I have recently graduated from Goldsmiths College with a 1:1 in BA Design and am looking for work. Over the past year I have concentrated on exploring hand embroidery and what else it can be used to represent. The past couple of months I have been doing more communtiy based art projects volenteering with charity Craftspace to engage the people of Birmigham in craft and craftavism. I enjoy working with people engaing with them and sharing ideas and skills.
Work
Projects
- Technical EmbroideryTechnical Embroidery is the outcome of my final year exploration of embroidery, I was looking at the similarities between cross stitch and architectural drawings, they both use measured systems to depict an image. I am mixing the idea of home building with home making. I focused on designing the dream extensions for my family. By embroidering plans I am updating the traditional ‘home sweet home’ embroideries. These show an ideal of what we should strive for in a home often depicting country cottages and log cabins. By sewing extensions I create a much more modern personal ideal that anyone can reach for that can be used a decorative item or even as an actual technical drawing as they are to a 1:50 scale.
- Stitched SpacesStitched Spaces Stitched spaces is an extension of my stiched technical drawings. I wanted to make them more accessible to others to complete and do. I printed a blank generic floor plan onto some large aida and asked people to sew on their ideal space. I felt that the idea of sewing a home helps to cross the barrier of sewing being a women’s only craft. The building and designing of the home is a stereotypical male job but the home making and keeping is very feminine. The idea is the stitch onto the given house plan and design your ideal space, unlike most cross stitch patterns it leaves space for you to use your imagination instead of following a pattern; leaving space for personalisation. Overall I got positive reactions and people got very into it. the time it took them to sew; and in some cases learn to sew they could think through what they wanted in their space, creating and thinking of the most personalised space possible. In the future I would like to turn this into a workshop to think our spaces and how different people interact with a space.
Work history
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Workshop AssistantRuskin Glass Centre
- Wollaston, Wellingborough, UKInternship
I assisted two crafts people over the course of 4 weeks, Jamie Hubbard; Cabinet Maker and Carol Griffin; Enamellist. I was assisting them with sorting and testing materials and basic making as well as general workshop jobs such as tidying.
Grove Community
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artist/volunteer/ mentorCraftspace
- Birmingham, United KingdomFreelance
I have worked with Craftspace on a few projects all of which include crafervism and young people. I helped develop and support 16-19 year olds campaigns in both the Making for Change and Tea for Change projects. I have also supported artists at their Insite Festival for graduates and will be creating my own project based in Birmingham in September.
Skills
- Hand Sewing
- Drawing
- Physical Prototyping
- Machine Sewing
- Embriodery
- Model Making
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Indesign
- Microsoft Office
Education
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BA DesignGoldsmiths University of London
- London, United Kingdom
I received a 1:1
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UAL Art and Design Foundation DiplomaStourbridge College
- Brierley Hill, UK
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