Cushions

Now all my work has been marked and New Designers is over, I have decided to sell my cushions. Being an art and design student I have accumulated a large amount of equipment and produced a lot of work over the years!

I am really bad at not throwing anything away, since you never know when you might need something!

Saying this, my cushions are quite big and I really don't have room for them all! So I would like to send them off to new homes. If anyone if interested in buying one, please contact me:

emilyhackett@me.com

and I can give you more details!

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New Designers

Last week I was at New Designers with the other Surface Pattern and Textile Surfaces students who had chosen to go.

It was a great experience, and very successful!

Was lovely to talk to people about my work and get some great feedback about what I have produced at my time at University. I think the experience is invaluable in terms of meeting people, making contacts in the industry and practising talking to strangers about your work!

It has definitely helped me!

Now University is all finished (apart from Graduation on the 12th July!) I am doing some placements, competitions and maybe some freelance work if I can squeeze it all in, I like to keep myself busy!

Here are a few snaps I took whilst at New Designers:

Degree Show Building

This is my degree show space!

I had lots of things I possibly wanted to use but not enough space for them all, so I tried arranging it all different ways to see what fitted best.

After lots of rearranging and days of putting things up and making everything right it all came together really nicely.

I managed to fit in 4 different elements of my work which was really good, by displaying things to make the most of the space I had. I think adding in the floor space made a big difference to the overall feel of the display. 

Looking forward to opening night on the 7th June!

Kicked Out Of The Studio

Here is our sad lonely studio, being prepared for the degree show, feels odd not to have my own space in there anymore!

Will be exciting to see my space, get painting and have my work on show!

In the meantime I have been making my triangular cushions and bean bag out of my second fabric print and the backing fabric from my first one, which turned out really nice.

Was nice to go from start to finish and design, print and make something of my own.

Even the pup wanted to join in!

Wallpapers Are Printed!

After a couple of weeks working on my designs, tweaking colours, new layouts and considering which ones could go together with my fabric print, I have chosen to print off 9 designs.

I have put them into 3 collections of 3, based on colour and how busy they are. Some are really simple, more like textures, and others more statement, one wall kind of designs.

Since I have my big print I chose just to print off the repeat square of each one. This way I can put a few in my degree show and the others will fit in my portfolio!

Here they are!

Wallpaper Designs

After finishing my fabric print, I have decided keep the theme going and work on some wallpaper designs. 

I felt like I could get more out of the background research and imagery I already had.

Because of this I have quickly been able to come up with lots of designs, using the drawings, patterns, monoprints and colours that have appeared in my work so far.

These a just a few of the designs I have come up with!

My First Commission

A couple of weeks ago I was asked by my tutor to print a piece of fabric for her to make into a skirt!

It was really flattering that somebody likes my work so much and would want to wear it!

I was given some guidance about the design but a few elements were my choice, it was a completely different experience doing something for somebody else and not just for myself, much more thought, planning and care went into it to make sure it was right first time!

Here are some images of the piece stage by stage.