About me

Star Vince Artist/Weaver Graduate from UCA Farnham, First Class BA (Hons) Textiles for fashion and interiors, specialising in woven textiles. Dedicated to pursuing sustainable ways of creating cloth and particularly interested in creating therapeutic textiles. Currently Working as an Art Technician.

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Projects

• HALCYON THREADHalcyon Thread is a project I have created to address themes of the sensory through the medium of textiles, inspired by my Interest of medicinal plants and aromatherapy. Sensory stimulation and mindfulness is a more practical approach to therapy for various medical, physical and mental health conditions that can effect sensory processing. Often in textiles we focus mostly on visual stimuli, I wanted to consider senses that we seem to overlook; Smell, weight and sound as well as one of the main
• RESONANCEResonance - A project working with the concept of layers, sound, vibration and translating them into woven cloth. Inspired by the sound and communication of bees, I created a series of works that visually interpret a secret language.
• INVASIVE SPECIESI was Initially struck by my idea of using human hair as a material when I encountered an archive of woven horsehair samples. Working with the ideas behind human hair before, this was something I really wanted to continue and bring forward into my textile practice. Hair as a substance has been seen as an object of both beauty and disgust. It seems when the hair is no longer connected to the host it transitions into an object of repulsion. It is a material that is traceable (DNA) and is entirely

Work history

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Art TechnicianQueen Mary's College
Aug 2020Basingstoke, United KingdomFull Time
Full Time Art Technician
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Studio AssistantClaire Gaudion
Mar 2017 - Apr 2017Grateley, Andover SP11, UKInternship
4 week work expirience placement as a studio assistant.

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Skills

• Art
• Drawing
• Painting
• Photoshop
• Sculpture
• Craft
• Illustration
• Weaving
• Photography
• Textiles

Education

BA (Hons) Textiles For Fashion and InteriorsUniversity for the Creative Arts
Aug 2016 - Jun 2019Farnham, United Kingdom
First Class - BA (Hons) Degree in: Textiles for Fashion and Interiors - Weaving specialism
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ABC Foundation Diploma in Art and DesignBasingstoke College of Technology
Aug 2014 - Jun 2015Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ABC Foundation Diploma in Art and Design - Specialising in Fine Art - Merit

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Awards

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The Brian Edney Memorial Award for ArtQueen Mary's College
The Brian Edney Memorial Award for Art – Presented by Queen Mary’s College Foundation - 18th June 2014
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Special Award for DeLaRue Drawing PrizeQueen Mary's College
Queen Mary’s College Special Award for DeLaRue Drawing Prize -18th June 2014