The nuts and bolts of it all.
Last week we had our first tutorial in which we began looking at our values and ethics as designers, we sat down and listed what was always important, sometimes, rarely and never. This gave me a very clear indication of what my key values were which I could apply to my business idea. My business … Continue reading
Building a business.
Over the past few weeks I have been working through my Design Enterprise module. I have taken this with the hope that I will gain a better understanding of how to start up and run my own business. Out tutor Professor Mike Press had organised talks from some really inspirational people including Hayley Scanlan, a … Continue reading
Prepping for final pieces: Touchpoint 3.
For the past few weeks I have been living in the wood workshop setting things up for a few pieces I have been planning for a while. I sourced the wood from around my house in the Borders, making this connection to the home as Bilenker does. I then prepped the wood in the general … Continue reading
Melanie Bilenker correspondance
I was so excited to check my emails the other day and find that the designer my tutors has paired me up with had gotten back to me. Reading over her answers I couldn’t help but think I would have chosen a different route to go in my work had I had her answers earlier. … Continue reading
Conjure a sense of home..
Last weekend I took a trip home, mainly to recoup as I have been ill but also to have a chat about my designs with my family. My parents, both teachers, though neither in art, always have a great insight on things and are great at helping me see things differently. We went on a … Continue reading
What is it I hide?
My current project asked me to look at Melanie Bilenker, a designer from New York who is also inspired by Victorian hair jewellery. As I mentioned before I was particularly inspired by a set of four brooches in which a lot of the focus was on the back of the brooch. I was really interested … Continue reading
Material Flash Project
Today we had out first workshop of the new year, pushing ourselves out of our comfort zone; something which we all probably needed after a long summer! Our workshop technician and jeweller Jane Gowans took a material flash project which involved each student being given 2 materials, all unusual and not normally associated (in our minds … Continue reading
New year, new project.
And so with this change in seasons come a new year at uni. I have just gone into my third year at DJCAD studying jewellery & metal design. It has been a really busy summer and I have been incredibly lucky in the opportunities that have come my way. During the end of the summer … Continue reading
My work takes me to London for an exhibition!
So it has been a while since I posted on this. It has been a crazily busy few weeks since I finished uni. Alongside working in a school with some rather tricky kids, I have been recovering from a somewhat whirlwind weekend! A couple on months ago I applied for Darkroom, a boutique which specialises … Continue reading
DJCAD Degree show highlights
So this took me a long time. Very busy few weeks since I finished uni, sorry! Having just finished my second year of Jewellery and Metal Design at DJCAD, degree show visits have been high on my lists or priorities. I find them so exciting and I find things like colours, textures and patterns, as … Continue reading
Katie Wightman 