Photography by Sarah Jean Nestor

Jackets: Second hand denim jackets manipulated by Sarah Jean Nestor

Photography: Sarah Jean Nestor

Model: Christopher James Nestor

Birds In Flight

Scans of my jackets

Drawing

Sampling

Cable Tie Extreme

As I have just finished my third and final year of studying Textile Crafts I have a lot to catch up on with the blog.

From now on I will be taking this time to add my recent project and the inspirations behind it to also discussing it as a future project.

Hope you enjoy what you see!

Sketchbook work

Lots more sketchbook work. This Time the work focuses on Mechanical objects such as Clock and pockets watch parts. I also drew inspiration from Electrical components and any old scrap metal pieces that had interesting shapes. To me this work is quite graphical and works really well.

Sketchbook work

Once I had completed making the gloves I needed to move on to my Final Major project and decide whether I was to carry on with the theme of the allotment and the glove. I decided that I was going to progress with this idea however it needed a change, this change was to go more with my gut reaction and to over embellish the glove but also change the colour scheme to give it a more natural earthy vibe. With this in mind I began to work into a book that I purchased from Huddersfield Flea Market called "Percy Thrower's Encyclopaedia of Gardening, Quite fitting really.

The outcome.

In response to my project being based on allotments and gardening I decided that I would design/produce gardening gloves for women. The images seen on the gloves are all my own drawings that I transfered onto the gloves with the process of using heat transfer paper and the heat press with additional embroidery added on to finish the samples. Here are just a selection of my samples.

More visits. Cute Goats!

Yet again more photograph's. Check out the cute animals!

Trips to the Allotments

My own photographs recording my visits to Normantion Allotments.

Allotment inpsired work

For my final year as a Textiles Crafts student I wanted to focus on a subject that could be broad enough to carry on throughout the year until my Final Major Project. This was to be decided to be based on allotments. I've always wanted my own plot of land as there is so much you can do with it, and its such a busy ever changing experience. As I don't have my own allotment it came in very handy when my boyfriends family do! Being able to record my visits through the little help of my camera was fun and meant I had lots of visuals to work from to make my samples and sketchbook work.

More images of my sketchbook work to come!

One of my favourate materials: Leather

I Love (emphasis on love!!!!) working with leather, its hard and hurts my poor little fingers but I like the challenge it gives me. I stick to pretty much the same colour schemes when picking leather, earthy tones inparticular catch my eye. I don't but large pieces of leather as it can be quite pricey so instead I'm constantly on the look out for scraps that I can get on the market but also handbags and similiar items from charity shops that can quite easily be deconstructed for the material.

Lots of Love for this project.

This has to be my most favourate work I have produced whilst being a Textile craft student.
I love the work I have produced and feel I put all my effort into creating such high standard quality pieces. Although I have moved on to other projects since this once I finish University and have more time to experment I'm going to go back and try to push these ideas further.

Materials used and that can be seen in the images are such things as leather shammy cloths and sponges, ordinary scraps of leather, wax, sequins, beads, nuts, bolts, screws, washers, clock parts, car parts and cable ties.

Cable ties reappear many times throughout my work especially in my current working process on an extreme look which you will soon see!

Fond Memories ♥

I thought I would share some of my work from my first year at university. These images are of some collage work I produced for a drawing class, I always struggle to draw and often find my self playing around with different techniques until I am happy with what I produce.

I love these pieces of work as they are fun and fresh and I had a good time creating them!

The non existant blog of mine!

So its been quite some time since I set this blog up, I've been so snowed under with my textiles work I just needed to prioritize getting fully ahead in my Final Major Project which no doubt you will encouter whilst on my blog.

I intend to look at my past work and give you an insight to how I work through artists and designers who inspire my creative process right up until the present day which then hopefully I will pick up the habit of blogging regulary. Not only will your opinions help me but its a way to keep a nice tidy journal and help clear my head once in a while!

I hope you enjoy what you see!

Love Sarah x