Thursday 11 February 2016

Q&A Saturday: Emma's Answers

1. After doing my foundation course at Vernon Street I realised that it was Printed Textiles that I wanted to do and not Interior design. Sounds silly but I'd never actually considered or thought about doing textiles until we went for a talk about all the courses at Blenheim Walk, which is when I realised! I love colour and pattern so it was perfect!

2. For my current project my biggest inspiration is designers Kitty McCall and Hannah Waldron who both use bright colour and a mixture of patterns which greatly inspire my practice.

3. My favourite project so far was COP3 as it gave context to my practice, making me realise that culture is an underlying concept to my design and greatly inspires me. I was exploring how it is possible to innovatively appropriate African design to create my own authenticity which is what I want to expand on in my final project.

4. My favourite pieces of Jens were in her latest project, specifically the pieces where she lay velvet with parts laser cut out, and lay them at the bottom of a plaster tile so that the tile has contrasting surfaces from the fabric and plaster!! They was really different and innovative!

5. Our major difference is our use of colour as Jen mentioned, I tend to be drawn to bold colour, the brighter the better and Jen uses more natural tones which compliment the surfaces she explores.

6. The most annoying part of a studying a creative subject is the amount of hours that you have to contribute to your practice, yet may come out with the same grade as a student who as only been in 7 hours a week at a different university! At least we get our £9,000 worth though!

7. No I never feel like we're competitive, our work is so diverse there's no way we could get competitive as our work is so different, there's no comparison between us!

8. I love working in our studio! There is a buzz and creative atmosphere in the studio which pushes you to get on with your own work and get inspired. The fact we're all together surrounded by our work is such an important thing to be apart of as its like this in the creative industry.

9. That's the dreaded question! I currently have no idea what it is that I want to do, but my dream job would to be on the design or styling team of urban outfitters or anthropologie! I am hoping that from my degree show it will hopefully help me to make contacts and be a good platform to push me out into industry!

10. My instagram is emmaburton_designs, website... 
http://emmaburtondesign.wix.com/emmaburtondesign https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-burton-719691b4?trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile_pic

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