Finalist for the Textile Society Undergraduate Student Award

I have got some exciting news this week. The Textile Society have informed me that I am a finalist for the Undergraduate Student Award 2012. They have invited me to show my work in  Manchester on Sunday 4th March at the Antique Textile Fair. It is held at the Armitage Centre, (M14 6HE). The final awards will be judged in the morning and the winners announced at the Graduate Showcase in the afternoon.

I have to display my portfolio of work on my stand where members of the public, textile society members and the judges will visit me. Doors open to the public at 10am.

Preparations for my degree show have been put on hold for a few days so I can get organised. This is all good news for my degree as I am sure my lecturers will see this as a positive. I can log everything I learn from this experience in my studio practise journal.

In the Studio

This is my personal studio space at the University of Chichester. Here you can see my most recent work which I am making for my degree show. 

I have produced a personal map by changing the shape of the United Kingdom to resemble my take on the country - with personal messages.  I have a mixed British identity; born in England, with Scottish parents, I have lived in Scotland and England. I have a Scottish accent with two children who have English accents. I had taken the British Isles and radically personalised it, chopping it up and realigning the shape.

This week I have been writing a short statement which will be included in the show catalogue. My statement is:

My personal journey maps out my understanding and comprehension, developed through my struggle with dyslexia. I have developed a visual system of communication; investigating signs as a means to removing textual barriers. I empathise with inaccuracies in historical maps, and with a mixed Scottish / English identity I personalise maps of Great Britain to represent a culturally diverse society.

I have to write 500 word and 1000 word statements in the following months so will post them when they are done.

Private view of The Chichester Harbour Open

 

On Monday I went to the private view of the exhibition Earth, Air and Water at The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre. I was very pleased to see my work had been hung correctly and in a prominent position.

The Chichester Harbour Open Exhibition

I entered The Chichester Harbour Open Exhibition titled Earth, Air and Water and have been exhibited. A third of the entries got into the exhibition. It runs from 1st Feb to 3rd March 2012 at; The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre, Havant, PO6 1BS.