HollieAndrewsLoughboroughUniversity

I'm Holly Andrews from Loughborough University and I specialise in woven textiles.

The course itself is just titled textiles innovation and design and then you choose your specialism from three different pathways, so I chose woven textiles.

For my collection I looked at things that you see in everyday life and I manipulated using Photoshop them in a way to make them into works of art that you wouldn't necessarily know was the original thing that it started off as.

I used a lot of architecture for inspiration, but not obvious architecture! Then I merged it with other layers on Photoshop, to create the abstract lines in my work to then produce them into my own designs.

My inspiration comes from our everyday surroundings but mainly architecture and abstract a geometrics.

For my colour schemes and palettes I started off at looking at Mondrian and very simple primary colours that are classic and then I developed them from there through my photography. I wanted to focus on bright colours, but still have the black, whites and greys to still soften it.

The dyeing technique that I used is called ikat and it’s a lot of dip dyeing, so you dye a lot of different areas of the warps. It involved using a lot of elastic bands and dyeing different sections to get the variation through the colour.

I love the design industry. I'd like to be somewhere where I can be creative! I'm not too specific about what I'm going to do just as long as I'm working in design and making works of art… whether it's textiles or fashion I'm quite open minded.

Hollie Andrews 17 Ripon Way, Hull, HU9 2AT

@hollieandrewsdesign hollie.andrews@hotmail.com

07885220946 Driving Licence: Full (clean)

Education and Qualifications Loughborough University 2014- 2018

First Class (75.2) BA (Hons) Textiles: Innovation & Design. Specialising in Woven Textiles. Wyke Sixth Form College 2013- 2014

Art Foundation Course- Merit. Wyke Sixth Form College 2011- 2013 A-Levels: Textiles C, Graphic Design C, Film Studies C, ICT D, General Studies D. Newland School for Girls 2006- 2011

13 GCSE’s: A-C grades. Including English, Maths and Science. Paid Employment Julie’s Cosmetics and Fashion Accessories, Hull June ‘09 – August’17 Sales Assistant Full Days, Saturdays and Holidays

• Sole responsibility for the opening and closing of the shop and its day to day running. • Communicating with clients in a professional manner. • Solving customers’ queries. • Responsibility for stock management and replenishment. • Visiting wholesalers to selectively decide the stock to sell. • Responsible for promoting the brand on social media.

Internships Dash + Miller, Bristol May ‘17 – June ‘17 Studio and Design Assistant Full Time, Monday - Friday

• Produced sample requests. • Colour matched to clients’ specifications. • Weaved samples for portfolio. • Set up various looms- including arm looms and the industrial Dornier loom.

Megan Crook, Derby Jan ‘17 – June ‘17 Design Assistant Full Time, Monday - Friday

• Pattern cut, grading and tracing. • Manufacturing and sampling. • Developed concepts for new products. • Trend research and created moodboards. • Developed upcoming collections. • Selected to represent the brand at Glastonbury Festival.

Logo World LTD, Brough Oct ‘16 – Dec ‘16 Design Assistant Full Time, Monday - Friday

• Transferred coding onto specialist design software. • Completed stock takes, organised and priced stock, created inventories. • Post embroidery inspection – finalising / cleaning. • Ensured efficient operation of embroidery equipment.

• Ordered merchandise. FFOMO- Online Fashion and Accessories Retailer, Leicester July ‘16 – Sept ‘16 Designer of Womenswear and Menswear Full time, Monday - Friday

• Designed womenswear, menswear and accessories for Autumn/Winter 16/17 collection - Created colour palettes and moodboards. - Sketched initial designs, then developed into CAD. - Designed over 100 individual items of clothing and accessories within a 2-week period.

• Contacted buyers to schedule meetings. • Created billboard posters for digital advertising companies. • Produced spec sheet stocklists. • Applied for and opened an ASOS Marketplace boutique. • Formed a relationship with London Fashion Week.

- Established business plans. - Regularly emailed and called LFW to manage the progress of the application.

• Maintained the ongoing running of the website. Voluntary Experience Pride of Place Artspace Gallery & Hull International Photography Gallery June ‘15 – Sept ‘15 Gallery Assistant Volunteer Full Time, Sunday - Tuesday

• Responsibility for opening the galleries and greeting customers upon arrival. • Assisted with customer queries. • Organised exhibition displays; ensured best use of floor space and lighting. • Initiated and managed gallery pages on social media platforms to promote the galleries.

Achievements

• 2018 Bradford Textiles Society- Won 1st Place in the Woven Fabrics for Fashion category. • 2018- Selected to showcase work to first year Textile Students. • 2018- Chosen to represent Loughborough University at the Making it in Textiles Conference. • 2018 & 2016 Premiere Vision Paris- Exhibiting Designer • 2018 & 2015 Interviewing Panel Loughborough University- Provided advice to the applicants and

answered any questions they had about the University. Offered opinions on the applicants’ work. • 2015 Clothes Show Live- designs shown at the clothes show.

Skills CAD

• Extensive experience of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. • Competent at photography. • Good level of IT skills- experience on Microsoft and Apple software.

Transferable

• Verbal Communication – gained from work and degree experience. • Action Planning – strong organisation skills. • Decision Making – concise through process to ensure high standards. • Customer Service and Commercial Awareness – gained through being immersed in formal

business practice.

Technical • Experience on Table, Arm, Dobby and Dornier Looms- 4, 8, 16, 24 shaft loom experience. • Dye experience –colour matching and dyeing yarns using specific formulas. • Hand Sewing and Machine Embroidery – developed through practice. • Drawing and Design – constantly refining through various projects.

References: Available on request.