artsy fartsy.

Hey guys! I haven't updated in the longest while... been really busy and not that motivated. However, here I am.




Now some of you that know me, know that I dream of becoming a fashion designer some day. And so to reach that dream I've been attending a short course on textile printing at university. Even though I do find it a little basic, it's really fun!

This print in purple above was the first one that I'd ever done. I used a pre- mixed purple dye, and some cut outs of flower shapes to achieve this. 

The two above are the second prints that I did. I was strapped for inspiration, and so I just used Hangul! ^^ Thankyou Korea, for taking up most of my free time haha. I sketched out the characters on tracing paper, and then using carbon paper I made a stencil. I then used three different dyes to achieve this look. The top one was just inspired by my Caribbean heritage.... the second was just whichever dyes I could get my hands on.

The above textile print was achieved with batik. Batik, or wax resist is done by making patterns with hot wax, then allowing to to dry and staining the fabric with dyes. It was really fun to do, but I burned myself on the hot wax. FAIL.

I have a few other prints which I left on campus, like the dunce I am. I'll show you soon.

Next session, I'm going to try and do another print as an example that I can use for my brand! ^^ I want to do something Caribbean inspired. I'll keep you posted.

Ash x

midweek blues

I spent most of today procrastinating. Mainly because I was recovering from a hangover but yeah haha. We went out last night, but I only left the house because it was a friend's birthday so I went out to celebrate.


On Monday I took out my hair. I have never, ever been so glad to undo canerows/ cornrows- what ever you wanna call them. My head itched, hair was very greasy, dirty, and smelly. I hadn't washed it in three weeks! agh. That's the longest ever I've gone.

Above is what my hair looked like in the beginning.

I've  become a bit of a "natural hair" enthusiast over the past year. For those of you ho haven't a clue what I'm on about, basically, in the black community a lot of women have decided to stop chemically altering the texture of their hair and just rock what they were born with! ^^

It involves styling the hair and taking care of it to ensure that it grows healthily. I got zig- zag canerows cos I wanted something different this time. Previously I had them going all back.

So after undoing my filthy bush (above), I made up a deep conditioner:

The above mix was made up of Tresemme Split Remedy Conditioner, Wilko own brand conditioner, honey, argan oil, almond oil and castor oil. It looks and sounds like a dessert! aha! I applied that to my hair, and then tied two carrier bags over it, and then put a hat on and left it for 30 mins.

I have never enjoyed having clean hair so much. It was lush. Next week I'm gonna get my sides shaved and possibly canerows again, but I might leave that till the week after.

Today I did nothing. Woke up, got ready and rolled straight into KFC. That 2 Piece Variety Meal was HEAVEN.  I really need to start being more productive with my days. I have two weeks to complete an essay, 4 weeks to re-do a piece of coursework that I failed and 2 months the do another project. My priorities are a mess! And on top of that I'm trying to get in shape for summer, and learn Korean & Japanese. FAIL!

However, I had done something that will be useful to me in the future.

I'm gonna make some flashcards to help me learn Korean! (And Japanese too, but I'm gonna focus on Korean atm) I want to start with Hangul. Then move onto grammar etc. Actually really excited!

Ash x