And its summer already ..

After being caught up in all the hype of final show, its finished and summer has begun! Here are a few shaps of my finished project.

 The finished article ....

 The spread on opening night put together by Amber, Katie Jarvis, Lucy, Abby, Me and Kayleigh.

 Open suitcase displaying stuff

 My brother modelling my t shirt design

 Finished festival poster featuring band

 T shirt and bag design

 Vinyl cover design

 Second poster, bands debut album

Bunting print.

Printing my bags ..

 I had to measure my bags and the screen to find the centre and line them up. I started by printing black.

Here is my first sample, I thought the ink came through a little heavy, to combat this I found that if the paint was mixed equally with printing medium and quickly skimmed across the screen the image came out clearer.

 Two of my bags printed in black.

 Green samples. I chose an emerald earthy green to tie in with my poster and the folky theme.

 Blue samples, this was to tie in with the festival poster.

 Brown Prints, this was to continue the earthy theme.

I randomly plodged on brown and green paint, this gave an interesting merge of the woody theme. I am very happy with the 18 bags I have successfully printed and the feedback i have recieved has been very positive.

Moving in the furniture ...

Here are some ideas from Pinterest of the modern idea of vintage distressed upcycling, I think this fits in perfectly with my theme of folk art and craft, the idea of never throwing anything out and always reusing and handing down.

In storage, we found a lovely vintage bookcase, although the design is simple, it is functional and will fit in with my project perfectly.

I used a power sander to strip back the varnish and then I will white wash it, giving a distressed look which is very current at the moment.

FMP

 I bought a tent from the internet, it is 2m x 2m and 2.5m in height

 This is the inside of the roof, where the structural supports are clearly visible, which i have to consider covering or leaving exposed.

I have also sourced straw bales, which are used for animal bedding, and are lighter than hay. They are 97cm x 35cm x 50cm. I'm hoping to have approximately 5 around my tent, laying doilies and vintage tea towels over them to act as seating, this was used in End of the Road Festival.