The exterior of my new (shared)premises being painted on Gateshead High-street
Its fair to say Ive neglected my Blog over the past few months! Sorry folks, I was a little busy graduating, giving birth and setting up a new business!!! (Dont try this at home). However, now that I have my lovely new studio in Gateshead, I’m ready to get stuck into some good, hard graft again and keep you updated with everything thats going on around me! I promise!
I was lucky enough to be granted a new studio space by Gateshead Council through the Starter for Ten scheme. This was set up to promote creativity in Gateshead and also help to regenerate the dilapidated south end of the High-street by refurbishing a dis-used old building and filling it with creative entrepreneurs!
There are twelve business sharing the building(see photo above), covering different practices such as graphic design, photography, film making, textile design, fine art, architecture and lighting design. So there’s definitely a good mix of people and were all starting to get a long like a house on fire! Its a really nice open space with alot of light coming in through the huge windows.
Were busy moving in at the moment and planning a launch party in late November, where also working on some pretty snazzy vinyl designs for our windows which will hopefully catch peoples eye and brighten up the building. We decided to name our building ‘The Shed’ as a reference to its former use as a BEDSHED store and also just because we liked the name and it kind of stuck! I’m hopefully moving in fully this week and will begin designing my first wallpaper collection which is going to be for kids, with a view to printing and marketing it late next year (these things take time!) Watch this space……….
