Some Think Funky Exhibition.

Hey guys, I have a new piece of work going into this 2 day exhibition in Old Street, London. 

23rd & 24th November. 

It's gonna be pretty exciting with Artist talks and a closing party, Come down and check it out. 

=) Natasha 

Feeling Festive

Without a doubt Christmas is my favourite time of year... so i'll probably be blogging like crazy in the next few months. :) 


Monday night me and my lovely mom took a trip to hobby craft to buy some silver thread and mount board for something i'm working on..... £40 later we have a basket full of festive crafty items. ^_^ 


Some of will you cringe at the mention of xmas in october...... so apologies. But personally I cant wait to get that xmas CD blasting in my car. :) 


This is what we made. LUXURY CHRISTMAS GIFT TAGS!!!!  What you think? :) 
If you are one of my nearest and dearest you can expect one of these under your tree this year!!!

I'll be putting them on etsy for everyone else to enjoy. As soon as I come up with a name for the page. :) 


Have a good day. <3

Work in The Public - and a general catch up!

Firstly apologies for the lack of blogging.
But I was on a lovely holiday in the States visiting my good friend Mickey Mouse. :)

Now I'm back I need to tell you all about a piece of work I have up in The Public, in West Bromwich with Innate Projects.
It's on till the 18th September.... so you have just under a week left to go visit it. (And it's free entry.)

http://www.thepublic.com/exhibitions/innate-projects << Here you can read about the event advertised on the public website, It even mentions my name. =P

Below i've added two links, incase you wanted to find out more about Innate Projects. :)
http://www.facebook.com/innateprojects
http://www.innateprojects.co.uk/

Here are a few snaps I took yesterday.  There is a fantastic and inspiring selection of work on show by numerous local artists and would strongly recommend a visit.  Enjoy.

Innate Projects exhibition - 3rd floor of the public - West Bromwich

 Close up of my work

 Me with work. (bad hair day)

I did a short interview with Linda Sam for Harsharan Landas blog.
Check out the link below to have a read. :)

http://harsharanlanda.blogspot.com/2011/08/linda-sam-introduces-you-to-very.html





PS. hope you are all safe and well away from all these terrible riots.

Exhibition

Hey everyone, 

My work is going to be featured in this exhibition. So if you're in or around West Bromwich pop in and take a look. :) 

Late night blog

I'm quite liking this blogging lark...... not that I have many followers. haha
So my Arts Thread profile went live today and i'm really pleased with it.
If you haven't heard of Arts Thread it is a website for graduates to upload a selection of their best work .....and it's free.
'Bridging the gap between education and the creative industry'

Click to view my arts thread portfolio


Also I'm going camping Wednesday to the South West of France for a few days with my boyfriend and a band he's playing for.
Should be a good laugh and a nice break. fingers crossed for a bit of sun. =)

Things i'm taking:

                              CAMERA
                              Dry hair shampoo
                              Cooker and kettle (for cups of tea)
                              bottle opener (for a few cheeky drinks)
                            

                              (Thats all I have packed so far)



Au revoir.

New Designers 2011

Broken Memories at New Designers


New Designers was a wonderful opportunity and very memorable experience. 
Here are a few photos I took of my work on the BIAD stand and a short statement explaining my concept. 

‘Experiences through life define us as a person,

Memories shared bond people together,

When all we know and who we know crumbles away, what are we left with?’

The collection is a documentation of a personal reaction to a family member’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, portraying the continual loss of data, personality changes, memory loss, aggression and confusion.

It is a recording of the continual and incremental deterioration; a series of work aiming to capture the passing of time, change, growth and decay.

This work also explores the idea of preserving and displaying a memory forever. Using a diverse use of materials and processes, that thoughtfully communicate the concept of Broken Memories. 

Enjoy x

New Designers

It's been a tiring few days and a struggle to get everything perfected but the BCU stand is finished and all the works looks fantastic. 
Well done everyone. :) 


Come see our stand. 
Part 1 - 29th June - 2 July 2011 
Textiles, Fashion & Accessories, Contemporary Applied Arts, Ceramics & Glass, Jewellery & Precious Metalwork, One Year On
http://www.newdesigners.com/

Pictures to come soon. 

business cards.

I desperatly need to get some business cards and postcards printed to take with me to New Designers,

the images below (I think) are the ones I shall be using.  

Another job to add to my huge to do list for tomorrow. 

All part of the fun I guess. :P

From the 'Broken memories' collection.

All comments are very welcome. 

Natasha :)

Celebrating my 22nd

It was my birthday last Saturday and 22 as all my friends keep pointing out is very old!! haha.
I didn't have any big celebrations for my birthday this year, just beacuse i've been so caught up with the degree show and developing my work for New Designers, it really just creeped up on me.  I'll be making up for it with a few glasses of wine with my girls very soon. :)


Although I didnt get dolled up this year and go party with my friends..... I did have a great if not random day.
My boyfriend is a drummer and had a gig at a small festival in Wales, so I decided to tag along. It was actually really fun, I saw 'We Are Scientists' and got to act like a teenager again.

Gotta love the festival vibes.

Thank you to my family and friends who sent me all the lovely cards, presents and birthday wishes. They made my day brighter.

          

Even though I think I found my first grey hair it was still an awesome day! 

Private View

Last night was the private view of the Textile graduate degree show, at Birmingham City University.

I had a really lovely time showing family and friends my work that has occupied so much of my time for the past few months. 

It was great seeing everyone together enjoying themselves, the wine, the cakes, most importantly enjoying our work. 

A huge congratulations to everyone, the show looks fantastic. 

For those who still haven't been it's still on this Friday and Saturday 10-5.

Also a huge thank you for all the kind and encouraging words, It really does mean a lot. :) 

Me with my work. 'Broken Memories'

Me with my boys

Textiles Degree Show.

Hi lovely people.  Why not take a visit to Birmingham City University to come see our Textile degree show, it's from 13th - 18th June. 

All of our hard work, efforts and lack of sleep have been leading up to this week and we are all really excited to show it off to you.

Everyones work looks fantastic and I'm sure you will come away feeling inspired, so don't miss out.  :)  

School of Fashion, Textiles & 3D Design. Gosta Green B4 7DX

Hope to see you there. 

A Sneaky Peak.

Good day to you, Here is the first sneak peak at some of my development work for my final major project. 

Only two weeks to go till my deadline, and all will be revealed. 

Broken Memories. 

 :) 

Busy busy.

My university work is keeping me constantly busy right now, only 3 weeks till my last ever deadline. eek.
I'm just so grateful that i've been able to study something I love and am passionate about. :) Not everybody get the opportunity, also I cant think of anything worse than having to write essay after essay.  Heres hoping the hard work pays off.

Here are a few images from one of my previous university projects.
A live trend project with Global Colour - Botanic.

Enjoy. x

good creative intentions

Last Wednesday me and my mom enrolled on a 10 week sewing class. I've always wanted to make my own clothes but only ever got as far as buying the fabric. So this is it! 
We went into Birmingham this afternoon, had a pizza hut buffet and brought ourselves our first sewing projects.  We are both so excited. :) 
After shopping around we got our patterns from House of Fraiser, 50% sale. The material from Fancy Silk Store and Barries, it was fabric galoreeeee. Finally an adorable Cath Kidston pin tin for £4 which every sewing box should have. :) 

This is what we brought, I cant wait to get started. 

In all it was a lovely day. :)