Niamh Mahoney's Quilted Textiles

There is no stopping Niamh Mahoney, she is an inspiration to teach. Niamh is hungry to learn and master her Textiles craft in the form of new techniques, tasks and skills. Niamh is a student who strives to succeed and loves to challenge herself. Niamh started quilting this week and has created excellent personal research from artist Georgia O'keeffe, drawn plans and hand stitched samples. As always Niamh WELL DONE, beautiful work.

Never stop challenging yourself Niamh.

Miss M

Year 9 G.C.S.E Rebecca Chapman Inspired Free Hand Embroidery

My current year 9 Textiles G.C.S.E group are INCREDIBLE. They demonstrate such dedication, passion and hard work each lesson. I asked them to research artist Rebecca Chapman, design a sample based on her work and create it using applique and free hand machine embroidery. Here are the results.

Well done guys, beautiful work.

Miss M

Olivia Smith's Pop Art Inspired Sample Work

When choosing a theme for her exam, Year 10 Olivia Smith chose Pop Art. She chose a simple form such as fruit and has emulated Andy Warhol's repetitive style to create her cushion ideas. I loved her drawing page, research and initial samples.

Well done Olivia for your dedication and hard work. I can't wait to see your exam piece completed.

Miss M

Tom Smith's Textiles

Tom Smith in year 10 chose a complicate fox to sample, similar in style to artist Kirby Rosales.

Tom has managed to simplify a complicated idea into a simple yet effective quilted, hand stitched piece. Tom has an eye for composition and has created a visually stunning sketchbook filled with a plethora of techniques, artists work and his thoughts. Tom's sample work demonstrates his journey from idea to concept. His most recent Textiles have become the inspiration for his exam piece. 

Well done Tom, not only are you a joy to teach you have demonstrated rapid progress and skill development. 

Keep up the good work. Miss M

Libby Barker's Day of the Dead Research

Year 10 student Libby Barker continues to inspire with her unique, interesting Textiles. Libby chose Day of the Dead as her exam inspiration. She limited her colours and chose to focus on a certain area (the eye) combining this with personal lyrics and a wide variety of techniques. I adore her personal approach and unusual work. Here are some examples of her research pages which demonstrate her thought process as she shaped her designs.

Well done Libby.

Miss M

Isabelle Bailey's Teesha Moore Inspired Textiles

The year 10's have been looking at the incredibly inspiring artist Teesha Moore recently. Here is an example of Isabelle's hand stitched, quilted mermaid piece. I love the variations of applique, stitched and couched detail and colour pallet on this piece. Isabelle has carried her inspiration forwards in the form of a design idea and shortly to be an exam canvas. I am so proud of the effort, dedication and work you have created Izzy. Well done.

Miss M