New Designers 1-4 July

I will be exhibiting at New Designers next week; Thursday to Sunday, as part of Birmingham City University's Textile Design course (stand T35). Tickets are available here: http://www.newdesigners.com/


This is some of the work which I will be showing:

Acrylic Ribbon (close-up)

 Yellow Echoes

Double Needle

George Jackson Travel Award

Earlier this month I was selected as the winner of the George Jackson Educational Foundation Travel Award. This is an annual award given to students from Birmingham Institute of Art and Design based on their academic achievement and proposal for travel. I will be using the award to fund a research trip to Sweden to broaden my knowledge of both historical embroidery and contemporary textile art. I will visit Stockholm to view cutting edge art and design with a focus on textile work, before travelling north to more rural locations to explore traditional Nordic craft and folk art. I will use inspiration from the trip to develop on from my final degree project.

London Midland Rail Poster

My work is to be displayed as a poster in 70 rail stations across the midlands as part of Made in the Midlands; a public art initiative between Birmingham Institute of Art and Design and London Midland railways. The work will be on station platforms and in booking halls. The posters are up now until October.

http://www.biad.bcu.ac.uk/madeinthemidlands/

Final Degree Show

My final degree show is now up in Birmingham City University's Gosta Green Campus. Open to the public 16th-19th June.