Guineapigs in tabbards
on Sep 29, 2009Day two of the RCA, lots more tours and being shown around all the lovely knitting machines! It feels strange being somewhere new, there's SO much to take in, but very exciting! Tomorrow we get our first project brief, but tonight i need to ke...

Back to School..
on Sep 28, 2009Today I enrolled for my MA at The RCA, and so it begins.. Not too much to report as of yet though other than nerves I have about what is to come, a summer project crit on Thursday and judging by the two timetables I've got (one for menswear, a...

The Results are in!
on Jul 21, 2009This is a very short update just to let you know that this week I found out I achieved a 1st in my degree! Yay! I am now officially Hanzipan BA Hons!

Cuddlyness for all!
on Jul 19, 2009At the moment I'm really busy working on.. a mini collection for River Island! It's based around my collection from Graduate Fashion Week, 'You'll Grow Into It', but with a few nice seasonal surprises and should be due in their stores around christma...

Goin Up North!
on Jun 23, 2009 in Things i make Collection Sketchbook Snippets With my portfolio coming together (the above is a new illustration, hot off the press!) I am getting rather excited about being able to return up North as often as I like over the next few months! Bring on the Black Pudding, flat caps, pigeon sheds a...

Replacing Knitting Needles for Pritt Stick and Crayons!
on Jun 17, 2009 in Collection Sketchbook Snippets At the moment I'm currently spending my days with colouring pencils, paper and scissors, cutting out and putting together things for my portfolio. Its quite nice as I haven't had chance to sit down and do this for a while and I forgot how much I enjo...

Dogs with Blogs!
on Jun 17, 2009In a distracted hour away from my scissors and paper portfolio concocting, I came across a new fact - some Guineapigs have blogs! Ponderings of Two Guineapigs is updated regularly by Ginger (seen below) and Wiggly, and in recent news not only did th...

Mary Portas - Queen of Charity Shops!
on Jun 16, 2009 in Interesting Finds A little while ago the good old Mary Portas came to Ravensbourne to speak to some of us fashion students to see if we could help her assisting with a re-vamp of a charity shop in Orpington.I found this delightful screenshot of Mary stood next to a Ha...

Slow Knitting
on Jun 14, 2009 in Fun Collection The lovely Jojo caught Slow Loris in the act, enjoying the Nigel guineapig jumper a little bit too much! I think it suits him.If you haven't seen Slow Loris before then you should have a look at him below!

Guineapigs in Windows!
on Jun 14, 2009 in Things i make Collection After being part of the Gala show at Graduate Fashion Week, I was contacted by River Island to say they would like to put my collection on display in one of their shop windows for a week after recieveing a special mention in the awards ceremony. And...