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Deadgood

Yesterday at college we had a brilliant talk from Elliot Brook the director of Deadgood. It was very influential and made me realise that things are'nt just handed to you, you have to work hard for what you want and be passionate. Things will go wrong at first, but you have to keep pushing and pushing for people to notice you.

This was by far an influential piece of work they have just designed...

They use at least 95% of british products/manufactures to create their work, and try and use sustainable materials. This below is what the light fitting consists of, which makes it easy to package. 

Over bank holiday weekend Emma, Gemma, and myself went to London for the Grand Designs exhibition. We found it not as interesting as we thought and were disappointed that Kevin McCloud and George Clarke weren't there. It was so busy we hardly could look around, although i am glad i went to see what its like in the real world.

I have recently started a new job at Perdu, Newcastle. Its a new experience for me, but something I enjoy and look forward to going to work. This bar is right up my street, the interior is up to date, modern, fresh, and relaxing, with a welcoming feel. 

"our ethos is simple, we believe that your staff and service areas are just as important as the aesthetics of your interior…‘its no good if your venue looks great but under performs at peak times"

Perdu is a very well organised business and right at the centre of the market for students and the general public. It is run by the Fluid group which also have Bar Luga, Central Bean Coffee and a variety of others. Bar Luga has won Gourmet Society's Award for best interior. Fluid also have some of the best architects, designers, illustrators and technicians in the business making sure the delievery of the scheme is on time, every time, no matter how tight the time constraints are. 

Here are some Photographs of Perdu...

Here are some of Bar Luga...

I feel very fortuante to work in such a good and friendly environment, and somewhere that actually takes pride for how it looks and maintains. 

Over the easter holidays I went to the Baltic with a friend of mine. He was in the middle of a project to design a comic style editorial. It had to have a story base, so we went round Newcastle and took photographs of our journey there. Here are some of the photographs we took to help prepare the story...

I think these photographs show a nice scene of our journey down. They are quite subtle and a bit mysterious, and very graphic. 

And here is the chair I upholstered for my Auntie. I used the same material as the stool, as it went well with the age of the chair and the olive green against the brown distressed wood worked nicely. This was a bit more tricky to do than the stool, as the chair had a border around it, so i couldn't tuck the material under neath. On this i had to add a trim of material to hide the nails and staples. Overall I think it looks great and the customer- my auntie was pleased.

This is the second stool I upholstered for my Grandma and Grandad. I bought the material myself, and chose a subtle colour and pattern that matched the furniture in the living room. You have to make sure that you pull the material so its taught against the stool, so you have no lumps and bumps.

Hey I'm getting good!

Hey again,

Here are some more photographs of my Upholstery skills. This is the bespoke curtain I made, as an example to show clients in the future. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and feel I have learned a lot and would love to create more items in the future.

From left to right

Box pleat, Triple pleat, Goblet pleat, Pinch pleat, then Box pleat again.

I haven't blogged anything for a while as Iv'e been busy doing some upholstery classes. It was an opportunity for us to learn some other skills within the interior architecture field. I have been able to upholster stools and chairs, and make a bespoke curtain with a variation of pleats so if i ever decided to start making curtains i have an example of what the customer could choose. I thoroughly enjoyed myself, and cant wait to start crating more pieces. Here are some photos i took along the way to show my progress, and so i have an idea of how i did it in the first place. 

First I took all of the original material out and the nails and staples. 

 Here I added the wadding to give extra padding.

Carefuly stapled the material on, it has to be pulled taught, so there isn't any excess material.

 The corners are quite tricky, just had to make sure i took my time.

Carefully folding the edges to look like this.

 Trim off the excess material.

The stool should be soft and taught.

Added the bottom lining on to make it look professional.

 Here is the finished stool with the legs attached.

I was really pleased this this as it was my first attempt, and it went very well.