I absolutely adore Viviennes Designs and love visiting her shop in Leeds, can't wait to move down south and visit her London store!!!
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Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Sunday, 16 May 2010
Playing around with images for Artsthread Graduate website www.artsthread.com promoting portfolios of graduates from many colleges and universities around the world. Mill road Antique shop The Hive http://www.hiveantiques.co.uk/
surrendered some gorgeous finds yesterday for the garden party as did Oxfam a delightful fine bone china teaset. Can't wait to put the photo's up! Favourite blog postings today http://threadandthrift.blogspot.comFriday, 16 April 2010
Drawing Sheets
Friday, 5 February 2010
Final Major Project!
Well this is it the Final Major Project has arrived! I've spent the last two weeks visiting galleries and museum sketching.
Hancock Museum, Newcastle, www.twmuseums.org.uk/greatnorthmuseum
York Art Gallery,www.yorkartgallery.org.uk
Harris Museum, Preston, www.harrismuseum.org.uk
Hartlepool Museum, www.thisishartlepool.co.uk/attractions/museum.asp
Dorman Museum, Middlesbroughwww.dormanmuseum.co.uk as well as
Mima www.visitmima.com ... phew!
I've thoroughly enjoyed being out and about sketching. There was just so much to take in.
My favourites were the Harris Museum, Preston where they have an exhibition called Embellished, "the art of fabulous fabrics" a lovely collection of dresses from Horrackses and a design for Liberties by Grayson Perry and York Art Gallery exhibiting Eve Bennett, "bird in the hand" ceramic work and drawings. Her drawing style was just wonderful and the small quirky exhibition was oozing personality! Not taking anything away from the other museums & galleries they were just the jewels in the crown, so to speak. I was really excited by the Hancock Museum in Newcastle as I remembered a very dark dingy typically Victorian space but the display area has been given a revamp, I don't know when, but the light and space allows the birds and animals to be displayed beautifully and easily young and old alike. They are all well worth a visit! So why so many well my concept for my final major is a British take on Ghanaian wax/fancy prints so the represent Victorianisms such as collecting, and a thirst for knowledge and enlightenment I'm going to combine this with afternoon tea another pastime and social reflection of British traits. I hope my concept will echo the characteristics of Ghanaian wax/fancy prints known for their social, political and religious messages.
My favourites were the Harris Museum, Preston where they have an exhibition called Embellished, "the art of fabulous fabrics" a lovely collection of dresses from Horrackses and a design for Liberties by Grayson Perry and York Art Gallery exhibiting Eve Bennett, "bird in the hand" ceramic work and drawings. Her drawing style was just wonderful and the small quirky exhibition was oozing personality! Not taking anything away from the other museums & galleries they were just the jewels in the crown, so to speak. I was really excited by the Hancock Museum in Newcastle as I remembered a very dark dingy typically Victorian space but the display area has been given a revamp, I don't know when, but the light and space allows the birds and animals to be displayed beautifully and easily young and old alike. They are all well worth a visit! So why so many well my concept for my final major is a British take on Ghanaian wax/fancy prints so the represent Victorianisms such as collecting, and a thirst for knowledge and enlightenment I'm going to combine this with afternoon tea another pastime and social reflection of British traits. I hope my concept will echo the characteristics of Ghanaian wax/fancy prints known for their social, political and religious messages.
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