Wednesday 16 November 2011

todays busness :)

well today we had a great lecture by jo hodge a textile graduate of doj. she specialises in wearable technology ie smart materials. i really liked the heat and light reactive fabrics. not sure if id use it in my own work but was good to see another designers work!!

i got some good ideas from jo about my critical making project. my project is on bus tickets and how they really badly designed. this all started because i lost my day ticket.....the little paper ticket that is unreadable any way!!

my proposal is to use rfid tags as the payment for the bus........to explain further, there would be a machine at the bus stop in which you would scan your tag which would be contained in a bracelet. your details would come up (only a name and photo in case of theft) and you would pay your fair. then when you got on the bus you scan your bracelet. hopefully this would reduce loss of tickets and damage.

any comments or advice welcome :)

http://joprints.co.uk/ check out jo :)

Monday 26 September 2011

new things


Research for the gems comp :) I'm gonna look at the Tay bridge and its tragic history. Being a Dundonian means this is an important part on my history, my grandad even has a piece of the wood from the train.....

Another project I'm researching is for the RSA- mobile medicine, for this I'm concentrating on depression and its effects personally and socially. Having suffered myself and having family members who still suffer puts me in a good place to research it first hand. My goal for this project is to help sufferers over come this disease through jewellery!

Tuesday 19 April 2011

camperdown- flowers











                                                                       just some snaps of flowers from camperdown gonna use them in my research project.
 also pressed some flowers to set in resin, so when I've done that I'll post them :)

Tuesday 5 April 2011













just some random photos taken today at the ferry, was such a windy day the waves we're coming over the wall!! great fun tho :)

Thursday 31 March 2011

some of clare's work






its been a while..........

Well its been a while since I've posted anything. I've been quite busy at uni so I'll update you now. the project I'm doing now is a research project. i have been assigned a designer and have to research her, create a sketchbook and final piece plus make a presentation on her work and my outcomes.
my designer is Clare Hillerby. i really love her work!! it is just me :-). as I've progressed in my sketchbook its become to much like her work which i don't want to do! soooo instead of using old photos like Clare i am now going to concentrate on the future.....and capture a moment in the Easter holidays in which i will be looking after my niece and nephew. i am going to create a kind of diary of our time and activities. i will then create a piece of work and possibly a some wall art to go along with it.