I’ve been fit to burst with this and have come down with a
cold instead ....
I’m a finalist in the #LibertyOpenCall search for the best
untapped fabric design talent in the UK, organised by Liberty of London, which
is the fabric design worlds’ equivalent to The X Factor. There were over
5,000 entrants and it’s been narrowed down to a shortlist of 12.
Fabric and design have always been passions of mine - they
are something I’ve kept for ‘me’ and my own time around regular employment (as
many creative people do ...).
I would be very grateful if you could please vote for my
‘Deco Travel’ design at the following weblink:
My design is based on the Art Deco era – I’ve used a colour
palette reminiscent of the time and also incorporated the Liberty ‘housestyle’
colours of purple and gold. I illustrated it with motifs depicting luxury
modes of travel and luggage labels for exotic destinations – in tune with the
Liberty ethos.
Although not crucial, the public votes will help the judges
with their task of choosing 5 winners.
Each winner will then visit the Liberty studio and have
their design translated onto Liberty Tana Lawn cloth. They will also be
taken to Italy to see the design being printed in the mills and it will then be
sold in store and kept in company archives. Winners will also be paid the
industry standard for their design and receive 5 metres of their own cloth.
I’m over the moon just to have got this far as the
competition has been very fierce. I’ve been trying to keep calm about it
all but it’s very hard!
(Oh – and I might be on the telly – there will be a BBC
programme called ‘One Day That Changed My Life’ about the competition,
due to be aired next spring J )
Anyway, thanks and grateful for any votes from you and
anyone you know – I quite fancy a trip to Italy in February …..
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