Dear Shaded Viewers,
DP: How did you get started?
NS:I was always constructing things and making stuff as a child and following school I did a degree in decorative arts. One of the projects was to make lampshades out of wire and tissue paper and this lead on to making a hat for someone, which went to a wedding, got noticed, and I made some more, had an exhibition, did a performance based installation, so when I graduated I thought I would need to get some proper experience. I had a friend who introduced me to the work of Dai Reece and Philip Treacy which completely blew me away, so I got a bit of training . I’d barely picked up a needle at this point, I was happier with a soldering iron!). I got a work placement with Dai, and then a job, and worked with them on their first catwalk show, they focused on clothes so I went to Stephen Jones. I had always wanted to do my own work and while I was at Stephen’s I applied to the RCA and got in.
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