tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12942784375502715762024-02-20T00:24:13.110-08:00Ideas, Quotes and Notes. Diary of the final legHelen Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13989219361090097465noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294278437550271576.post-2165763354884734312011-11-13T09:34:00.001-08:002011-11-13T09:36:55.899-08:00Colour Investigation<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">Taking Colour Inspiration from buildings in different countries I have been creating a number of colour palettes to use within my designs. I found a tool on a fab website.....click </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);" href="http://www.colourlovers.com/lover/Helen%20Ashley/palettes/new/all-time/grid?page=2">here</a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">, for a link to my colour lovers page.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWiizQBHp7_3Waz6Xo0ndesIachlUIwUb3MHqrZ4xjjhkmtjr9DkBMzTe52_H74PHP8-m_iYgDf9oyUemd9uaC_amkxVCxdX0bb31r_zOR2lQ_ZiZZaW9aQE-uqea9QdPX9aIzNQttqMt/s1600/Colour+lovers+1.jpg"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"></span></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWiizQBHp7_3Waz6Xo0ndesIachlUIwUb3MHqrZ4xjjhkmtjr9DkBMzTe52_H74PHP8-m_iYgDf9oyUemd9uaC_amkxVCxdX0bb31r_zOR2lQ_ZiZZaW9aQE-uqea9QdPX9aIzNQttqMt/s1600/Colour+lovers+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWiizQBHp7_3Waz6Xo0ndesIachlUIwUb3MHqrZ4xjjhkmtjr9DkBMzTe52_H74PHP8-m_iYgDf9oyUemd9uaC_amkxVCxdX0bb31r_zOR2lQ_ZiZZaW9aQE-uqea9QdPX9aIzNQttqMt/s400/Colour+lovers+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674535321659094002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbrmQFd6aiJC8OzHI28pF1Tspi0-975QF5Qr-iT9f66iE7txLuzvZ81fA_rPDwIcDapEbuzYkzLXc6p4UMLQk8B262mqhxCgG2genn278TFAmp0OoDdz_89FIXMa6AygJBJR5l-hf6cdu/s1600/Colour+lovers+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbrmQFd6aiJC8OzHI28pF1Tspi0-975QF5Qr-iT9f66iE7txLuzvZ81fA_rPDwIcDapEbuzYkzLXc6p4UMLQk8B262mqhxCgG2genn278TFAmp0OoDdz_89FIXMa6AygJBJR5l-hf6cdu/s400/Colour+lovers+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674535312225542578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfm01W5Y0ehUGOxts4unbyzQ5p1PT9AFuRJMyc-PEwuD9JT6duQXPxrwsFbpGH6J6V7rSLkRSn5RUKqCN0wgvD1zdIUJZJs9dbAdC2seoDlK9WVqaxu09O31po8QiaU5vSJ4gjQciI44nK/s1600/Colour+Palettes+from+different+places.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfm01W5Y0ehUGOxts4unbyzQ5p1PT9AFuRJMyc-PEwuD9JT6duQXPxrwsFbpGH6J6V7rSLkRSn5RUKqCN0wgvD1zdIUJZJs9dbAdC2seoDlK9WVqaxu09O31po8QiaU5vSJ4gjQciI44nK/s400/Colour+Palettes+from+different+places.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674535309508578962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"></span>Helen Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13989219361090097465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294278437550271576.post-75635682626949601002011-10-27T14:37:00.001-07:002011-10-27T14:37:29.945-07:00New Ideas...<span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >After days of research, drawing, research and more drawing, I began to become particularly interested in the architectural drawings I had been focusing on. Looking at the colours and the angles especially.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >The planes of the buildings offer a variety of shapes to work with....and now I have a new vision of where I want the product to go. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Looking at textiles I have been researching techniques from print to laser cut, embriodery and hand dying. Considering a piece of body adornment build up by creating a number of layers using textile techniques. I hope to echo the planes of the architecture and I am considering hand dyeing the fabrics to create the colours referenced by European architecture.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Recent trips to the Great Northern Contemporary exhibition and London gave me inspiration for the layered pieces.</span>Helen Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13989219361090097465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294278437550271576.post-67382071314980968012011-10-13T13:37:00.000-07:002011-10-13T13:51:28.156-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >Sass Brown lecture got me thinking........</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >looking back at the past for a sustainable future? Have we lost our way with cheap, fast production? Can we change the future to a more sustainable one by taking on our parents and Grandparents of sustainable living? Can traditional techniques bring a quality back to fashion and help produce high end fashion?</span>Helen Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13989219361090097465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294278437550271576.post-65475088634171821882011-09-30T02:21:00.000-07:002011-09-30T02:39:17.429-07:00Tapping into a lucrative market<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> <w:usefelayout/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >The Baby boomers</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >After doing a bit of hardcore research on e-search, checking out databases and statistics on consumer trends, I found these interesting figures.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >"In the Uk the 50+ consumer market is 20million and growing strong, they hold 80% of the nations wealth" as quoted in an article ‘Booming business, trendwatching.com’. (Source:BBC) </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >"In the next few years 50% of the EU’s population will be 65+ and the over 55 population is predicted to soar by 17% by 2020." (Source: MIT Agelab)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" > It had me thinking........is this the market I should be tapping into? After all, these are the ones with the money</span></o:p></p>Helen Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13989219361090097465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294278437550271576.post-43245139443023476062011-09-16T03:50:00.001-07:002011-09-16T04:05:22.068-07:00Technology- Killer of human interaction, provider of loneliness<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">Bluemen and other inspiration from Berlin</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">Whilst watching the show..."The Bluemen" in Berlin, some of the points they focused on got me thinking...... is the world an more lonely place even though we are technologically more connected than ever?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">This thought came across me when they pointed out the fact that people will walk into an internet cafe and sit surrounded by people who they will not connect with but rather interact with a technological screen and talk to somebody who is actually not there.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">The introduction of greater, stronger and faster technology has led to the fact that we have less products and can often do many tasks with just one, the i=pad a perfect example. We can connect to somebody from the otherside of the world but may not connect with the person sitting beside us. This also became apparent during our carshare back to Dusseldorf from Berlin.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">The car was full of strangers, yet the 3 television screens playing DVD's allowed us to sit the 6 hour journey with no interaction in a comfortable manner. Has this technology, which allows us to reach many from afar prevented us from reaching out to those who are close?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">Another, strangely thought provoking watch, came from the Disney film Wall-e. This looks at how the world had lacked in being self sufficient and the entire population had been sent into space to be completely looked after by robots. Again it shows how technology had taken over, the people couldn't interact with one another and didn't know what it was to feed, walk or get dressed themselves. To regain order within society, cavemen techniques were then taken on. However could this actually be a true story and not just something we see in a film if technology continues to develop?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">Is this something we need to address when designing product for the future?</span>Helen Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13989219361090097465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294278437550271576.post-15055864354271387372011-09-13T04:05:00.000-07:002011-09-16T04:13:29.264-07:00Public prints<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-3rEVO3nTijCww72RXJREls9Z_K97clIpIZnDTXSx77bLrhitnKCiLKo0HOFaknPyEd6j6gYlMCyE13KDBVAKQSwaHNBrhuVxP9__r0jdlQ9eLdZg3aJ-YbEhIx3u5L1wfVwwt6b3dTf/s1600/publictransitupholserty+of+the+worls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-3rEVO3nTijCww72RXJREls9Z_K97clIpIZnDTXSx77bLrhitnKCiLKo0HOFaknPyEd6j6gYlMCyE13KDBVAKQSwaHNBrhuVxP9__r0jdlQ9eLdZg3aJ-YbEhIx3u5L1wfVwwt6b3dTf/s320/publictransitupholserty+of+the+worls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652913851915810994" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Whilst on the overhead tube in Berlin I noticed how great the patterns and prints were on the upholstered seats, these prints were echoed in vinyl on the seats of the underground. This had me thinking........what else do we miss on public transport?</span>Helen Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13989219361090097465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294278437550271576.post-87526184689010719842011-08-20T23:45:00.000-07:002011-09-16T04:17:18.583-07:00Stumble upon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmxcn0hNhZAHrNfeZorHgf5NACDeel6SfjE4qmKsihNXSnAPw8yYb1aud5a235APUFbv3so-aJEYJdoDvw5Tyb3jF-jBFUFX5Bzt_0ZEGB8cdUqvlIHmY1CmCdV0SF9xvWKKqP5NMMSFgI/s1600/typography"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmxcn0hNhZAHrNfeZorHgf5NACDeel6SfjE4qmKsihNXSnAPw8yYb1aud5a235APUFbv3so-aJEYJdoDvw5Tyb3jF-jBFUFX5Bzt_0ZEGB8cdUqvlIHmY1CmCdV0SF9xvWKKqP5NMMSFgI/s320/typography" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652914721717146450" border="0" /></a><br />After my new found find...stumble upon, I have been addicted. Check out this....my old love of typography.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2oZTaz/blog.reflexstock.com/2010/08/50-extremely-awesome-examples-of-typography/">Click here</a>Helen Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13989219361090097465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294278437550271576.post-40533197165978438842011-08-16T01:03:00.000-07:002011-09-16T03:52:42.219-07:00Cashing in on people working longer hours?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE18tk5X-h7t71a9sSVQ2KOgUknpl8FoNwFYI0DTDkmv-hwA1THwUGIKqbOylbAzNlZYO2Y6hJPPj_VlIfLlQQGvZHeGtjqaiALQ6aZBTOlFYSsyQVxVyYfb8C8KdgGJrf7Orr9T1Q-mkT/s1600/Space+saving_office"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE18tk5X-h7t71a9sSVQ2KOgUknpl8FoNwFYI0DTDkmv-hwA1THwUGIKqbOylbAzNlZYO2Y6hJPPj_VlIfLlQQGvZHeGtjqaiALQ6aZBTOlFYSsyQVxVyYfb8C8KdgGJrf7Orr9T1Q-mkT/s320/Space+saving_office" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652867572325795346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Check out the designs for small spaces at treehugger.com.....</span><a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/34JuJF/www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/making-most-of-small-spaces.php"><span style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >click here</span><br /></a>Helen Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13989219361090097465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294278437550271576.post-69003683222031547282011-07-15T09:52:00.000-07:002011-09-15T09:53:07.876-07:00Inspiration for my market segment.....<span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Whilst flicking through some of my design books in a crave for inspiration, I fell across some products that really appealed to me. The urge for more sent me to their website, find it yourself .....<a href="http://www.minimoderns.com/">click here</a>.</span><br /><br /><br /><img src="file:///Users/helen_ashley5/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3A_1879g0B40ibhvGj0lxj7CJVcEohyphenhyphenon3coALWRTWfe6UoDNL_DoN6uJeKX7hGtfbvy6BoQAefMW405929SwBCLKBpq_By7mu2ZvY40XS_QU6nSXF3NTF9Ie8rpMl1uT2g8FzXMCKM/s1600/300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3A_1879g0B40ibhvGj0lxj7CJVcEohyphenhyphenon3coALWRTWfe6UoDNL_DoN6uJeKX7hGtfbvy6BoQAefMW405929SwBCLKBpq_By7mu2ZvY40XS_QU6nSXF3NTF9Ie8rpMl1uT2g8FzXMCKM/s400/300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615096342193411298" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >This is my idea of a dream...all the beautiful print, fantastic products, and what a market they have. A definite appeal to many.</span>Helen Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13989219361090097465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294278437550271576.post-66618268778947311272011-07-12T09:49:00.000-07:002011-09-15T09:51:01.049-07:00Inspirational Words<span style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >So.....after becoming recently inspired by the graphic design final degree show at NTU, I started to do some research into Typography and found this really interesting video on 'letter press'.</span><br /><br /><span style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" > A small graphic company called studio fire show you how the process works from start to finish. Click </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);" href="http://www.gestalten.tv/motion/studio-fire">here</a><span style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" > to check it out.</span>Helen Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13989219361090097465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294278437550271576.post-45551770531463872462011-06-09T09:51:00.000-07:002011-09-15T09:52:02.856-07:00Proposal Done<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkw5e6Q7xjEzKdH5P9_x1V7B3OQxtbGenkr9aZa9950T93LkXZDphUG7PTqM9fcq5V_Q2IUf6H9KgkpYqsdmo5TltcyAXeyte4szD9PTm6ijKOQves7ooGp-jEZnIxNKsRfK661au8szw/s1600/IMG_1706.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkw5e6Q7xjEzKdH5P9_x1V7B3OQxtbGenkr9aZa9950T93LkXZDphUG7PTqM9fcq5V_Q2IUf6H9KgkpYqsdmo5TltcyAXeyte4szD9PTm6ijKOQves7ooGp-jEZnIxNKsRfK661au8szw/s200/IMG_1706.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616239330381228146" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNLHI-4KiN88M5sF-R7rk3wOMVdGezhjiUViN_4_OIFelkTTcmKa0jc0btqDvBuoDf-PhmQg9QGrF0bSZdrGlT8Ukll2noB80YTZiMUA1F_4Qci1LLjzz3_F9WOQpUDsCW9CTaR5A3s6M/s1600/IMG_2095.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNLHI-4KiN88M5sF-R7rk3wOMVdGezhjiUViN_4_OIFelkTTcmKa0jc0btqDvBuoDf-PhmQg9QGrF0bSZdrGlT8Ukll2noB80YTZiMUA1F_4Qci1LLjzz3_F9WOQpUDsCW9CTaR5A3s6M/s200/IMG_2095.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616239176050502002" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHpI_fRc6Kdr4nlJVOGb0BiNka721VbFdUdOfFsHzb-8ud0Fx4Zv4qalmEH8pznbKD69LF5jCRNFGP968zHxJHtOHa5686V_VbZozfaammpaCki0YSQznrKnxHJrNdHayzCryf0LCd56a/s1600/IMG_2124.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHpI_fRc6Kdr4nlJVOGb0BiNka721VbFdUdOfFsHzb-8ud0Fx4Zv4qalmEH8pznbKD69LF5jCRNFGP968zHxJHtOHa5686V_VbZozfaammpaCki0YSQznrKnxHJrNdHayzCryf0LCd56a/s200/IMG_2124.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616238984340742034" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0PN15LC8qfWb5VMhzabu0frz-XZJtgpPLWumAnA8hN4AKSbjzagTXBHK8c1FtAWL4rxkiKwiO_e-KKbGTIYmrYFXEwvdluDm8RC-3wZEVl9JEXFu30miDaNLuwx0laKI-nUfFHnplsKe/s1600/IMG_2218.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0PN15LC8qfWb5VMhzabu0frz-XZJtgpPLWumAnA8hN4AKSbjzagTXBHK8c1FtAWL4rxkiKwiO_e-KKbGTIYmrYFXEwvdluDm8RC-3wZEVl9JEXFu30miDaNLuwx0laKI-nUfFHnplsKe/s200/IMG_2218.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616238821574154290" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Just sent my proposal for the third year. Scary times.</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Hopefully I know where, how and what I'm going to research. Now I get to start my favorite part.....the drawing.</span><br /><br /><span style=" color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >My recent trip to Milan led me to become inspired by streetlights. They were some much more beautiful than those over here. Therefore it seems an obvious area to start my visual research. </span>Helen Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13989219361090097465noreply@blogger.com