So after School I decided to go on to further education and do a foundation course. This taught me many different types of design that I could possibly look towards, such as graphics, textiles, architecture.....etc
I tried each kind and still it was jewellery that I was excelling towards. I just love to design on a small scale, and think up new ideas that will be noticed by others. It worked for me every time, and within each new design I would feel a great accomplishment.
So after the foundation course I then got a place at Sheffield Hallam University studying a course of 'Metalwork and Jewellery Design'. This was a very intense three year course. I would work from 9 in the morning till 6 in the evening most days. Lets just say the student night life was rare and far between for me. I would say that I was one of the more time consuming workers, but very ambitious with it. I was never happy with my work and was constantly trying to improve and change it but sometimes this would only make it worse and it would end up in the bin or even wrapped around a polisher (that was not a good day!).
I finally graduated with a rewarding 2:1 that I feel was totally deserved. However I would have loved a 1st but I don't know anyone who has obtained this within Jewellery as I think one has to be the ultimate genius designer to get a grade like this.
So after three hard years I was finally at a stage where I though I would be able to go it alone into the world of WORK.
But was I?
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