Valley Light Gallery + Jayne-Young = Amazing light fixtures

Last Thursday was a hurry-rush kind of afternoon and I did not get all the time in the gorgeous showroom that I would have liked. I did meet a fascinating lighting designer named Gary Butler out of Newport Beach, Ca., his company is Jayne-Young; http://jayne-young.com/. He & his wife manufacture authentic working pots into beautiful lighting fixtures. The copper pots are from all over the world and are unique, beautiful one of a kind fixtures that will add charm to any room.

Small part of the showroom

Valley Lighting in Scottsdale, AZ has been around forever and the jam packed showroom is sure to please, as they have just about everything! Visit their sight http://www.valleylights.com/ This event showcased their expanded showroom,introduced several lighting designers and provided mini lectures about all latest and greatest lighting trends. The incandescent bulb is becoming a thing of the past & the rising star is LED. The powers at be promise LED is the little engine that could and will be the wave of the future.

CUSTOM DRAPERY COMPLETE!

MASTER BEDROOM FLOOR PLAN

RENDERING OF THE SLIDING DOOR



CURVED WALL WINDOW TREATMENTS
(Still need to dimension this one)

CUSTOM DRAPERY

Lee Jofa Bordeaux Toile- Colour:1621 Sienna & Charcoal


Okay, so far it seems all I post about is my INT 175 custom design. I am also working on INT 285 Portfolio Development and INT 268 Lighting design. Thus far, I don't have anything amazing to post about these classes. I am working on a portfolio that I may post in the future. None the less, lighting and portfolio design are project intensive.


Custom Design drapery project-Elevation Rendering of part of one window.
There is more, this is just the first part I got done. I wish the color reflected the true rendering better. Next post will be the completed project.

GREEN PRODUCT

Eco chic is in vogue and all the teachers make "green" apart of many assignments. Last Semester I took INT 190-SPACE PLANNING and had to make a journal out of all found or recycled materials. I was to journal about all the ways I was personally saving the planet. What this had to do with space planning I did not know. I am pretty sure it was just liberal ideology seeping into the classroom disguised as a project but, I digress. Anyway, I pulled out all the stops on this project and used burlap,cardboard, suede string, and dried latex paint that I had saved from the bottom of plastic bucket. I knew someday I would find a creative use for that paint! I sat at the sewing machine and before I knew it the journal was created. The teacher truly loved it, and no one in the class had seen dried paint used in this manor.

Grade A - Project Board!

I have to share how it never ceases to amaze me how other students come to class with their boards incomplete. Currently it is part of the curriculum to present your work. I am routinely surprised at the students who work feverishly to glue or tape their boards to completion while others are presenting. My pride would never allow me to do such a thing unless there were dyer circumstances and even then I would rather turn it in late and have it done perfectly. The other astonishing thing about the last minute construction of these projects is the students feel like they deserved and A when clearly they did not present an A project. I wonder how these students will get a job and keep it because the devil is in the details!

Nautilus Rug

 

Progress on the rug for my custom design class.Color pencil on computer paper.Design Board due this Thursday. Will post when complete.

Yes! I rendered my blog header!

For the record, I did the header on my blog as an assignment a few semesters ago in the Drawing & Rendering class. The class was very challenging for me. There were more than a hand full of great, skilled artists in the class and I was not able to draw much past a stick person. I did learn a few things and I am proud of what I learned and accomplished. I did not do much art in school and drawing is not my strongest suite. I would like to say that one can always learn! I still have a lot to learn.
Go forth and draw!

Karen

Preliminary Sketches for Custom Rug

Shells and seaweed quickly sketched on computer paper!

The large Nautilus shells repeat an accessory in the small massage room. I like this design the best so far but it needs work. I like the rhythm!I feel it has the best potential.

I think this design might turn out like a large blob in the middle of the room.



The next part of the design, sizing, naming and writing a design statement.

INSPIRATION IS HERE!

Designer Wendi Young's rest & recharge space

Sherwin Williams 2010 Palette " Treasured"

The first part of my custom rug assignment was to search for a magazine picture for inspiration and direction, as if I had a client and a space to work with. I wanted a room with a blank slate, one that I could put my own stamp on. I found inspiration from the October 09 issue of Traditional Home Magazine in Designer Wendi Young's island Colonial style home. The rug I am designing is for small room off the master bath on the way to the dressing room. The day bed is a massage table in disguise! The rug in the picture is non-descript and I plan to use the above yarns that correspond to The Sherwin Williams palette named Treasured. It feels like the colors will flow with the rest of the house in the article. I am working on three designs and will choose one to take further into the design process. Sometime in the future I plan to post another project I did last semester where the same color palette was used.

Wish me LUCK! Karen