Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Willow Christmas Wreath

A Christmas wreath made from willow and then embellished with wired beads, Suffolk puffs with buttons and a straw bow.

Pencil sketches from primary source photographs

A sketch in pencil of a 1st world war jacket with shading 

A partial sketch of an old gate, chosen because of its deteriorated look and overgrowth of plans and rugged brick work 

Work on building a portfolio

A1 ticket card mounted work of my own design to begin to build a professional portfolio for university and future possible design work.



Christmas project research (2013)

A small number of research pages completed for a Christmas decoration design brief, completed with stamped word fall, hand painted details, and personal bauble and decoration designs completed with ink and water colours.




Alice In Wonderland Final Design And final Mask product (2013)

Final piece from Alice in wonderland research, links to clocks for the white rabbit, the red queens colours in checks, the tree where Alice 'Fell down the rabbit hole'. Made from porcelain and finished with a clear glaze then painted with acrylics, lace embellishment for Alice's dress and woven wire for the chain of the pocket watch.



Reaserch for an old Alice in Wonderland Project (2013)

Some pages of research based around the classic story of Alice in wonderland and both of the feature films by Disney and Tim Burton. Completed with pencil, ink, and water colour drawing of my own design, along side inspiration images, both from the film, text and fan art.







Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Working with wire

A 2D simple birdcage made with old welding rods and wrapped with copper wire for colour, detail and to hold the shape together. Embellished with miniature paper roses in bright colours 

Ribcage drawing

A pencil sketch of a human ribcage

Mixed Media Ink Drawings

These three pieces are primarily made form Indian drawing ink, then coloured and shaded with a combination of water colour, pastels, and charcoal  


Ceramic Flowers

These are examples of a small rose fired with iron oxide, a carnation with manganese and a lily with a clear glaze all made with stonewear clay 


Machine embroidery on vanishing muslin

Using an embroidery hoop I have created these pieces on a sewing machine and by


Bird Skeleton

Pencil drawing of a small bird using white pencil for highlighting.

Muscle pencil drawings

Drawings of a human chest and arm, made with coloured pencil on tissue paper layered over brown parcel paper