New collection

I have recently been working on a small collection that was inspired by my trip to Kent where I took photos of flowers and some of them had bees on them. I made these into a collection for my mum to chose from for canvases. Hope you like them as much as I do. 

Zoe Murphy

With all of her experience owning her own company and screen printing on furniture, which I have never seen done before I had an amazing two weeks on my placement in Kent.

 I spent my time in her studio in margate in a crazy work space that was filled with furniture and swing boats all waiting and ready to have their make overs. We sanded, painted, printed furniture as well as a few deliveries and adventures to find stuff to make mood boards. 

An amazing two weeks where I learnt lots of information and gained heaps of motivation so that I am all set and ready to put back into practice when I go back to uni ... Excited! 

Thank you to Zoe for having me, making me feel welcome and filling me with inspiration. 

Etsy

I am now on etsy more items will get added in time but here is the link for you to have a quick look

http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Amyloudesigns29

Society 6

I am so pleased with the work that I produced this last project that I have put it on a website called society 6 for anyone to buy as a number of different products, such as just prints, cushions,T-shirts and iPod covers. They ship to the UK and it is all to a very high quality. Have a peek at what is available.

http://society6.com/AmyLouDesigns

The Big Apple

Well my life gets busier. Not only have I handed in all of my second year work done a work placement in London and got some networking done but I have just got back from New York City after I had some pieces of my work on a stand in Surtex trade show. After a week of what feels like racing around the city to see everything I think that I squeezed everything possible in, seen the Statue of Liberty, went to the Top of the Rock, Times Square and walked over Brooklyn Bridge and that is just a small part. With inspiration round every corner and my ideas starting to come together for the start of third year can't wait to start drawing and doing more research over the summer. 

London: pulse

As one of my work experiences I went to help a small company called Small Eye on their stand at the trade fair Pulse in Earls Court. It was a great experience being in London and seeing how the trade show works and the people that are there. It also gave me time to network and go around and speak to other companies and it gave me an opportunity to get in touch with other work experience opportunities. Working with a smaller company allowed me to ask her more questions and get a good understanding of how the company works. It was a great experience. 

Second year

With second year finished another year has flown by. My work has moved on from what it was at the start of this year and with the skills I have learnt on illustrator I think this was a great success for me. I have worked hard on the final module and I am pleased with my outcomes. So I have put photos of my latest wallpaper designs that I got printed on a1 and added crystals as finishing touches