tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470551369815165982024-03-13T14:21:00.423-07:00Sara Nevay Textile DesignerSara Nevayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05754421132111596860noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347055136981516598.post-35036634577509580542011-03-17T18:22:00.000-07:002011-03-17T18:22:05.028-07:00Main Designs and Developments: Visual CV To Date<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yV1U7s39Seg/TYKkQLYrPbI/AAAAAAAAAJw/xCLQL4rOH_c/s1600/Imported+USB+064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yV1U7s39Seg/TYKkQLYrPbI/AAAAAAAAAJw/xCLQL4rOH_c/s320/Imported+USB+064.JPG" width="214" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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One day. One day...Sara Nevayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05754421132111596860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347055136981516598.post-31843192302958123512011-03-17T18:10:00.000-07:002011-03-18T01:40:32.348-07:00Current Preoccupations<div align="center">Cutting away Seams:<br />
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Ordinarily these would be thrown away, but I have rescued them. I am unsure as to what they will emerge as as I develop my ideas but for the moment I am enjoying photographing them and getting lost as to what they could be or could mean, having been severed from their original state.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Re-Worked</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A recent success in my own work has come via a collaboration between myself and my good friend, and talented jeweller (also a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone 2010), Nicola Reed. Nicola and I, having cited one another as inspiration/competition (!) throughout our final year, (as we both employed techniques from one anothers disciplines in creating our final collections), applied to Craft Makers Award: Dundee with our 'Re-Worked' brief:</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #777777; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">‘Re-worked’, is a collaboration between Sara Nevay and Nicola Reed, First Class Honours graduates of Duncan of Jordanstone, Textile Design and Jewellery and Metal Design respectively. We plan to examine the process of reworked and reused vintage materials and how the destructive process of rusting, used in our case as an organic ‘print’ and deconstructive element, can highlight the idea of preciousness in modern materials. We aim to combine disciplines which will, as we adapt to working independently of University, arm us with further knowledge and skills as each of us plan to enlist techniques and materials traditionally associated with the other’s specialism; we each touched upon this in our final year projects which were shown at the Duncan of Jordanstone Degree Show this May. We plan, too, to explore the process of working between two cities, Sara based in Dundee and Nicola, Inverness, strengthening the craft links Dundee has with its graduates. The project aims to work constructively with the nature of our chosen materials and processes, (rusting being a lengthy process and our working in separate studios for the most part), allowing us to explore in depth, the growth of our project and chart our own progress as new designers chronologically. The project will take place by posting designs, as well as swapping reworked materials, at different stages to see how they can be incorporated effectively into designs and used for their mark-making potential. Posting will act as markers in time of the decaying process, allow for regular revision of our work and growth of our designs and ideas as they are realised, and test the strength of our reworked samples as they are exposed to our design processes. We hope to learn much through adapting to circumstance and working further with our materials as they change in each other’s hands. We plan, too, to collaborate and document the project stage by stage, in an online blog where we can share ideas in a more immediate platform and in a sense ‘work together’ whilst living in separate cities. </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div>Sara Nevayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05754421132111596860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347055136981516598.post-74175794482316909932011-03-17T16:55:00.001-07:002011-03-21T09:51:58.823-07:00Post University - The Day JobI am currently employed by Halley Stevensons Dyers and Finishers Ltd in Dundee who are a leading manufacturor of waxed/oiled cottons. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">My primary role within the factory is based within the Sample Dept. where i collect, cut and mount new colours and qualities of waxed cottons. It is a time-consuming job but with Spotify as my most immediate colleage, a pair of pinking shears and a long to do list, my day is full. I learn lots. The repetitive nature of producing large quantities of any given sample requests is, I find, rather therapeutic and I enjoy the design processes I employ to get the job done to a high standard. My role fulfills my love of research, collecting and collating, organising, recording and observing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I make these using various cutting methods/machines:</div><div align="center" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">These are the most basic form of sampling that I fullfill - a broad spectrum of colours and finishes to cater to all. When working with the designers here I can help in the preparations for big design shows like Premier Vision and Milano Unica and work on more specific forms of presentation to contextualise the fabrics for designer brands like Barbour, Preen, Prada, Gloverall, Topshop Unique. It is very interesting to be at one of the fore stages in a fabrics life - all the various different routes it may take, and to see how a large business prepares for an event such as Premier Vision, having been a visitor to the show in the past myself. I find it odd that I must have encountered my new colleagues as a student in awe all that time ago!</div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div>Sara Nevayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05754421132111596860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347055136981516598.post-3243510929728140102011-03-17T16:55:00.000-07:002011-03-17T16:55:02.828-07:00JUDEDuring the degree show, I was approached by my friends Erin Ward and Lisa McLean who were at the time working on their MDes collaborative project , JUDE magazine. I knew a little of what they had in mind already so was very pleased to have been asked to be a part of their venture.<br />
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An exciting opportunity for new creatives in Dundee - a chance to network, collaborate and be publicised.Sara Nevayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05754421132111596860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347055136981516598.post-58261371869689419072011-03-17T16:54:00.000-07:002011-03-17T16:54:16.518-07:00Showcasing my Work<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gGF2rfUZ0gk/TYKLVGAMt0I/AAAAAAAAAHc/Ycb_j2CS8EY/s1600/DSC03539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gGF2rfUZ0gk/TYKLVGAMt0I/AAAAAAAAAHc/Ycb_j2CS8EY/s320/DSC03539.JPG" width="214" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Degree Show </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May 2010</div><br />
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The beginnings of 'abusive' and 'induced' studies.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Laser Cutting Tests:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
In further exploring abusive techniques for my textiles, I played around with the laser cutter, looking to singe and burn precious/high quality cloth. I loved the oranges and browns the laser printed onto the wool - reminded me of the rusty colour palette within my organic prints.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3nvcXQNd_cQ/TYKX9CARdMI/AAAAAAAAAIE/PLjpMBhlzlc/s1600/DSC03936.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3nvcXQNd_cQ/TYKX9CARdMI/AAAAAAAAAIE/PLjpMBhlzlc/s320/DSC03936.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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<div align="center">Sketchbooking:<br />
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In looking at the intimate role garments and cloth play within our lives, I explored the relationship between body and garment. Notable inspirations were Caroline Broadhead and Issey Miyake.<br />
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</div>Sara Nevayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05754421132111596860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347055136981516598.post-77395290836726362662011-03-17T16:52:00.000-07:002011-03-21T09:55:00.830-07:00Vulnerability Photo Series<div style="text-align: center;">In contrast to the rough textures and abusive techniques used to create my final collection pieces, inspired by Alison Watt's 'Folds', I produced a series of 'super soft' digital prints on natural fabrics. They were based on these photgraphs taken of an early prototype for my rusted garments:</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Inspired by atists such as Hussein Chalayan, Caroline Broadhead, Alison Watt and Tim Harding and scenes of redundant, neglected belongings that I had avidly photographed, I set out to create a collection of textiles that posed question to our attitude towards fabric and cloth in this current 'disposable' society.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">“Fabrics are taken for granted: there are some exceptions, European tapestries during the Renaissance, for example, but mostly, fabrics have a mundane function, and are an intimate part of people’s lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That led me to the precious aspects of clothing. Good clothes shouldn’t be stained, scorched or soiled; they need to be taken care of. The juxtaposition of preciousness and vulnerability.” (Tim Harding)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And so, my final year collection was a response to 'the juxtaposition between preciousness and vulnerability' of clothing and the treatment or mistreatment of garments within their intimate role. Beginning my research by photographing clusters of discarded objects in junkyards, recycling centres and charity shops, I found interest in the organic affection of metals – the damaging process of rusting and elemental wear and tear, and accidental collective compositions. C&A:C&D explores this vein of thought, concentrating in particular on the rusting process of fastenings, fixtures, tools and implements of construction embedded within a collection of vulnerable found garments and fabrics. Using industrial metals in the dyeing process and an assortment of found metal-based objects and fastenings, I hoped to illustrate the abuse and neglect of precious fabrics by showing the permanent (and for the most part, uncontrollable), blemishes made as a result of mistreatment. Exploration of other ‘abusive’ techniques led to more experimental techniques; burial, scorching and cutting by way of laser cutting fabrics in order to emulate the irreversible affection of rust and metal and expose weaker elements of the cloth. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Singed/Burnt/Cut Natural Wool:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Sara Nevayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05754421132111596860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347055136981516598.post-54155849292281798302011-03-16T13:17:00.000-07:002011-03-17T08:19:08.585-07:00Memory and Memorial Quilt: V&A BriefI have great affection for 'Memory and Memorial' as I believe it to mark the point where I began to understand my real motivations as a designer and having gone far with this project - I was given the opportunity to liase with and develop workshops based on my project with the V&A Friday Late events team in conjunction with the Quilts installment. Lack of funding meant that I was unable to hold the official event in London but nonetheless, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. <br />
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<div class="post-body entry-content"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z24bDJwTRy8/SwHmgEtNWXI/AAAAAAAAABU/HiKWBrcGA3k/s1600/IMG_7463.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404854466514868594" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z24bDJwTRy8/SwHmgEtNWXI/AAAAAAAAABU/HiKWBrcGA3k/s320/IMG_7463.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 214px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z24bDJwTRy8/SwHmfarSCjI/AAAAAAAAABM/K1tvkxRXVgc/s1600/IMG_7430.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404854455232498226" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z24bDJwTRy8/SwHmfarSCjI/AAAAAAAAABM/K1tvkxRXVgc/s320/IMG_7430.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 214px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z24bDJwTRy8/SwHmeqq3lVI/AAAAAAAAABE/VW79GOMiKVI/s1600/IMG_7429.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404854442345862482" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z24bDJwTRy8/SwHmeqq3lVI/AAAAAAAAABE/VW79GOMiKVI/s320/IMG_7429.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 214px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z24bDJwTRy8/SwHlxhtFkDI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Luaw6NR5VCo/s1600/IMG_7428.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404853666845134898" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z24bDJwTRy8/SwHlxhtFkDI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Luaw6NR5VCo/s320/IMG_7428.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 214px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My project statement was this:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Memory and Memorial Quilt: Making Memories as they Happen.</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
"I’m happy to admit that this quilt has become much more than a project to me as I have developed it further. At the outset, I cited the therapeutic nature of quilting to be the most interesting idea in relation to the craft; the creation of something as celebration or indeed as a mode of escapism from the day to day. The acts of stitching, embroidering, appliquéing, (regarded by many nowadays as lost skills), all collated in a visual interpretation of ones life in order to process the causes and effects of what was taking place around them, evoked in me a curiosity in how this could be related to myself today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Putting the quilt in context of the bed I find it is a place to quietly reflect upon the day gone by and to contemplate what is yet to come. This in mind, I began to look upon the quilt as a diary in format – a vessel in which to store/vent thought, worry and opinion in a safe, intimate setting. I kept a dream diary in conjunction with my own personal diary to construct a personal landscape for my quilt between the seemingly nonsensical visuals in my dreams and the thoughts I consciously expressed in my everyday diary.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Through doing this I found that the self imposed limits upon what we feel we can share about ourselves can sometimes betray our want to communicate and reach out to others for support, relief and to ultimately create a connection. Through my research no diary I had come across (including my own) had been written with the intention of never being read by another; some are self-conscious; some controversial; some informative but ultimately all very aware of one day being critiqued. Research into the ways (and indeed why) people express themselves through diaries, led me to ‘PostSecret’, (‘an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard’). This method of ‘telling’ secrets, I found interesting as it allows the bearer to vent without feeling exposed; there is an element of control and a line as to how far the invitation into confidence extends.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I proposed then, to create a quilt that presented a visual language personal to me but did not permit others to impose upon my ‘hidden histories and untold stories’, allowing me to map out and process my thoughts to a degree that I found comfortable. I began by manipulating paintings I had done in response to dreams with particular resonance and layering these with extracts from my diary. While attractive, these samples lacked the ability to determine distance from certain elements of myself I did not want to put ‘on show’ and overall fell flat in my expectations for an active ongoing project. An element of censorship was needed; a format allowing me to hide or share the changing/recurrent themes I wished to express.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Looking again to the idea of ‘PostSecret’, I became interested in how to meet with my own secrets in relation to my quilt; literally pouring myself into the making of it. Experimenting with pockets, folds and unexpected hiding places led me to the final idea involving envelopes; ready made pockets able to hold, conceal or trap forever an idea, thought, worry or secret. Constructing the quilt from paper and envelopes seemed most pertinent upon considering my theme – paper is immediate and easy to manipulate. The idea of the more I ‘told’ my quilt, (and therefore the achievement of better psychological relief), resulting in a more padded, comfortable piece was also an appealing and rewarding notion. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Taking this idea further it seemed apt then, to design a quilt that was the correct design to protect or indeed divulge secrets amongst a group, could be shared.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Conducting three different experimental workshops, (all completely voluntary), allowed me to compile my ‘final’ quilt. The first two were silent; one inviting random students at Duncan of Jordanstone to open envelopes marked ‘Top Secret’ which were ‘posted’ around the college on benches, billboards and doors with the intention of highlighting curiosity in relation to personal boundaries. The other entailed asking my classmates to choose from an array of empty envelopes and allow the chosen envelope to travel with them over the course of a few days; the idea being to collect parts of their day inside the envelope - a visual diary of sorts. The third was a live workshop extending invitation to all members of the college, bidding them to share their secrets openly through the mediums of an A5 brown envelope, a standard black marker pen and various sized lettering stencils. This uniform mode of communication was chosen to highlight the fact that we are all affected by life, that we all feel vulnerable at some time or other, just that the circumstances and how we react vary. All of the information gathered from these workshops compiled with my own personal reactions to the stimulus resulted in a regimented flow of envelopes, (all marked by the owners but all ultimately anonymous), broken by tailing threads and jagged stitching. Red zips and buttons were added to some of the envelopes to signify varying levels of unwanted attention beyond the outer skin of the envelope. Those left unsealed are an invitation to others likeminded, allowing the contents to be explored and added to as seen fit. Sealed envelopes are to remain that way, the true secret to be hidden forever. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The most satisfying part of this project was finding a true therapeutic outlet in the construction of my own quilt, and to hear others who participated echo these thoughts. The quilt I have made is not the most beautiful of things but I feel it is a successful mode of communication and vessel for modern self expression."<br />
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A rather consuming project - but an enjoyable one at that. Furthermore, I was able to attend the Private View of the Quilts opening, accompanying competition winner of our class brief, and close friend Kirsty Fenton whose final design became part of the official collection on show. Here is a link to an article comprised of Kirsty and I's experience of the event, editted by Louise Valentine for the Craft Research blog:<br />
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<a href="http://craftresearch.blogspot.com/2010/03/v-quilts-1700-2010-private-view.html">http://craftresearch.blogspot.com/2010/03/v-quilts-1700-2010-private-view.html</a><br />
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</div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div>Sara Nevayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05754421132111596860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347055136981516598.post-12498828378277920992011-03-16T12:51:00.000-07:002011-03-16T12:52:43.905-07:00Artist CV<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Education and Qualifications:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">BA Hons Degree (<em>First</em> Class) Textile Design</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Print/Mixed Media/Fabric Manipulation</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><city w:st="on"><place w:st="on"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Duncan</place></city> of <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Jordanstone</placename> <placetype w:st="on">College</placetype></place> of Art & Design, <place w:st="on">Dundee</place></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2006-2010</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Higher Grades AABBC</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(Art& Design, Drama, English, History, Mathematics)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Forfar</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Academy, Taylor Street, Forfar.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2000-2006</placetype></place><street w:st="on"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Awards:</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Craft Makers Award: Dundee 2010/11 for 'Re-Worked' with Nicola Reed.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><a href="http://re-workedproject.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">http://re-workedproject.blogspot.com/</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Exhibitions and Competitions:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">New Designers</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Islington Business Design Centre, <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">London</place></city></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">27<sup>th</sup> June <date day="4" month="7" w:st="on" year="2010">– 4<sup>th</sup> July 2010</date></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Textile Design Degree Show</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><city w:st="on"><place w:st="on"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Duncan</place></city> of Jordanstone, <place w:st="on">Dundee</place></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">21<sup>st</sup> – 30<sup>th</sup> May 2010</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Finalist V&A, <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">London</place></city> ‘Quilts’ Competition</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Brief set at Duncan of Jordanstone, <place w:st="on">Dundee</place></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">September 2008 </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Press:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">JUDE Magazine, <place w:st="on">Dundee</place></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">WGSN, <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">London</place></city> (Pending publication)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><br />
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