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2011-09-15T12:32:00.001+01:00

Claires Accessories = SCUM

2011-01-20T14:53:00.001Z

Please read:

http://drawglueglittermake.blogspot.com/2011/01/claires-accessories-have-copied-me.html?showComment=1295535146563#c5950731021134984173

Merry Christmas

2010-12-23T15:04:00.004Z

Well I finally finished all 13 commissions and posted them in time for Christmas. Gained brilliant feedback too, so everyones happy :)

Time to relax? Instead I made these watches :)

Time warp 2010

Plus I recieved awesome news so you'll be seeing a lot more of Lynsey Luu next year!! Merry Christmas and Happy New guys!! Enjoy Yourselves! :D

Commissions

2010-11-24T13:18:00.002Z

The last week I have had 6 commissions to be made in time for Christmas, so that means I am verrrrry busy as I have Uni work to do too; at least Im not bored though aye? ;)
Here's one Ive already made amd posted this morining:

Toby Mark 2 2010

Plus I had a presentation this morning, which went well, I couldn't have done any better so Im happy with how it went. Just gotta wait for feedback in Decemeber :)

Quick Update

2010-11-14T18:10:00.005Z

Right, first off I havent been sitting on my arse doing nout :) (Y)

Uni work, half way point and end of a 6 week project.

Here's a surface pattern I created

Aged Gorilla 2010

I have also had a few more commissions to make, here's one Ive already made, just got 4 or more to make ready for Christmas :)

Antique Peacock 2010

Lynsey Luu - Update

2010-10-29T01:07:00.002+01:00

Sorry for not updating recently, I have something in the works at the moment to do with Lynsey Luu and as soon as I know anything I'll post on here :)

Robot Badges

2010-10-02T15:11:00.002+01:00

My robots are here!! TO DESTROY THE WORLD!!!!! just kidding :)

I present, Patty Tasium, Molly Bendum, Allie Minium, Maggie Nesium & Ruby Dium ;)

Robot Badges 2010

Extreme Sexual Freaks!

2010-09-30T18:51:00.003+01:00

Back to uni once again, this time its sexy freaks :/
I mean... Cirque du soleil performers such contortionists, clowns, trapeze etc....
Anyway here's some initial drawings.

Cirque du soleil 2010

Look deep into my eyes...

2010-09-18T15:40:00.003+01:00

Finally the necklace I have been waiting for!! My Hypno Glasses :)

Hypno Glasses 2010

Available soon in gold or silver. The swirls spin as well! ;)

Lulu and Lulu's Peek-a-boo

2010-08-28T18:53:00.008+01:00

Here are my first necklace designs, I have made it into two necklaces in case someone wanted a single piece instead of the double. First off we have Lulu, this young lady is a temptress and she has one thing on her mind and thats men. Lulu has a few disguises so which will you have? As Lulu is a cheeky madam she has a way of getting what she wants....

Lulu - Red, Yellow & Black 2010

Lulu's Peek-a-boo 2010

Lulu's peek-a-boo Yellow/Gold 2010

Lulu will be available in:

Red/Silver or Red/Gold

Yellow/Silver or Yellow/Gold

Black/Silver or Black/Gold

(chain length: 18")

Lulu's Peek-a-boo will be available in:

Red - Silver/White, Gold/White or Gold
Yellow - Silver/White, Gold/White or Gold
Black - Silver/White, Gold/White or Gold
(chain length: 24")

Glitter is used for her underwear to add a touch of sparkle.

20 - Order - Design

2010-08-28T18:37:00.005+01:00

First off, I have now sold 20 frames in total!! I had 4 sold this week and 4 commissions to make :) I have made 3 of the commissions so far plus an extra frame so only one left to do.

Latest Frames 2010

On another note, I have now ordered my necklaces and should be having the second necklace sample here on either 9th/10th Sept. Plus I have some more designs being priced up at the moment, cant wait to make them!

Samples

2010-08-24T15:48:00.004+01:00

My first necklace samples came yesterday and they still need altering, Im just glad I asked for samples rather than ordering straight away :)
At the moment they have some silly mistakes have been made which the factory will have to stop doing, but thanks to these mistakes I have come up with a new idea for the necklace :)

Plus I have literally just finished another necklace design and sent it off to be priced up!

I ♥ These!!

2010-08-21T00:22:00.001+01:00

If anyone wants to buy them me....... size 7 (uk) ;)

Bead Bracelets

2010-08-20T16:43:00.001+01:00

I had a bunch of ribbon and a bunch of beads, this is the outcome :)

Bead Bracelets 2010

The humans are dead...

2010-08-19T23:43:00.003+01:00

Introducing Toby the robot, he protects us from angry guinea pigs, trust me, we need him!

Toby the Robot 2010

Finally robotic beings rule the world

2010-08-17T19:12:00.002+01:00

This cheeky character is called Bobby and has been sent to protect the world from out of control household appliances. You never know when they'll turn on you, so just in case..... heres Bobby.

Bobby is made from felt and buttons (but dont tell him this as he thinks he's a real robot)

Bobby 2010

Latest Commission

2010-08-15T21:55:00.004+01:00

I had another commission the other day for a frame similar to the neutral garden frame plus she also wanted two of the felt bunnies. I still had one left which was the furry brown one, so I only had to make one extra. She left the colour choices up to me so I chose yellow body, white belly and pink/yellow ears :)

Yellow Bunna 2010

Warm Morning 2010

New Frames

2010-08-15T21:50:00.005+01:00

Beady Blue 2010

Pearl 2010
Paper Holiday 2010

Tonal Frame 2010

www.LynseyLuu.co.uk

2010-08-15T21:49:00.002+01:00

New website :)
Simple.

Bored Bunna

2010-08-15T15:02:00.003+01:00

Sundays are always dull, so after cleaning the house (yes thats how bored I was) I made this from a free download from these guys http://www.kamimodel.com/

It took about 20 minutes to do including cutting out and trying to translate Japanese drawings.

Smokey 2010

Drawing, Drawing sniffle Drawing...

2010-08-03T19:04:00.002+01:00

I felt like staying in bed all day, but instead I have been designing a bracelet and doing more market research. I have finished my initial drawing of the bracelet and have emailed it to have the artwork done professionally and to be priced up :)

Hello Sailor!

2010-08-03T14:46:00.003+01:00

My two main influence on my jewellery designs have been from Me & Zena and Lazy Oaf. To show my love for them both look at my picture :D

Lazy Zena 2010

Jewellery News

2010-07-31T19:37:00.000+01:00

Had prices back and now ready to order samples/batches, which means you will soon get to see my designs and put any orders in :)
Hint: there's 3 colours to choose from.

Well, here we are spending time...

2010-07-31T19:30:00.002+01:00

Yesterday I had another commission and I've just finished it and waiting for it to dry. I took a picture for you all to see though :)
I was asked for: Purple & blue colours. Anything girly or to do with dogs or bikes. I went with girly as I had quite a few items for that theme.

Purple Ace 2010

I gotta have the jewels.

2010-07-31T19:16:00.003+01:00

New frame with the colour theme of pink as I was intending this for younger girls or whoever likes pink really :)

Pink Fan 2010

Six for the gold,

2010-07-31T19:03:00.005+01:00

and seven for the secrets that are never to be told.

Heart of Gold 2010

I'll put the kettle on...

2010-07-28T17:09:00.004+01:00

I made these two yesterday, they still need fixing but i'll do that later today :) I have hand drawn each design all around the mugs using a mixture of black, gold and silver.

I have also done my mom a personalised one for work with a cartoon version of her two dogs.

Flower Mug 2010

Swirl Flower Mug 2010

Design Inspiration

2010-07-24T23:30:00.003+01:00

So I have been designing new ideas for necklaces and researching previous ones on the market and came across this shop on Esty. Yellowgoat has the type of ideas that you go 'I wish I'd thought of that'...Anyways have a look

http://www.etsy.com/shop/yellowgoat?page=1

Mosaic Frames

2010-07-22T17:13:00.003+01:00

I have wanted to do a mosaic for ages now, I was going to do a table however price wise for a second hand table were a bit steep especially as Im so picky. Instead I decided to try on a frame using the tiles. The first attempt was the purple one which took a while plus it kept getting ruined; I fixed it though :)

The yellow one was much easier to do, practice makes perfect as they say. More will be made soon.

Mosaic Purple/Pink 2010

Mosaic Yellow/Turquoise 2010

Folksy.com

2010-07-20T14:46:00.003+01:00

I have set up a shop on Folksy if anyone was interested in buying any of my items. Have a look at my shop plus there's some pretty cool homemade things on there too :)
www.folksy.com/shops/LittleMissLynz

Gears for Going, Brakes for Slowing

2010-07-19T15:01:00.003+01:00

This morning I handed my necklace designs into the company to be priced up and have the artwork adjusted for industry use. Hopefully I will have some samples made then if all goes well, the finished pieces :)
Plus...
I have just got back from dropping off the commisioned pieces and he was so happy with them he bought the small Turq frame too :) WHOOO!!

Glitter Mixed With Rock & Roll

2010-07-18T19:19:00.005+01:00

Two more frames have been made along with the three commisioned pieces. I have done smaller sized frames for some variety.
The smaller ones are for sale, along with two others that are not on here yet. Pictures will be put up soon of those :)

Turq & Purp 2010

Commisions 2010

Another Day In Paradise

2010-07-17T13:46:00.002+01:00

Last night I designed some necklace ideas, and been pricing up how much it would cost to make the moulds and of course batch size.
Gotta wait till Mon/Tues to show my designs, so I gotta develop my doodles into technical drawings :)

SOLD

2010-07-16T14:23:00.006+01:00

I have literally just sold 5 of my photoframes, PLUS I have been commisioned to make another 3!!
PLUS!!
I am planning on making some jewellery and badges, but only at the designing stage at the moment but I do have a company to process my designs :)

To finish a work? To finish a picture?

2010-07-03T20:02:00.005+01:00

Using some old jewellery and pieces that had broken, I made a few keyrings but didnt know what else to do with them. I got an idea from a friend of mine to make photoframes and so bought some frames and began to make layouts.

I chose simple colour palettes for each frame and I really like how they've turned out :)

Golden Elephant 2010

Collection of six 2010

Robo Boogie

2010-05-11T21:00:00.005+01:00

Ok this has nothing to do with my work but I wanted to share my photo's from seeing Flight of the Conchords last night!! :D
7th row tickets in block C!!! Yea Boi!! :D
BRET <3

Too many dicks on the dancefloor 2010

Jermaine & Bret

Twisted Biba Concept Board

2010-05-04T23:36:00.003+01:00

So i've pretty much finished my Biba inspired module at uni so I thought i'd share with you guys my final concept board which showcases 4/12 of my summer tops. Let me know what you think :)

Concept 2010

Screen-Printing

2010-03-29T23:32:00.005+01:00

Back in the print room!! YAY!! I love screen-printing. Lots of work to be done so even in the Easter holidays Im doing work :)

Garment Shapes 2010

Busy Bee 2010

Please dont feed my television screen

2010-03-17T12:27:00.005Z

After talking to my lecturer about my CAD work, she suggested a few things and this is what I came up with :)

twisted tv 2010

Dice Knickers 2010

These images have been changed since this post

Sneaky Peak

2010-03-10T12:00:00.005Z

USB's dont like me as I tend to lose them... So I lost most my work too, I re-done some of my layouts and thought I'd share it with you :)
It may go onto a screen or digi-print not sure which yet though.

Dice Circles 2010

Babywear - 1st Steps

2010-02-24T20:14:00.007Z

This module is a competition, the winning designs will be put into production for spring/summer 2012. The themes to chose from were:

Elcetric Garden - Girls

Pattern & Texture - Girls

Quirky Adventure - Boys

Retro Play - Boys

I chose Quirky Adventure and originally wanted to do mythical creatures like Medusa, Posiden and Cerberus, but as you can probably guess, thats a little scary for babies. Im still on those lines but more into made up creatures of my own. Heres my ideas I have so far :)

Quirky Adventure Mood Board 2010

The Kraken 2010

Creature Making 2010

Development of Creatures 2010

Twisted Biba

2010-02-24T19:59:00.007Z

This module is all about Biba, which was founded by Baraba Hulanicki. If you're not sure, look it up :)

I wanted to do figure drawing but seeing as thats one of my weaknesses I found it quite hard. However to get over this problem I have been making collages of 'Poster Girls' inspired by Alfons Mucha and Dada. Here's my work so far.

Biba Mood Board 2010

Twisted Girl 2010

Sketchbook 2010

Belle & Boo Drawing 2010

Fabric Sample

2010-01-10T20:12:00.003Z

This is one of my scarf samples.

I used a technique called devore which is where you use a fabric with two types of fibres (synthetic and natural) and screen print a chemical paste which burns away the synthetic fibres. The fabric can then be dyed two different colours known as double dying. I chose a purple background (acid dye) and a grey foreground (procion dye). On top of that I did a foil print using the same image of a tarantula.

Silver Spider 2009

Metamorphosis

2010-01-07T20:57:00.004Z

Happy New Year Everyone!

Well I've just finished my module for uni which involved scarf and wallpaper designs. From hearing good feedback from my final scarf, I'm now planning to create a collection of ten scarves maybe more. Already had a request for a scarf :)

Here are a few images from my project, more to come soon.

Lino 2009

Geometric Stripe 2009

ScreenPrint

2009-11-13T16:33:00.005Z

Here's a quick screenprint I did to get an idea of what my colour palette will look like when printed.

Metamorphsis 2009

Halloween Sprite

2009-10-27T23:33:00.000Z

As Halloween is close, my friend suggested I make something in that theme. I chose Zubat from Pokemon :)

The wings are glow in the dark too ;)
Hope you guys like it!

Zubat 2009

Metamorphis

2009-10-27T23:26:00.004Z

So back to uni work...

This module is designing wallpaper & scarf designs based on inspiration of Liverpool. Two days later and a lot of photographs of Liverpool the designs start. My theme is two rolled into one ~ Insects & Architecture. Here are some drawings and pages from my sketchbook so far :)

Initial Drawings 2009

Butterfly Wings 2009

Pattern Development 2009

Pin Bunnies

2009-09-28T21:53:00.003+01:00

The Bunnies are Back! :D
I love these lil bunna's, I have 6 in total and still more to come *insert rabbit breeding joke here*

Bunnies 2009

*Better pictures will be put up soon

Moblin Strikes, Gizmo & Me

2009-09-28T20:40:00.005+01:00

Now I've settled into my new accommodation for university, I thought id share with you my latest sprites :)

Here are two from the zelda series, I wanted it so they would be interacting with each other.

Moblin & Link 2009

This sprite is a black & white Gizmo from the Gremlins game off the Gameboy.

Gizmo 2009

This sprite was originally from Pokemon, but I re-coloured it so it would look like me, not too keen on it as it makes my hair look grey :(

Lynz 2009

Making of Zero Suit

2009-09-20T23:47:00.003+01:00

Here is as promised the construction of the commissioned piece :)

Bunna

2009-09-11T14:34:00.003+01:00

These two are my most recent toys, and suprise suprise... they're my fav animal :)

They have two different colour/shades of felt each side, a fluffy tail on back and roughly take about an hour or less to make. I have a few more cut out and ready to be made but Im currently moving house so I will continue when everything is less chaotic ;)

Bunna's 2009

Mermaids Cave

2009-09-04T13:45:00.002+01:00

This is a quick sprite I did from Zelda, she was one of my favs from the game. i plan to make some more of my favs such as the dog, pols voice, chain chomp and a few others. Hope you like her :)

Mermaid 2009

Twice as Nice

2009-08-30T18:59:00.003+01:00

So here is my commission piece, plus my original. I know I could have sold him the one that was already made, but I also love the sprite so I wanted to keep one for myself :)
I have a sequence of photos of the construction but theyre on my mobile and not too sure how to transfer them onto the computer, but when I do they'll be put on here :)

Commissioned Zero Suit Samus & Original 2009

Commission

2009-08-30T16:23:00.002+01:00

Today I have had my first commission request :D I shall be making another Samus Zero Suit for a friend. When I made the first one I thought he would like it, but had no idea how much :)
I will show pictures of her when she's made (so in 2 hours roughly)

#175

2009-08-30T15:56:00.003+01:00

This is my 1st sprite which isnt fully black outlined, as I usually recolour the outlines to have a bolder appearance. Ive been wanting to do Togepi for a while but didnt have enough of his shades to finish him. This sprite looks better when seen from afar as do many sprites. The sprite is from JoshR691.

Togepi 2009

Game Over

2009-08-28T13:11:00.002+01:00

This is the start of my Space Invaders project, I plan to add little bits every now & then, so far im happy with how it looks :)

Space Invaders 2009

Zero Suit

2009-08-27T17:06:00.003+01:00

Im sooooooooo happy with this sprite!!, It took FOREVER to do, I messed up near the legs and it didnt match up so I had to move everything down a space :( Plus I had my pup wanting attention (when you dont give it him, he'll be mischievious ('borrow' things without permission)) This has been the most complex sprite I have made so far, even though the Ninetails is bigger.

Samus Zero Suit 2009

It Glows....

2009-08-27T12:19:00.004+01:00

Been a while since I last posted but i've been busy plus needed more black beads.
My latest sprites :D

Horsea, HootHoot, Vapoureon & the letter L 2009

The HootHoot was made as Chris says its the Pokemon version of his friend Andy plus I did the letter 'L' so I had a reason to use my glow in the dark beads ;)
There maybe more to come later today.

Latest Pillo Gang

2009-08-17T14:36:00.008+01:00

This so far is the Pillo range, a few more to come but these are the first batch.

Pillo Range 2009

New range - Pillo

2009-08-16T19:12:00.006+01:00

The smaller toys are the smallest of this collection, which go under the group name 'Pillo' while the medium sized ones are part of 'Criss' group. I still dont have a name for the whole collection, but will have one soon :)

I plan on making packaging for these guys as well, for when they are sold.

Bud, Pop, Lea & Ruby 2009

The pillo guys took about an hour at the most to make, and are my favourite so far. Here's a quick production shot of the construction from today :)

The Twins

2009-08-15T20:09:00.005+01:00

These lil guys are part of my series of toys (un-named so far). They're made from 1mm thick felt, and approximately took about an hour & a half :)

More to come soon, not tonight though as my neck is hurting from all the concentration ;)

Jake & Gorp 2009

Lemon Patch, Jake & Gorp 2009

Lemon Patches

2009-08-15T15:34:00.004+01:00

Due to the lack of black beads, I decided to make something from felt instead. I started last night and finished about three or four hours later. I wanted to make something similar to Sam, as I liked how he turned out plus I have lots of felt just sitting there :)

I wanted this guys expression to be crazy as if he'd escaped a looney bin, I also wanted more colour, rather than having just the base colour. I plan to make a series of these lil guys, so keep checking for updates. Plus if anyone would like to have one made for them please feel free to ask, price will depend on size. lynseyluu@hotmail.co.uk ;)

Lemon Patch 2009

The Lynzocube

2009-08-07T14:11:00.003+01:00

With some advice about 3D models, I decided to make something simple :)

soooo... I made a Lynzocube ;)

Lynzocube 2009

I was up till 1 or 2 in the morning trying to iron/fix/not being noisey as everyone at home was asleep. Wish I had a larger quantity of colours as I think it would look better with a different colour pallette.

Im Blue & Cyan...

2009-08-04T21:35:00.005+01:00

Ive been busy all day and have run out of black yet again :( But at least I got some cool sprites :D

Jolteon, Blastoise & Dagonaire 2009

I also did a Mega-man for my bf because he's been wanting me to do one for him since I started bead spriting (plus it was the reason why I started)

MegaMan 2009

Ninetails Final

2009-08-04T13:36:00.005+01:00

My beads arrived today so the first thing i did was finish the outline of the Turtwig. Then I did a Beedrill & and Spheal. I chose the Turtwig & Spheal as me & my bf sed theyre the pokemon version of his pets. Turtwig = Chomper the bearded dragon & Spheal = Molly the Choc Lab :D

Turtwig, Spheal & Beedrill 2009

PLUS!! I finally finished the Ninetails. I wish I had used a single pegboard(4) rather than doing it in quarters as the final join was quite hard, plus the foot was ripped off by the iron by accident so I had to re-do it.

Ninetails 2009

Bow Badges

2009-07-30T19:18:00.007+01:00

This pattern was found from PurpleTurtle, and I wanted to how big it was so I made it for myself, Ive tried other ways of making a bow but this so far is my fav way, I will still try to make my own version but until then this will have to do :)
These can be made in any colour and with or without the shading. I want to add a clip to the back so the can be a badge or maybe a hair slide too.

Bow 2009

If anyone is interested in any of my work, or want a commission, then feel free to contact me for details little_miss_lynz@hotmail.co.uk or friends can find me on facebook ;)

Spy vs Spy

2009-07-25T23:03:00.003+01:00

This is my latest creation, I had to take off my unironed quarter of Wart off my pegboard before I could do anything :(
Plus I used the black beads from it too, which leaves me with 13 left in total. I ordered more this morning so they should be here next week
This sprite is from a game called Spy vs Spy from the gameboy.

White Spy 2009

Poké-Pixel

2009-07-24T16:14:00.003+01:00

This is my latest Pokémon sprite which is finished, this was the only one I could do as Im running out of colours, so i'll need to order more soon.

Plusle 2009

Plus I have another sprite from Mario on my peg board un-ironed/finished as i've run out of black. I'd rather show it when its finished or at least ironed, but you'll have to wait & see :)

The Legend of Zelda

2009-07-18T22:31:00.002+01:00

This sprite is Link from the first zelda game, I made it for Chris as its his fav character plus one of his fav sprites. Hope he likes it, as he hasnt seen it yet :)

Link 2009

Perler Sprites

2009-07-17T23:09:00.009+01:00

Ok so here's my first attempt at bead spriting, as you can see it is unfinished as I ran out of yellow beads :( however it looks amazing! :D I will come back to this when I have more yellow.

Ninetails 2009

I also had a go at a 3D model from a template by Doctor Octoroc for a colour Gameboy, for my first go at a 3D one it came out good I suppose, not as I'd like it to as it didnt fit together very well, but oh well at least I know in future how to do it :)

On the screen is Tetris and on the back has the battery cover & game cartridge.

Gameboy Red 2009

Mini-Me

2009-07-10T20:56:00.009+01:00

So I finally made myself as a doll in felt, and it turned out quite good. The skirt was the only problem as I had to re-do it, when I sewed it together it looked more like shorts. The new skirt looks a lot better as I made it as a separate piece rather than part of the whole doll. The images are before and after I sewed and stuffed the doll.

Lynzo 2009

Bead Sprites

2009-07-03T21:49:00.004+01:00

So me & Chris were looking for a few pixel images for his latest tattoo and I came across this pixel art in bead form. These are those little Hama/Perler beads that you iron to stick together. Chris was amazed by them and automatically wanted one, so I thought why not? :) I've signed up to the site I found them on and asking where the best place to get the colours from, & hopefully I can get started soon.
This is a sprite of Bowser made by a very, very talented pixel artist. This guy makes huge images from these beads, and even 3D versions of video game consoles, I only hope to get as good as him.

Bowser - By DoctorOctoroc

Felt Bunnies

2009-06-29T21:35:00.002+01:00

I also wanted to make a bunny, as they're my favourite animal plus I wanted it to be my bunny that previously died :( On a higher note I found a sewing pattern for a cute rabbit, which I got carried away with as Im still making them :) The brown one is made from a furry material, & the other two are felt (yellow is the better made felt) The yellow one is made for my friends unborn baby which is why there are no buttons on it or small parts. I hope the baby will like it :D

Bunna's 2009

Big Hair

2009-06-29T21:22:00.005+01:00

My project was to make my friends into characters for a collection of felt dolls. Well my materials arrived however the skin tone I ordered was more yellow than a fleshy tone, but I made a mini doll prototype to see how they'd turn out if made for real. I used 9"x 9" squares of felt which was 1mm thick, good quality though not the shitty kids felt. I have seen a massive roll of a flesh tone for sale but just sorting out the postage. This is my first attempt

Chris 2009

Summer

2009-06-22T01:00:00.002+01:00

Ok so Ive finally thought of an project for me to do over summer :) Just been on ebay & ordered my materials, just need different colour threads to match plus Im gonna actually draw up some ideas tomorrow when I get my sketchbook. Not really giving away much so far, you'll have to wait and see ;)

Re-Work of Sam

2009-06-07T15:26:00.005+01:00

Remember this lil creation? Well I did some adjustments to him last night and liked how he turned out. The last mouth he had was made from satin which frays alot so I had to change that, plus I had been playing about with the position of his hands & liked the expression he was giving. I also turned the buttons around so the stitching was a vertical line rather than horizontal. Hope you like the changes :)

sam (re-work) 2009

Customised Shoes

2009-06-06T19:01:00.007+01:00

These are a pair of cheap shoes that I painted about two months ago for fun , plus I had no money to buy better ones. As they were really cheap (£2) they didnt last long, however, they lasted long enough for my friend to request a pair :)

Her feet have swollen up due to pregnancy so she wouldnt be needing them to last forever which is good as they are two sizes too big than her normal size. For my black pair I used acrylic paint with a tip-ex pen, for the white ones I used a permanent fine liner with the same paint. The tip-ex worked better as it was liquid which soaked into the fabric, while the fine liner only did the top layer. I may use some indian ink over the top to see if it improves.

Tufting

2009-05-27T11:43:00.008+01:00

This was my rug sample for Resurrection, it was made using a tufting gun. A tufting gun is an compressed air device that sucks the thread into a needle and shoots it into the canvas. It took a few test runs before I did my final sample, and it really hurts your hand after a few hours, plus you notice your arm aching the next day. It was fun though :)

This sample took 1hr 45 mins, as I'd never done it before plus my gun kept un-threading itself. Afterwards my lectuer told me I had chose a complex design for my first attempt, oh well if you dont push yourself you aint gonna learn.

Finshed rug tuft, (Still on canvas & un-trimmed)

Finshed Tuft 2009

Pattern virus

2009-05-10T16:25:00.003+01:00

So I was thinking of what to do over summer and I found this interesting programme made by Tokoyo uni. It lets you draw whatever you want and shows you the pattern for making it into a toy. Pretty cool, but when I downloaded the demo, it kinda messed up my laptop :(
Here's a video of it anyways.

Resurrection

2009-05-10T01:08:00.013+01:00

For the second semester at uni we were given the title 'Re-word' for two modules. Resurrection was suggested by Chris, and so it began - zombie themed designs ;)

Jan's module = fabric samples

Sharon's = tabletop designs

Here's some of the work I did for each module

Overlapping screenprint

Maggot & flies reference

Zombie toile

Fly repeat

Tabletop concept board

Final sample collection

2009

Techniques I used: Screenprinting - puff, metalic & pigment coloured binder, free hand embroidery, reverse applique, heat transfer, digi print, devore, couching, pleats, double dying, photoshop, bleaching, chenieling, quilting, hand sewing, foil print, thread making, tufting & mono-print

Sweet Repeat

2009-05-09T23:02:00.010+01:00

For my first module at uni I had patterns in repeat. Random objects were placed in repeat patterns and then drawn, I chose sweets. Many black & white images were produced and a final was chosen and made into a screen. Backgrounds were made and then screenprinted onto. These are a few final prints.

2008

Sam

2009-05-08T21:59:00.005+01:00

This lil fellow was made through bordem and a lot of cheap fabric, I like how he turned out but the fabric is shit and frays a lot :( (hence the amount of stitching). It took about 3 hours to make, but Im planning on adding a few more touches to him :)

Sam - 2008

College Work

2009-05-07T16:13:00.001+01:00

This is some old work that I did at college in fine art and textiles. Im glad to say my recent work is a lot better :)

Alphabet - 2007

Seed Pod - 2007

First of Many...

2009-05-06T19:44:00.000+01:00

This blog is going to be dedicated to my textile designs, including my university modules and my own projects. My design work will vary between 2D and 3D, for products such as wallpaper, tabletop and surface pattern. Hope you like the work and dont forget to keep checking for updates ;)