June 2012
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New Designers Exhibition
This week I’m taking part in a large-scale industry exhibition in Islington London. It’s called New Designers and for two weeks, there will be 3500 creative graduates all under one roof at the Business Design Centre. It’s an annual event and it’s aimed at propelling art/craft graduates into the limelight for a short period in order to get themselves started in their chosen...
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"Diamonds...what on earth is going on?" →
This is a link to a fantastic blog post by Ethical Jeweller and activist Greg Valerio. He talks about the current problems associated with the unravelling Kimberley Process diamond certification scheme. Not everyone is interested in diamonds, but I personally think everyone who is wearing one should read this and take an interest in the fact that small-scale miners are being arrested, beaten,...
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Beginnings.
It’s the end of an era for me. I finished university at the end of last week and now I’m at the beginning of a new career. I will absolutely miss the thriving creative environment of uni and the amazing people I met. But also I’m looking forward to just getting on with what I want to do, forging what will hopefully be a long career, doing what I love.
Next week I’m...
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TOOTSIEVALENTINE RELAUNCHES!!!!!
Today Tootsievalentine relaunched!
I had my **last** assessments at uni earlier, which means I am now officially done!!!
I have attached a promotional picture of some of my work. If you’d like to see the rest of it please do pop over to my relaunched website….www.tootsievalentine.com (lest you forget!) and have a peek. It’s my graduate collection which will be exhibited as of tomorrow.
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The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal
Last week I received a really lovely surprise. I was awarded a Queen’s Jubilee Medal for services to the Emergency Services. I had no idea I was getting one. I’ve never received a medal before! Up until the 30th April this year, I had been a Paramedic for 12 years. Five weeks ago I left the ambulance service for good, but nonetheless I had already been awarded a medal in this UK...
