As mentioned previously I am delighted to have won a bursary to work with Janet Bolton and my tutor, Fiona Curran is very kindly allowing me to visit her studio, however I am still in want of more experience working in the industry. I have spent this evening emailing potential artists that may be able to offer me either a few days of shadowing, or even to offer my help if they need any extra hands in upcoming projects...
I am intrigued by every possible technique of embroidery and want to gain the broadest amount of knowledge possible about the industry. Momentarily I am STILL not completely certain as to where I want to be placed in the current textile world, so keeping my options open, and talking to as many people as possible seems to be the right solution.
I feel as though if I am able to have a few more chances at working alongside different practitioners in the current market, this will allow me to think more into where it is that I can see myself working. I think that I am mostly drawn to becoming a freelance designer, as this way I will be able to work both on my own and through collaboration with other design teams. The artists/ designers that I have contacted are all based as freelance, so hopefully being able to talk to them about their work will help me to figure out if it is the kind of setting that I can imagine myself in in the future. I have chosen to contact these specific designers/ artists as they are people that have truly inspired me in my research stages of my projects, and also because their style of working is similar to the ones that I most enjoy.
