Degree Show

Blimey what a month! Degree show on the 14th and then New Designers in London the week after. Just got back to Leicester last night to be faced with the house I have to sort out before moving back to Yorkshire for good! overwhelmed does not cover it, but at least I get to spend some time with the family soon. Here are some images of my final collection and set up, more will be up soon....

Sold some ceramic pieces too! (fist pump the air). They also got nominated to be added to the Christopherson Collection at DMU

I AM DONE!!!!!

After rousing from my post-uni coma I thought it was about time I put up another blog post. The bad news is that I have finished Uni. For good. I am no longer a student. I cannot put taxes off any longer. The good news however, is that I got selected to go to New Designers in London!!! I now have that and the degree show to look forward to, so at least I can finish uni with a bang. In the meantime I'm going to crochet all day and do frivolous things like let my nails grow back and paint them.

I'm not sure If it is wise for me to upload final pieces on here before New Designers, so for the time being I will sneak you all a cheeky close up. Enjoy...

Laser Cutting in Polypropylene

I've been back on the laser cutter, playing with card and plastics, while waiting for my ceramic pieces to be fired.This is definitely my favourite model so far, I think it looks like a space ship that would leave Captain Kirk quaking at the knees. However I need to redesign the construction tabs and other things so that there's no need for glue. My next step is to find some contrasting materials to be suspended in the or intertwined within the piece, and work out better colours. It turns out that Polypropylene cannot be sprayed or dyed, so I've been faffing around with different plastic suppliers to find a colourful alternative.  I also want to play around with arranging multiples and stacking. I prepared a file ready for it to cut in mild steel on the water jet cutter, to see what it looks like on a larger scale. 

Water Jet Cutting Part 2

I did it!!!! I expected my ham-fisted score lines to snap but it survived!!!! I need some opinions on finishes. I could let it rust and have it lacquered, or spray it in a bold colour. I'm thinking red for some reason, anything but white as it nearly looks like a snowflake already. What I have decided on is that it needs to be matt, and that it will become a table lamp.......somehow.....