The Show

This has to be one of the most embarrassing things I've ever done. Having people walk around and look at my work? It was terrifying! I stood well away from my work, but so that I still had a view of it so I could see who exactly was looking at my stuff. So I was pretty much in ninja mode all evening! Although I did get some nice comments, so maybe I need not have been so shy about it all! 

Setting up the show itself took FOREVER. The whole process killed my legs by the time Saturday came and I could barely walk! All of my recent work made it in, apart from one of my Advertising posters, but that was only because it had a big black ink blotch when it came out of the printer (which was a shame really, I would have liked all four to have been there). I hope for those that came though, that you liked what you saw :) 

All photos were taken by others in my class at the show! It took place in Bristol at the CentreSpace Gallery.

Stray Thread

For our final project at uni, we were allowed to do ANYTHING we wanted. Me being the indecisive person that I am, it took me awhile to decide! I eventually decided that since I love sewing, I would make a set of sewing kits (packaging) that was aimed towards people of my age range (Young adult. About 16-25 ish) that would contain all the things you would need to sew. There would be three in the set, each representing a different stage: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. So hopefully, if you brought the beginner you would then advance up the sewing learning curve and get the other two kits!

Coming up with the brand name for these kits took forever. All the good names are taken! I must have gone through at least 20 different names before I settled on "Stray Thread". The logo itself is pretty simple and very colourful so that it appealed to my target audience! I really wanted to avoid the obvious sewing reference but I was convinced by my friends that this was impossible. I still like the final result though, so it's not all that bad.

As for the packaging, they are triangular in shape, inspired by Tailors Chalk! (I couldn't cope without it!) They also have REAL (Yes, REAL) fabric sewn onto them. I mean, why have a rubbishy looking texture put on them when you could put the real thing on it? You can interact with the packaging then and the whole thing becomes a lot more interesting.

Admittedly, this was actually my second choice for my project as my teacher didn't seem to be all that keen on my first choice. For some reason that I still don't reeeeally understand. But never mind! I still enjoyed this project :)