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Graduate Show: Textiles for Fashion and Interiors Degree Show at Cardiff Metropolitan University

Textiles for Fashion and Interiors Degree Show at Cardiff Metropolitan University - 1st - 14th June 2013.

A showcase of the best work from final year textile makers and designers. The course encourages learning across print, stitch and mixed media, combining hand and machine processes. The show will reflect student's specialities across this varied spectrum.

Across the class the degree obtain designs from floral to geometric, traditional to contemporary, something to attract each market of the textile industry, including greetings cards.

 

 

Graduate Show: The University of Huddersfield

The University of Huddersfield Textile Degree show is fast approaching and with a very exciting programme of workshops that you can get involved with. Be sure to check out the links for the full details and also the work of all the students here and Janine Singleton who we enjoyed meeting at the regional heat for the SDC Competition.

http://www.hud.ac.uk/schools/artdesignandarchitecture/adaevents/

http://sample13huduni.blogspot.co.uk/

 

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Illustration Show at The University of Lincoln

Graduate Show Call Out!

Hello all!

It’s getting to that time of year once again when we see so much new design talent out and about at all the graduate shows.

This year we will be once again at New Designers where we will be sponsoring Week 1 and will have our stand with lots of Tigerprinters for both parts of the show.

So if this is your year and you have a graduate show coming up then we want to hear from you!

Please send us the details of your show and include:

* Dates and time
* Location
* Uni/ college and the course
* Links
* Images of your work or the show poster etc


If you could send all this to me at victoria.lem@hallmark-uk.com and one of the team will happily pop a post up on the blog to promote it for you.

It’s such an exciting time of year and we wish everyone exhibiting this year the best of luck and we hope to meet as many of you as possible as we visit the shows this summer.

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Behind The Scenes

Today, we held a bake off here in the Tigerprint Studio! All money that was raised will be donated to our two charities that we are supporting this year. These are Cancer Research and Forget Me Not Children's Hospice.

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From left to right; Bear hat, cake spatula, Grandma's Bush radio, amber Buddha (one of many), unicorn necklace, snitch necklace, custom made hawk necklace (all gifts from the boyfriend), parents wedding photo, Scott Pilgrim DVD & tardis teapot.

Society of Dyers and Colourists Celebration Dinner 2013

  Jessica Wilde - Winner of Tigerprint & SDC Colour Competition

  The Tigerprint Team

  Rebecca Diggle the SDC UK Finalist with the competition judges

A few weeks ago we were delighted to attend the Society of Dyers and Colourists Celebration Dinner here in Bradford. We were kindly asked to display the winner and runners up designs from the Colour Competition which was held earlier this year.

It was such a lovely evening which saw Rebecca Diggle from Nottingham Trent University crowned the UK finalist of the SDC annual international competition. Rebecca is a Decorative Arts student and will fly out to Mumbai later this year for the final of the competition.

In addition Jessica Wilde who was our Colour Competition winner earlier this year was presented with a goodie bag, certificate and beautiful flowers in a special presentation at the dinner. This was a wonderful end to the two week placement which Jessica completed here at Tigerprint.

Congratulations to both Jessica and Rebecca and we wish Rebecca the best of luck with the final in November.

 

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Colour Find

Designer Spotlight - Gavin Rutherford

Gavin Rutherford is an Illustration graduate, coffee addict and aspiring pattern designer currently based in Edinburgh. Since leaving university, Gavin has been building up an extensive portfolio of intricate pattern designs and one-off prints.

His work is inspired by a variety of sources, from floral motifs and insects, to shells, crystalline shapes and household objects, leading to quite an eclectic portfolio of designs. His style itself is based on a simple love of delicate pen work and decorative detail. He was recently awarded a pattern scholarship by Rachael Taylor and after studying her online course, looks forward to carving out a career in the surface design industry.
A full online portfolio of his work can be viewed at www.gavinrutherford.com

Things We Love

Cube necklace from Accessorize, What Katie Ate cookery book with beautiful food styling, Kindle in a leopard print case, tortoiseshell glasses, Chase vodka, a card I picked up at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, purple studded handbag from my besties, blingy bracelet from Accessorize, 105 Krona from a trip to Reykjavik, flapjack my Mum made, Deborah Lippmann 'Boom Boom Pow' gold glitter polish and Maybelline 'extreme blackcurrant' polish.

Designer Spotlight - Jess Browning

Image © Jess Browning

Image © Jess Browning

Image © Jess Browning

Image © Jess Browning

The Tigerprint team meet Jess Browing at the Society of Dyers and Colourists competition heats for the Northern region. It was a pleasure to meet Jess and here her speak so passionately about her project. 

This is what Jess has to say about herself & her work; 

"I am currently in my third year studying Printed Textiles and Surface Pattern Design at Leeds College of Art- a course which allows me the divine freedom to design and create textiles which combine carefully considered colour, bold imagery and layered texture.

My work and imagery is heavily inspired by the vast industrial landscapes of the North. I love their imposing architecture and austere compositional quality. Through visits and research trips in my current Yorkshire surroundings I extract colour palettes full of surprising accents and carefully record the intricate shapes these buildings display. Processes like fabric dyeing, screen printing and traditional embellishments such as embroidery and hand weave allow me to combine all the elements that make up my work. Colour is an integral part of my working method and I am constantly documenting eye catching combinations for future reference. 

I love to share my ideas and inspiration and have a passion for talking about my work- my enthusiasm for textiles is unbounded and my work is the medium through which I like to show it. 

If you would like to find out more about Jess visit her website here or follow her on Twitter.

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Placement Profiles

It's great to see the Placement Profile section growing on the blog. Tigerprint love working with designers on placement and we like to shout about it too! 

Visit the Placement Profile section and click on the people to find out more about them. 

Designer Spotlight - Meg Harris

A Fine Art graduate, Meg Harris is obsessed with all things print and pattern. Meg went back to university to study some Surface Pattern modules and has also recently participated in Rachael Taylor's 'Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design'. For the past two years she has been working as an Interior Designer with a company in Hampshire, although it is still her ambition to design and create beautiful patterns and stationery.

You can view Meg's work on her blog - http://may-i-design.blogspot.co.uk