When life hands you lemons...make lemonade.
I had a couple of sour lemons thrown at my face (the company I worked for collapsed with no notice and NO pay)and sure I sulked a little, but i realised this lemonade wasn't going to make itself! It's taken a couple of bad tasting bottles but I'm finally getting on my way to making a drinkable lemony beverage!
Lucy's Lemonade: Bach one (August 2013)
A traditional vintage flavour- bitter sweet and still. Very refreshing and sets the taste buds alive with a proper lemony zing! Not the sweetest of lemonades so best to be drunk in smaller quantities.
I thought that was pretty clever, its not though is it? Its just lame. Anyways...I'm currently interning for Collectif, I'm in my 3rd week of 8 there and am really enjoying it. I was suuuuper shocked to find out that they wanted me to design a print for them for their SS14 collection, I'm only just getting my head around it. I thought I was gonna be the tea girl! I don't want to say too much but I think the photo gives a little glimpse into my world at the moment. It's nice to be inspired again, and drawing! It's a completely different vibe to be drawing for somebody else and for a brief that isn't your own. Of course, if the images I come up with don't work for Collectif they wont put it into production, so thats a tad scary, but as its an unpaid internship (hence the bitterness in the lemonade)it takes the pressure off. I'm enjoying learning the process of how designing works in industry, so if my design doesn't go all the way I've soaked up a lot along the way!
Along with designing, Ive also helped out on the AW13/14 photo shoot. Being part of the behind the scene crew made me fell 1) super fat and ugly because the models are just gorgeous and 2) really pumped to make something of myself. Ive been working closely with the creative director of Collectif, Nicole and seeing her direct a photo shoot made up of garments that she has designed is really inspiring- and she's heavily pregnant!
