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Seven Veils...

My tutor has found me some fancy torso wall hanging mannequin torso thingies to display my latest designs on and they are looking quite snazzy... 


I've got seven different designs in the process of being worked up in this collection - the working title currently being the Bowes Bonkers Collection... module hand in day is looming - its actually after Christmas but I want to try and have some down time over Christmas without too much college work on my mind. 
These designs started with hand drawings inspired by some of the porcelain collection at the  Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle.  The drawings were part hand coloured and then scanned into so the overall design could be finished digitally allow me to colour manipulate and place the images as i wanted to with ease.  I'm very pleased with myself regarding Photoshop skills!! I think finally this time round it has stuck and I feel quite proficient and even can troubleshoot to a degree.... of course I still have to ring my son up from time to time for help in sticky spots!!

The intent was to use the very traditional 18 century animal figurines as a base to design something contemporary but without losing the original charm of the objects.   I'm not sure I have entirely captured that concept but the designs are certainly more contemporary and they do have a certain appeal. 

This week I made some wee sequins... finally mastering the Illustrator programme I need to make drawings ready for the laser cutter.  Unfortunately I bought the wrong kind of material for the laser cutter and the black smoke emitted alarmed - quite rightly - the technician so I cant make any more until I source the right stuff!!!



I put 5.5 meters into print today and tomorrow I hoping to get them printed so I can do some embellishment over the Christmas holidays...


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