Uni Projects

I am currently in my third year of BA(Hons) Costume Interpretation with Design at The Northern School of Art. I have throughly enjoyed all of the projects I have completed so far and am looking forward to my final project. These projects have taught me technical sewing skills as well as how to work with others in the costume industry and the consideration on lots of factors when designing.

1950s Dress - Beamish Project

April - May 2024

We worked with Beamish Museum on a live project about people living in the north east in the 50s. I created this dress for a teen girl character based on photographic and contextual research into fashions of the decade. I made a full petticoat as well as drafting the pattern for the dress and hand stitching the finishing touches. My dress was then chosen to be on display at the museum.

The Musketeers - Millinery

October 2024 - February 2025

The Musketeer - A blocked felt hat, with a lining and curled/dyed feathers
MiLady - A blocked, covered buckram hat with lining and curled/dyed feathers
The Cardinal - A flat pattern hat, reinforced with buckram, with gold piping
Constance - a steam blocked straw hat with hand made and shaped flowers

The Musketeer

The Cardinal

MiLady

Constance

Lord of the Rings - Vambraces

Made February - April 2024

This is a recreation of Boromir/Aragorn’s vambraces from Lord of the Rings. I consulted with experts to help source the veg tanned leather and copied the design into the leather by hand, dyed the leather, and did the saddle stitching by hand. This was my first Leather work project and it has since become a specialist interest of mine.

1960s Inspired Dress

September 2023

Our first project was done in support of a local exhibition at The Museum of Hartlepool, which celebrated the life and fashion collection of Marguerite Elliot. We were commisioned to create simplistic dresses inspired by the 60s. I created the design on the fabirc using fabric paint and stitched it together.

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