22/10/21
This year is flying by!!..
Visited the London Textile Fair at The Business Design Centre on Tuesday!
Lots of inspiration to take home!
23/07/21
A week in Scotland with the best company!
06/01/2021
H A P P Y N E W Y E A R !
Furloughed and working part-time. I’ve used my spare time productively, creating some artworks using my imagination and inspiration from photographs I’ve taken on travels locally and far away.
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09/2020
W A T C H T H I S S P A C E
A new venture for myself, creating personal commissions & art prints for the home.
08/2020
Painted a couple of murals for a good friends new home a few weeks ago.
05/20
Experimentation during lockdown.
Playing with layering.
Gouache portraits of some of my friends doing what they love.
Progression.
Painting noticeboards using Acrylic and Emulsion.
03/2020
Daily Exercise Adventures.
Perfect time to do some scrapbooking!
Pure London @ Olympia London.
Seals at Donna Nook.
12/19
07/11/19
A new ditsy design I designed for A/W made it onto screen.
03/09/19
Two of my print designs are now live at Boohoo in various different colourways!
Love seeing the end product!
01/09/19
It’s now Autumn and the ditsy’s are in full swing!
31/09/19
Recently worked on my scrapbook, sticking in memories of beach picnics and lush gardens from my trips with friends to Cornwall & Wales over the summer break!
27/06/19
Artworks developed in the Studio at Britannia Textile Printers Ltd.
14/06/19
Recent recolours I developed for Spring/Summer’19 have been picked and made up for online retailer BooHoo.
27/05/2019
Recent prints I’ve recoloured at Britannia Textile Printers out online!
28/10/2018
Recent developments visualised on pillows.
28/10/2018
Some prints I have developed since working at Brittannia Textile Printers
12/08/2018
Climbed Scafell Pike! 4hrs. In the Lake District 30/07-31/07
12/08/2018
Scotland! Climbed Ben Nevis in 6hr 40, visited Glasgow Botanic Gardens on the drive up. In the Highlands 22/07 – 26/07.
12/08/2018
I’ve started a NEW JOB at Brittannia Textile Printers Leicester as a Print Designer!
12/08/2018
2weeks exploring Germany with my family. including Munster, Hamm and Bad Hersfled. 23/06 – 08/07
27/05/2018
Oxford Botanic Gardens, a lovely place to find inspiration.
25/03/2018
Visited Rutland Water today, massive walk on the first sunny day of Spring. Very picturesque.
17/03/2018
The Moon, an art piece by Luke Jerram currently on display in Leicester Cathedral only on until Sunday!
17/03/2018
Visited my uni friend Paige at the weekend down in Bournemouth, lovely greenery!!
17/03/2018
I have recently completed a 2 week placement at Next head office, working within the Womeanswear print team, contributing to upcoming collections, cleaning up studio prints, illustrating and creating my own repeats. Lovely team and studio!
17/03/2018
Recently visited Ilam Park and walked the Dovedale stepping stones trail in the Peak District. I highly recommend you go for a day trip here!
19/01/2018
Totes, cushions and more available from Society6
13/01/2018
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I’ve been doodling quirky black and white scenes, these are now available on Society6 !!
16/12/2017
PRINTS ON PRODUCTS!
My prints are now available to buy through my Society6 profile. Great for a unique gift! 28 designs currently accessible.
03/11/2017
Currently working in The Vintage Scene Leicester a local vintage retailer, a really funky, friendly shop, they also have an ASOS check it out! Recently I’ve been able to get creative on the windows for Halloween.
27/09/2017
Some of my most recent designs are available to purchase online from my Spoonflower Shop. Click to find out more!
19/09/2017
On a personal note, if your interested in what I get up to in my spare time follow my personal Instagram account! Recently looking very green and a little pink.
12/09/2017
Went on a little road trip with a few friends the end of last week, a journey down to the South West, stopping at Cheddar Gorge, Carlyon Bay, The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Newquay and The Eden Project. All accommodated in a cosy shipping container at Eden Project YHA, I highly recommend all of these stops if you’re going on a tour down to the South West.
04/09/2017
Took a little trip to Calke Abbey on Saturday, in the sunshine, lovely walled gardens and glasshouses on the grounds. Going inside the house there was many distressed walls, particularly as you went higher up the stairs, interesting to see the older layers of wallpapers tearing away. Very inspirational for current interior trends of overgrowth and bringing the outdoors in!
04/09/2017
Recently completed a month placement in Putney, London with Osborne & Little, working in the studio, producing artwork and creating mural designs for S/S 2018. Lovely studio on the Thames and lovely people to work with! A recent article about the company can be found in the recent ELLE DECORATION magazine.
04/09/2017
Visited Kew Gardens in London last week, on the bank holiday weekend, and was such a lovely sunny day!! Always recommend a trip there!
Observational Painting Practise
All graduated and ready for work!
Completing my 3 years at De Montfort University with a 2:1 in BA (Hons) Textile Design, specialising in print.
Had an excellent time exhibiting at New Designers part 1, so much amazing work on display!
Currently working on a new vibrant project, continuing the theme of greenery and palms. Applying a bold colour palette of greens and terracotta. Taking inspiration from glasshouses, gardens and anywhere with vibrancy.
SELECTED TO SHOWCASE MY FINAL MAJOR PROJECT AT NEW DESIGNERS!! Visit the Business Design Centre, London, Part 1, 28/06/17 – 01/07/17
Final collection photoshoot set up, styled by Textile Design staff at De Montfort University. Using one of the large freehand, digitally printed scenes and large fanned palm wallpapers, along with a few light fabrics, creating a contrasting image, accompanied by black and white objects.
A favourite fashion & interior shot from this morning. Displaying a silk sample, alongside a wallpaper and collection artwork.
Constructed a little set up with PAIGE this morning. Taking a few shots of our final samples for online portfolio use.
LAMPSHADE DESIGN, camouflaging with a wallpaper repeat.
Organising some wallpaper designs in my tiny studio flat, digitally printed by Bags Of Love, all coming together nicely now.
Recently took a little break from my final project and visited the Josef Frank Exhibition at the Fashion & Textile Museum in London. Frank’s large and vibrant prints from the 50’s and 60’s are still so contemporary, I found his use of colour particularly inspiring. On display until the 7th of May, so get down there!
Experimenting with flock on digitally printed paper.
In the print studio, still experimenting with applying textural finishes such as suede, foil and flock.
MORE VISUALS. I love using Mapper to apply my prints to, styling fabrics and papers for a natural wood interior.
NEW VISUAL Using Mapper and Adobe Photoshop I am beginning to bring together different aspects of my collection through colour. Strong inspiration from House of Hackney and Timorous Beasties.
Half a dozen shots from a recent PHOTO SHOOT last week, styling my fabrics for fashion. This worked well, having never doing any photography before I am very happy with the results! However I am now working towards creating this concept into a moody interior collection.
View finding small areas from previous reactive dye prints, creating large scale misty texture.
SCREEN EXPOSURE. I have exposed a observational drawing on screen, splitting the image into a silhouette and line, the fine line screen works well with puff and suede, creating a subtle, raised surface texture.
By ENLARGING and digitally printing one of my reactive prints, I was able to work back in much more detail, using white gouache, paint pens and sand textured clear acrylic. Adding more depth to the original image.
MOOD BOARD. Sourcing inspiration from various primary and secondary research. To develop a moody, misty atmosphere for the home, pulling up lost and forgotten plants, researching into the prehistoric era and glasshouse tropics. Constructing a need to experiment with different material thicknesses and weights.
Simple quick wallpaper ideas, using early prints, getting a sense of scale.
Studio experiments, hand painting with reactive dyes.
Hi! I’m starting this blog nearing the end of uni, updating you on the last few stages of my FINAL MAJOR PROJECT, creating a timeline of development.
ALEXANDRA DYER 