Handmade at The Custard Factory

I had the pleasure of being part of the Handmade crafts market held at Creative Open Workshops in The Custard Factory. It was such a great experience for me as I have never made things to sell before, I managed to teach myself very quickly how to make notebooks, cards and jewelery.

Despite the horrible weather the day went very well, I met some lovely people including the other very talented stall holders. I’m definately planning to take part in this and other markets in the future . . . watch this space x

Creative Open Workshops – http://www.creativeopenworkshops.com

Helen Woodward – http://www.helenwoodward.co.uk

Jenny Wilkinson – http://www.etsy.co./shop/sootys

Said Label – http://www.folksy.com/shops/saidlabel

Handmade by Tigerlily – http://www.folksy.com/shops/handmadebytigerlily

Festival of Quilts

I was lucky enough to exhibit as part of the graduate show case at the Festival of Quilts at the NEC. I want to say thank you to everyone who visited my stand, I meet some lovely, friendly inspiring people and I hope you all stay in touch and keep visiting my blog.

I was surprised at the response to my work, as it is mainly paper I thought I would be met with skepticism but instead people were intrigued and amazed by what I’d created. I was glad people could see the link between my work and quilting, through the geometry, tessellations and shapes and patterns I create.

It was great to meet the other extremely talented graduates that were part of the showcase, and who also kept me sane when the day seemed too long ,

Fiona Wilson (print and embroidery) – http://www.fiona-wilson.blogspot.com/

Liz Turton (knitted and woven textiles)

Naomi Cotrufo (embroidery) – http://embroideredfancies.blogspot.com

Helen Smith – http://www.pondedge.co.uk

As I don’t live far from the NEC I had alot of help from my family and my best mate Jess, so a big thank you to all the Tubbs and Miss Lewis, I couldnt have done it with out your help and it wouldn’t have been half as fun.

(having a tall brother was very handy, cheers bro x)

Folded and Stitched

These wallpapers I designed to be more interactive and sculptural. The smaller pieces of paper that have been stitched on can be folded and unfolded in thousands of different combinations, this creates different patterns and textures all from the same wallpaper.
The pictures below show just some of the different patterns I created from this one wallpaper.

Paper Flowers

After exhibiting at New Designer in July, I was commissioned to make a collection of 3d paper flowers for someone who designs shop window displays. They were looking for flowers with an oriental theme that were as decorative as possible, these are some pictures of what i came up with

Folded and Framed

These are some smaller scale folded pieces using the same origami technique using only one sheet of paper.

Folded Wallpaper

These are some photos of my hand folded wallpapers.  These designs have been folded from a single length of paper, they take a long time to create as i fold it all by hand, but I love making them and exploring the endless possibilities.