10 June 2011

All packed up and heading to New Designers...

Websites updated, business cards packed and samples bubble wrapped, it can only mean one thing... it's New Designers 2011!
Bucks New University, Textiles and Surface Design will be showing during week 1, stand T6.

Flight of Fancy






Some images from my final degree collection, entitled 'flight of fancy', inspired by the delicate atmospheric properties of moths and insects; the fragile structure of their wings, floating in and out of vision and casting faint shadows on surfaces below.

all images Copyright of Samantha Williams 2011

6 July 2010

The wor(l)d is at your feet.




Stencilled graffiti on the sidewalk, NYC, May 2010.

New York was simply amazing. I fell in love with a city that i was scared of visiting, and now I can't wait to go back.

the all-important tourist bits:
grand central station/times square/MOMA
circle line boat trip/street food festival/central park/the subway
madison square park/anthony gormley statues/ground zero/supreme court
empire state building/natural history museum
yellow taxi/bloomingdales

the details that made my week:
bryant park at night/lit-up fountain/fairy lights/vintage wooden seats
lemonade stands/hotdogs/cocktails in jam jars/peanut butter M&Ms/fries in baskets
scotty's diner/pancakes/maple syrup/happy customers/free breakfast
roof top statue spotting/antique flea markets
new york sunshine/new york rain
dinosaurs/tea and marble muffins
being 86 storeys high/telescopes with robot faces
tacky ornaments/choking posters
mexican radio restaurant/trailer park diner
little brown bags/collecting every ticket, leaflet, keepsake
crazy new yorkers/tiny dogs/giant cars
real new york accents/pretend new york accents

the Hanks.

Concrete Jungle

New York City, May 2010.






let's go back?