Final degree show up and ready

All the hard work has finally paid off and the Degree show is up and ready for the private viewing on the 23rd May. Below are the final images of the show and also some close ups of my blankets and cushions.

Re-upholstery finished

Below are some photos of my final re-upholstery. I believe that they work well as a collection and that the comparison in old and new doesn't stand out too much but works well.

Degree show building progress

The start of the degree show built and everything seems on track, with a few hours of team work, lots of white paint and muscles put to use the boards are up and everyone is starting to put up their own show designs.

A few final designs for the project in hand

Business cards arrived

So after lots of deliberation I finalised  my business cards and ordered them from moo.com, they got delivered and I am really happy with them, finally things are starting to feel real and the end of University is coming together.

Wide warp beginning

Finally the weaving on my wide warp has begun, lots of patience was needed for threading this up. A double cloth 90cm wide warp with one wool warp and one cotton. But finally the weaving has begun and I am very pleased with the outcome. So much so I wove my first blanket in under 2 hours as pictured here below. Before the degree show starts to go up next week I plan to finished weaving this warp and use the blankets in the show and one piece of hand woven fabric to create a new upholstery for a foot stool.

                 

Cushions coming along

For my final degree show I will be displaying a selection on hand woven and made cushions, these it have began to make after finishing my hand woven samples to choose cushion covers from. Although none of the designs are the same pattern, the colours I have used, I feel, make the cushions work well together as a collection. This is still a working progress as I have two smaller scatter cushions to make yet but below is a photo of the four finished ones so far. 

                  

Woven fabrics

Below are some designs that I have woven on the jacquard today, I will be using some as small samples, one as a blanket, and one will be the new upholstery of my chair that I have prepared ready for its new fabric.

                             

                                  

                              

Final colour palette

I have finalised my colour palette eventually for this final project, It will use similar colours to those shown below. Grey and cream shades with various blue tones and hints of dusky and bright pink to add highlights to the interior collection of woven materials that I will design and create. 

Easter

As time is now running so quickly, it's nearly time for that last ever Easter break of uni. A lot of last times have been happening recently, the last time I will thread a new warp at uni, the last time I will create and present a design seminar showing the ideas behind my work. 

It makes me sad and happy to come to the end of uni; Sad that its all over and I won't be doing what I do best day in day out for a while and seeing my close uni girls. But also happy because I am proud that I have finally made it to the end and accomplished and learnt what I have on the way and met the people that have given me hope and inspiration to continue with my designing lifestyle.

After Easter will be the final push to make sure I create the design work that I aimed to and to display it in a way that best shows its uses and craftsmanship. I know it will be a very busy few last weeks but it will totally be worth it to see my work finally hung and displayed how it should be in the Degree show on May 23rd. Derby Uni has brought me a long way from that shy little college girl I used to be, with not enough confidence to show my imagination and express it within my work. I will be very happy to hopefully (fingers crossed) be a graduate of this university and begin my life as a textile designer.