3.3.13

Lagos House

It's that time or year again when the Weedon's get together with the Pinkney's and we vacate to Prussia Cove. Instead, this year, it was decided to we go back to our old haunt; The Lagos House on Trevone Bay. There are many pictures of me taken at this house over the years, as a toddler right through up to a young teen. It was nice to reminisce here once again after so many years away.
 



5.2.13

Sofa.com

So me and my course mate/best friend/fellow designer Chloe Nash have both been shortlisted for the New Emerging Designers Competition with the furniture company Sofa.com. So excited to just be shortlisted, but one final push of voting would be amazing to help towards potentially winning the 'Peoples Vote' award! Thank you!

Vote here at sofa.com


21.1.13

The Beginning of 3rd Year

ISLAMIC GEOMETRICS 


A little snippet of my first project for my final year! Can't give too much away, but Islamic Geometrics was the theme. With the emphasis on the colour white creating a crisp and fresh feel to the collection, it's ready for Spring/Summer 13! I chose to explore geometrics as the mathematical accuracy of it all doesn't come naturally to me with my usually more erratic and 'accidental' style of painting. I wanted to start 3rd year off with a challenge, and that it was!



30.11.12

Christmas Market Fundraiser

Even after the success of the textile organised Jingle Ball last Wednesday, there's no rest for the wicked. This Sunday 2nd, a collection of items made and designed by Level 3 Textile students, will be sold at the Truro Christmas Market to help continue raising money for our Final Year Exhibition and catalogue. The products are all beautifully hand-made and range from tote and wash bags, to cushion covers, to bunting. Me and Chloe volunteered to design and print 18 festive t-shirts. Chloe designed the sheep (pardon the pun) and mine is the eskimo.

Show your support and get your bottoms to Truro Christmas Market and invest! For full details click HERE.

Special thanks to Ella, Charlotte and anyone else who's been sewing/printing/painting and generally beavering away for the last few weeks!

18.11.12

Croatia

Me and the boy had a little 2 week adventure around Croatia this summer. We didn't book any thing in advance and basically cruised around Split, the island of Brac, Split again, Sibenik and Krk National Park. The cherry on top was finishing our time out there with Soundwave Festival in Tisno. We ate too much gelato, drank too much caramel rum, got a little burnt and went on a boat party with a live jazz band! My Pentax came along with me.

14.11.12

My Visit To...












As mentioned in the previous blog post I was in the Big Smoke this weekend. It was by fluke that the day before I was due to leave, one of the tutors mentioned that a 2012 graduate student from the University College Falmouth had given Textile Design some free tickets to the Selvedge Winter Fair on Saturday! What are the chances!? The tickets had been given to us by Imogen Catling, who is currently working for Selvedge Magazine as the Brand and Product manager.

It was held in the Chelsea Old Town Hall and had a real hustle bustle feel to it; your typical Winter Fair, only the handmade products on sale were of an uber high quality! With our Anthropology goody-bag in tow, we had a wonder around all the lovely bits and bobs for sale. In particular it was really exciting for mixed media and weave based designers, some real gems on show. Here's a little collection of my favourite stalls...

MADE IN HASTINGS

www.madeinhastings.co.uk


Made In Hastings had some amazing hand-painted tambourines, handmade books and some really sweet  prints. Opening as a shop in 2004, they wished to promote artists and makers within the Hastings area. There was something for everyone at this stall, but mainly it had some precious things for children. The hand-painted tambourines by Clair Fletcher in particular are a really unique and special way of decorating a child's space.  

ABIGAIL BROWN

www.abigail-brown.co.uk

These clever and lovely miniatures of birds were the handiwork of Abigail Brown. Most of Abigail's work centers around animals, and she seems to have hit the nail on head with these feathered friends! Each one is handmade from machine and hand embroidering new and reused materials to imitate the colourings and markings of each creature. You can really see the love and attention that goes in to every detail of her work!

BEST IN SHOW

www.muirandosborne.co.uk

Best In Show is a collection, created by Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne, of an assortment of 25 knitted dogs, ranging from an Afghan Hound to a little Jack Russell. You could buy them in kits at their stall and knit them yourselves. With the "Make Do And Mend" revival we're currently living in at the moment, there are a lot more people taking up the creative past-time of knitting! I think this is a really engaging and charming idea of getting people stuck in to make one of these little fellows.


























UOLDBAG

www.uoldbag.com


Available to buy via Etsy, Bouf and Culture Label, these decoupaged suitcases by Lisa Tilley are right up my street! These pieces of 'functional art' were getting a lot of attention at the Fair and I can see why! The simple idea of taking vintage and found items and giving them a twist by adding the illustrative details bought them back to the 21st Century! 







JESSICA HAYES GILL


After having a little chat with the lovely Jessica, I discovered she actually graduated from Leeds Met with a degree in Graphics and has now set herself up in Nottingham as a freelance illustrator and textile designer. Offering a bespoke service, her simple, quirky illustrations are all handprinted and would add the perfect touch to the home. Her products are steered more towards the dining room and kitchen area, with table runners, napkins, aprons, tea-towels and placemats for sale.













JOHN ARBON TEXTILES

www.jarbon.com

For anyone who knows me, I love SOCKS! If my feet are happy, I'm happy. At Christmas I am genuinely pleased when I am given a comfy pair of bed-socks. With that said, I was absolutely delighted to come across the Arbon sock stall. There was a variety of different designs made in North Devon, from either alpaca, wool or cotton! How could I not invest in a pair!? 





CONCLUSION

So, that's the sum up of my morning spent at the Selvedge Winter Fair! I'm really glad I went, not only because I'm now the proud owner of an AMAZING pair of socks, but because it was really refreshing and inspiring to see the assortment of textile based talent out there! I've already told Mama Weedon I'm dragging her to the next one...


11.11.12

Ohh Deer - Oh YES!



I have been in London the last few days, seeing Bon Iver at Wembley Arena (no biggy), dissertation research at the V&A, a trip to the Selvedge Winter Fair and generally catching up with friends! Been seriously out of the loop and definitely swept up in the whole London bubble.

Briefly got time to check my emails this morning and I was VERY surprised to have received an email from ohhdeer.com last thursday to inform me I had WON their Pillow Fight Competition!!! My Swedish Meadow design is 1 of 14 chosen and will now be sold in Ohh Deer's stocklists, which includes the Saatchi Gallery, Tate Modern and the Millennium Gallery shop, as well as their online store. Chuffed much!?

For anyone who does want a platform in which their designs/illustrations can be seen by an audience who appreciates original work and sold by a company who does acknowledge you as an artist, then I would highly recommend entering any future Ohh Deer competitions!

Take a butchers at the whole list of winners -----> Ohh Deer Competition Results