A sneaky peak at my MA work.

I know I have been terribly lazy with my blog and not updated it in a while, but I thought I would share with you a sneak preview of my work for my MA show starting on the 2nd September. These 40 samples will make up an installation in the exhibition and have all been stained using either red cabbage, blackberry, blueberry or cherry. The screen printed images depict weeds and wildflowers I have observed. I have become fascinated with their resilience, their unfaltering effort to reclaim man made urban environments. My aim is to draw parallels between stains and weeds and encourage people to celebrate them rather than eradicate them.

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50 Helpful Tips

I know that this link is for Graphic Designers but I thought the large majority of them could be applied to any creative graduate. A specifically poignant one is the one which says about refusing unpaid internships. Companies can use the current economic climate as an excuse for taking advantage of students. Like the website states, it should be at least minimum wage. Lets not let these money grabbing people devalue our work!

When things dont go to plan ...

... its hard to stay positive. I tried out baking the tops as I said I was going to and they weren't successful. The ones with the blueberry burnt for some reason and the salt hardly did a thing. I think I can still do something with them but its just really disheartening when things go wrong. On to plan B. I just need to figure out what that is first!

Fade away....

When I printed on this top the other day I was a bit concerned. It came out bright yellow, it wasn't at all subtle . It was screen printed with turmeric and I think I gravely overestimated how much I had to use. My aim was to create something feint that replicated the existing stain on the garment. I washed the T-shirt, still the colour was almost luminous. Then I recalled a friend telling me how turmeric isn't very light fast. I hung it out on the washing line on a sunny day and viola, feint faded design!

Etro Cooked Shirt Project

I was going through my old magazines last night and came across this in an old Surface Magazine (Issue 71, State of Emergence). Its a design concept by Etro whereby the consumer can dye the shirt by using either, blueberries, salt and coffee. The above image is of the blueberry stained shirt which is put into the oven with the blueberries, juice and some sugar. I feel inspired to experiment. I'll keep you posted with how I get on.