Bucks Alumni

Great to see recent Bucks graduate Marcia La Madrid at New Designers 'One Year On' with a new collection and small design business 'Suri and Sage'. It looked very professional! 

New Designers Round Up!

It's been a really great week at the Business Design Centre. Great responses for all the work and how the stand looked. We've had nominations, wins, interviews, and plenty of interesting new contacts and offers to chase up. Well done to all of our 2016 graduates!

Texprint Success!

Printer Emma Kendall has been selected by Texprint this year! Next stop the Texprint exhibition in London in a few days and then preparations for Premiere Vision Paris in September. Its going to be a busy few months ahead.

A very well deserved silver award

2016 (soon to be) Graduate Polly Redfern has been awarded Silver in the Creative Conscience Awards.
This was announced yesterday at the awards ceremony in London. To see her project and those of other winners please follow the link.
https://www.creative-conscience.org.uk/winners/polly-redfern/

Here is Polly on the stand at New Designers looking very pleased!

New Designers Awards preview day.

A few of the nominations for Bucks students from todays awards preview day.

 Molly Hutchinson. by @notonthehighst today! #ND16 #NewDesigners

Amy Blackwell.  @notonthehighst today @NewDesigners #ND16

Georgia Cleeves has received some praise from @johnlewisretail @NewDesigners today!

New Designers 2016

New Designers Day 1. #ND16 https://twitter.com/buckstextiles

The big build.

Degree show 2016

It's been a great week at the Bucks degree show @bucksshow16.
Now just over a week until New Designers part 1!

Lottie Grierson and Erin Parfitt

 Izzy Webb

Show set up. The finishing touches......

Finalist in the 2016 Creative Conscience Awards

3rd year Surface Design student Polly Redfern is a finalist in this years Creative Conscience Awards.https://www.creative-conscience.org.uk

Polly's project asks the question; 'How can maize farmers help to build a community through finding value in agricultural waste?

By repurposing waste materials generated during the production of maize, this project is engaged in creating new functional materials. It aims to eliminate damaging agricultural activities yet simultaneously provides an extra income for farmers and developing communities worldwide. 

British Fashion Council Burberry Competition

Congratulations to Monisha Hussain who was shortlisted for this years BFC Burberry Competition.

Resource Zone Visit

Our first year students made a visit to our local resource zone.

lots of varied materials to use in project work. Mainly off cuts and left overs from industry, all sorts of materials from plastics, foams, papers and fabrics.

More of our 3rd year design work.

http://www.artsthread.com/profile/romaarora/

http://www.artsthread.com/profile/phoebeedwards/#next

http://www.artsthread.com/profile/laurenmansfield/

Art and Design Show 2016

Our degree show runs from 11th - 16th June. A wide variety of design disciplines will be on show. Please visit Textiles and Surface Design in the Red Shed.

http://bucks.ac.uk/contactus/events/Bucksshow16/

Jane Bowler Live project

Students from 2nd yr surface design presented their project work to fashion designer Jane Bowler last week. Alex Wiley was lucky to be offered a work placement with Jane after she was especially impressed by his designs.

Follow the experiences of our students on work placements

Read Amy's full interview http://thebucksgraduate.com/2016/04/15/amy-blackwell/

Counting down until the degree show

More featured work from our 3rd year students

http://www.artsthread.com/profile/emmakendall/

http://www.artsthread.com/profile/elliehanson/

http://www.artsthread.com/profile/pollyredfern/

ARTS THREAD

As our final year students head towards their degree show and New Designers you can follow their projects on http://www.artsthread.com/schools/bucksnewuniversity-textilesandsurfacedesignbahons/

Recent portfolio updates include:

http://www.artsthread.com/profile/carolyngibson/

http://www.artsthread.com/profile/alicelaffar/

http://www.artsthread.com/profile/annitaverner/

Bradford Textile Society competition success!

Congratulations to.........

Abbie Loveridge

C1 – CLOTHWORKERS' FOUNDATION AWARD

A fabric for either fashion or interiors which shows an innovative combination of textile processes

1st Prize £500  - Buckinghamshire New University

Zeba Safdar

U1 – CLOTHWORKERS’ FOUNDATION AWARD

A material construction for either fashion or interior products produced by non-conventional processes or new technologies

2nd Prize £300  - Buckinghamshire New University

Emma Kendall

F1 – ASSOCIATION OF FASHION & TEXTILE COURSES AWARD

A fashion fabric for a specific fashion collection

3rd Prize £100  - Buckinghamshire New University

Georgia Cleeves

K1 – CLOTHWORKERS' FOUNDATION AWARD

A knitted fabric for either fashion or interiors

Commended - Buckinghamshire New University

Frankie Horsfield

K1 – CLOTHWORKERS' FOUNDATION AWARD

A knitted fabric for either fashion or interiors

Commended - Buckinghamshire New University

3rd Year project work...coming along nicely!

 Molly Hutchinson: Surface Design

 Amy Blackwell: Printed Textiles

Georgia Cleeves: Knitted Textiles

Pitt Rivers Museum visit.

To continue with the drawing theme. The 1st years visited Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford to create observational drawings from some of the amazing exhibits.

1st years concentrate on translating texture with an un-orthadox still life made of stuff!

Interesting formations appearing. The work of 2nd year Frankie Horsfield as she develops ideas around bacteria and growth using mixed media. http://francineelizabeth.tumblr.com/

A group of 2nd and 3rd yr students made the long trip up to Fairfield yarns in Lancashire. It was well worth the visit as the selection was huge. Perfect for the beginnings of new projects.