About me

I am an energetic, innovative and creative person enjoying the vast possibilities of Printed Textile Design. I have recently graduated with a 2:1, from the prestigious Winchester School of Art. I have a great passion for textiles and I have always had an interest for art. As a designer, I'm influenced by cultural issues and inspired through colour and intrinsic patterns. I have a strong interest in travel. My designs are created through a combination of hand drawings using different mediums to later manipulate in photoshop, as well as combining the use of Screen Printing, which I feel are adaptable across many print bases including interiors, stationary, fashion, accessories and fabrics. I am competent in using Macs and PC, Adobe CS5 Suite and Microsoft Software.

I thoroughly enjoy working within a team as much as working on my own. I am focused, very hard working, self motivated, meet deadlines and thrive on challenges. I am hoping to obtain experience within your company, to broaden my skills and gain valuable knowledge and understanding about the textile design industry. I feel working within a new environment would be an invaluable experience with the opportunity to learn about a company approach to design.

Sector Experience

1 week Placement December 2011 (Will be going back for a end of June 2011), Mirjam Rouden -Working within a Textile design studio for High End Womenswear, where they specialize in both hand made print designs and CAD, selling the copyright of the art work to fashion companies. Such as Twenty8Twelve, Diane Von Furstenberg, Banana Republic., Experience gained: Photoshop work, hand painting onto fabrics using dyes, washing and finishing of the printed silks, mounting designs and preparing the collection for presentation at the Direction trade show in New York, where some of my designs were put forward to be sold., Secured a two week placement at Zandra Rhodes July 2011, Interview for Erdem Internship for 3 months starting November 2011. (18th July)

Awards

December 2011 -Shortlisted for World Land Trust Liberty Scarf Competition, Presented to a panel of judges-, Emma Beckett, (Managing Director of the World Land Trust), Sophie Chong (Emma Beckett PR World Land Trust), Michael Lewis (Tom Ford, Versace and New Gen shoe designer), Dominic Jones (Jeweller and New Gen designer), Alex Stylianidis (Liberty Head of Buying Women and Accessories) and Bruce Pearson (World Land Trust trustee and Wildlife famous artist)