About me

I am a creative designer who takes inspiration from a diverse range of sources. My work is illustrative and can be both detailed and graphic in its quality. I love to explore dye and print processes, as well as digital manipulation. I constantly strive for individual and vibrant designs for fashion, interiors and the greetings market.

Skills

Competent in Photoshop & Illustrator, digital printing, natural & synthetic dye processes, screen printing, laser cutting, printed lengths., Student Representative for two consecutive years. Involved in meetings with tutors and feedback meetings with the principal, Published in; Repeat After Me, Creating Pattern Repeats in Illustrator & Photoshop,, Claudia Brown & Jessie Whipple Vickery, 2011., E-book published by Pattern People., Exhibited at Indigo, Paris. 2011, Chosen to exhibit final year work at New Designers, London. 2012

Sector Experience

Tom Cody, New York - Sept - Nov 2012 , Scanning and reworking fabric samples using Photoshop for archival database, styling designs involving hand sewing and industrial machine sewing, researching and creating colour swatch charts for current season, archiving designs, involved in trend meetings., Duchamp Menswear, London - August 2011 , Recoloured artwork using Illustrator, organised swatches for suiting and shirts archive collection., Liberty, London - June 2011 , Worked with graphics department on Christmas press mailing.

Awards

BA (Hons) Degree in Printed Textiles and Surface Pattern Design, Leeds College of Art. Classification: 2:1, FDA in Visual Arts, Leeds Metropolitan University. Classification: Distinction., GNVQ Advanced in Art & Design, Leeds College of Art. Classification: Merit.