one of my new habits will be to update my blog every day (if not every other day)with illustrations, thoughts, my motivations and inspirations.With hope that it helps me to get into a routine of designing something; no matter how big or small, every day.
Ultimately my intention is to make the important people in my life proud, and hope to finally quit my current erroneous retail job.... i want to feel the conviction in my heart and the passion running through my veins... something that only raw design will make me feel. So stay around, i hope you have a good look at the stuff i have done in the past... and i dare you to check up on what i get up to in the future... i promise there will be something in there for you.
Ultimately my intention is to make the important people in my life proud, and hope to finally quit my current erroneous retail job.... i want to feel the conviction in my heart and the passion running through my veins... something that only raw design will make me feel. So stay around, i hope you have a good look at the stuff i have done in the past... and i dare you to check up on what i get up to in the future... i promise there will be something in there for you.
New Designers 2011
I am lucky to be one of the selected graduates to attend this event, I'm extremely excited.
the degree show!
This was my final outcome for the 2011 NTU Decorative Arts Degree Show, I am pleased with the layout, the balance of the work and it's strong identity.
Hockney inspired photo-collage of the the show, to give a peculiar air of depth and perspective.
upholstery....the initial stages
fold and secure the fabric with staples
foam seat pad, laid above the weaved support.
-the original support was slack and old, so I used hessian to weave a new support,
I secured it with industrial staples.
I'm working everyday and every night, and all just to tie up all the loose ends for my degree, I am so scared yet excited to finish.. but I don't wanna grow up!
It has been one massive and badly organised stress, but now I can safely say I have put up my degree show this week, these are a few pictures of the assembly stages...excuse my attire, it was an extremely hot day, and the atrium is like a greenhouse! ( and I had been up for 47 hours!!!) haha
It has been one massive and badly organised stress, but now I can safely say I have put up my degree show this week, these are a few pictures of the assembly stages...excuse my attire, it was an extremely hot day, and the atrium is like a greenhouse! ( and I had been up for 47 hours!!!) haha
it's gotta be level.
sorting out the lighting arrangement and wiring.
I was extremely fortunate for my Dad to come across to help me... he sorted out my electrics and gave me help creatively regarding the final aesthetics! and my gorgeous house mate and best friend (also a decorative arts student) went out of her way to do everything in her power to help me too! I am very lucky and I really appreciated their labors!
- I don't think I would have made it through the day with out the two of them! Everyone else was running round like headless chickens, I think we kept our cool pretty well. :D
x
hand printed wallpaper...the method.
You just wouldn't believe how many shades of slate I mixed till I finally got the one I needed!
Once the base colour was rolled evenly I needed to wait for it to dry before I over printed with my motif designs.
this is me, screen printing my wallpaper, that right there is my "lucky squeegee!"
It's that time of year...
Well its nearly June and nearly the end of my degree, I cannot believe how fast time is flying by. I'm working so hard and I am surrounded by talented young designer/makers...the pressure is starting to set in, as we have just a week left to put up our exhibitions and arrange our work for our final assessments.
I am not gonna lie, I am stressed and scared, but I'm equally excited at the prospect of graduating and the wonders that await.
I will upload photos of my progress, and keep you all posted about the degree show, but you will have to forgive me, the quality of the pictures aren't great! ( my camera is broken!)
peace
x
come and visit us!
I am one of many students who is selling my wares in our very own pop up shop in the center of nottingham. It'[very exciting and all the work featured in there is of exquisit quality and completley unique.
If you are around Nottingham between now and the 6.6.11 please come and pay us a visit, you can purchase our products or just come to admire the fabulous range of crafts.
If you are around Nottingham between now and the 6.6.11 please come and pay us a visit, you can purchase our products or just come to admire the fabulous range of crafts.
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