2nd Year Neighbourhood Show

The 2nd year was a first chance for us to look and see what kind of projects and work we could be when we specialise. It was an interesting take at how everyone interprets project titles differently to their own specialist way or working.

When we first walked into the show, the room was full of colour and energy given off by everyone’s work. This show was built up of work from each different specialist. It was beaming with colour, texture, energy and lots of different designs. Everyone had a different way of interpreting the project title which was ‘Neighbourhood colour’.

Three Main Themes:

• Colour
• 2D transforms to 3D
• Sustainability

I have always thought from the beginning that i would be interested in going into stitch, mainly because i feel its very diverse in what you can apply to it. You can work with a lot of different materials, fabrics and go into a lot of different areas of work. I have always been very hands on in the way i work, i like the idea of going into the stitch area.

Some of the designers at the show whose work really stood out to me was Kendra Beitzel’s work which was something which drew my attention as soon as i walked in the room. I have a thing for the wrapping of objects, i also was drawn by the mix of pastel/metallic hint of colours which were so light and delicate in the way they had been dyed and strung together to create shadows in its sculptural form. She was looking into the stacking of teacups and saucers, which she translated through linear drawings, into her simple modern design, which is exactly that.

I also really liked the work of Joanna Fowles, who looked at derelict industrial warehouses around Hackney. Joanna was looking more into the surface of textures and translating them through small designs, which really interested me in the way she was translating those textures through different media’s of drawing. It was delicate and worked with her project title and are of interest.

While walking through the exhibition, i was really impressed at the quantity and quality of everyone’s work. It was a good way to look at what each specialist are could take us into. I am still going with my gut feeling of going into stitch and seeing what it has to hold for me. Going to exhibitions like this is a really good chance for us to see the kind of work which we can produce, it gives me a lot of inspiration and motivation to work hard for what and where i want to get in my working process.