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LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY | TEXTILES: DESIGN & INNOVATION | 2013 - 2016 

STAFFORDSHIRE COLLEGE | FOUNDATION DIPOLMA: ART & DESIGN | 2012 -2013

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LEARNING NEW SKILLS ALLOWS MY PRACTICE AS A TEXTILE DESIGNER TO EVOLVE. I’M LEAD BY DESIGNER INSTINCT AND AMBITION TO PRODUCE VERSATILE MULTI-MEDIA OUTCOMES. MY PRACTICE IS INVESTED WITH CONCEPTS THAT REFLECTS OR ADD TO THE EARTH’S FASCINATING PLAYGROUND. 

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THROUGH TEXTILE DESIGN I INTEND TO CONSTRUCT OR DECORATE ENVIRONMENTS WITH SENSORY MATERIALS AND IMAGERY TO ENCOURAGE NOSTALGIA. VISUALLY MY WORK EXPLORES MY NAÏVE CHILDHOOD DESIRES AND AIMS TO REVERSE PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS. I’M HUNGRY TO IGNITE IMAGINATION IN ADULTHOOD WITH CHILDHOOD IDEALISM AND FANTASY. RECENTLY MY PRACTICE HAS RESPONDED TO CHILDHOOD GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES AND CONSIDERS SOCIAL ACTIVISM.

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NO MEDIUM IS OUT OF BOUNDS, EXPERIMENTATION WITH MATERIALS IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF MY QUIRKY PERSONALITY. PHOTOGRAPHY, DRAWING AND MARK MAKING INFLUENCES THE SURFACE TEXTURES AND COLOURS WITHIN MY WORK. THE REPURPOSING OF MATERIALS APPEALS TO MY PLAYFUL INVENTIVENESS. I CONSCIOUSLY PRODUCE CLEAN DESIGNS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE SUBJECT MATTER. EACH PROJECT HAS BEEN GROUNDED IN PLEASURE AND AESTHETICS.

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