Consolodation Project . . .

Current project at HCA continuing from Experimenting with Materials using the qualities in our samples that we found most interesting. The aim is to develop these features futher and see where the journey takes you.

Using the three dimensional woven samples and the techniques i had learnt whilst willow weaving i have produced woven spherical forms.

Drawing Beyond Boundaries - Fold and Draw . . .

To prepare you will need a large sheet of paper and we used decorated china for our patterns
1. Fold your sheet of paper as many ways as you like.
2. Cut out a view finder in a similar shape to your piece of folded paper, lay it on your pattern of choice.
3. Copy out that pattern in colour.
4. and 5. are both sides of the same sheet.

6. Plan which side you wish to draw on and fold accordingly.
7. Cut out a view finder of a similar shape to your folded paper.
8. Copy the pattern using only black and greys.

Open out and if you folded correctly the majority of the black will be on the same side and the majority of the colour. It is a little different and often lots of white space is left but you could continue folding then drawing. Maybe pick 3 colours you like, purple, pink, and yellow, do each layer an indiviual colour and then end with black.

African Flower Hexagon Shoe Accessories . . .

After finding a tutorial on how to crochet Flower Hexagons from Hedi Bears Blog and seeing the shoe refashioning on OutsaPop i pieced two and two together to refashion some boots.

Following the tutorial to the letter, other than i only have a 4mm hook, i chained 30 to create a loop to slip the hexagon over the boot and sit nicely on the outside ankle.

Willow Weaving . . .

As a treat on the last week of college we had a professional basket weaver in to teach us some things and bring in materials for us to have a go...here are some of mine and also what i progressed with involving string and wool...

Crochet Christmas Pressies . . .

Just a few things I crocheted as Christmas pressies for people, two pairs of fingerless gloves...and a paper chain scarf...

Drawing Beyond Boundaries . . .

We have had a series of tasks involving song lyrics, mine were Helter Skelter- the Beatles, and these lyrics have been the focus of a collagraph print, a scraffito, and other drawings. This is my desk currently at uni for a DBB Assesment, and also two views of a concertina book i also made based on those words.

Weaving - Textiles & 3D . . .

Ceramics Samples

Textiles Workshop Experimentation. . .

Small Metals Experimentation . . .

3D Workshop - experimentation with wood. . .

Tunisian Crochet Jumper: Progress. . .

It has been hard work and i am no where near completing it, however i have had some issues along the way, mainly that my gauge was all off cause i was using a smaller hook size, so after redesigning the pattern to work for the size of hook I had, realising i was missing 4 stitches for every 11 I had already done. Now im just concentrating on the colour combinations and hoping I wont run out of colours, cause I cant remeber where they all came from.....

Tunisian Crochet Jumper

Currently following a sleeve pattern, chain 30, increase every 5th row at both ends until row 58, so far so good. Im also playing around with two colour crochet to get an interesting stripped pattern on the go.

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Crochet Phone Cover

Just got my self a new phone, the Sony Ericsson X10, which has a lovely touch screen so i thought it best to make a cover, in purples obviously!

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Transformers Complete

Transformers Tunisian Crochet Progress

The Transformers Tunisian Crochet is coming along nicely, unsure what to make it in to...a pillow, a wall hanging...only two more squares to stitch and then it will be complete letter N and E. Over the course of making this piece i have learnt that tunisian crochet is alot eaiser than i first thought, yet keeping the tension when adding in so many colours is tricky, so i decided to make alot of the letter designs alot simpler.

Transformers Tunisian Crochet

I really like the fairisle designs in knit wear and i was trying to replicate them, however i can only crochet and i found it too hard...untill i discovered tunisian crochet, a sort of cross between crochet and knitting, thankfully still only using one hook.


After getting into it I have designed and started to make 19 x 19 stitch swatches in the theme of Transformers, thinking of making it into a patchwork pillow...So far i have crocheted and the autobot and decepticion logos, a tape, and im currently working on megatrons face...

Wrapped Twiggs . . .

27.06.2010 - Is very pleased Aesthetic Outburst has displayed my version on wrapped twiggs on her blog.



Inspired by the work of Abbey Hendrickson and her Twiggy post on her blog Aesthetic Outburst I also wrapped some twigs for our front room which we are hoping to accent with the colour purple if we ever get around to do it.

Foundation Course Over . . .

Ok, offically it finishes on the 21st May 2010, but my final piece is finished and it has been screwed onto a board ready for the final exhibition open to the public in Hereford. I think it turned out great in the end although I obviously have some tweeks I would make if I started over again.

Crochet Shrug . . .

I have designed the pattern for a crochet shrug based a long strip of fabric (crochet) turned right sides together and sewn leaving a gap in the center the same width as the wearers back. I hope this design will turn out well. I have started to crochet a long strip interchanging wools randomly and weaving in thicker wool to give an added effect.