I thoroughly enjoyed my placement year. I worked at Shiv Textiles studios for the last 2 months of my placement. Shiv Textiles is an independent small business focusing on upcycling yarn donated from woollen mills that would’ve been thrown into landfills. Shiv Textiles sells blankets and pillows that are handmade by Shiv herself and weaving kits that contain weaving for beginners’ booklets, yarn bundles and weaving tools. She works mainly in her Brighton-based studio, which she shares with an illustrator and good friend, Fred. Primarily, Shiv sells and promotes her brand online, but seasonally, she will set up stalls at craft fairs where she collaborates with other sustainable small businesses to sell her work.
During my placement, my main tasks involved creating & editing Content for Shiv Textiles’ social media, newsletters, and press releases. On my second week of placement, I had the opportunity to plan and photograph a lifestyle shoot inside @sparkandbell’s featured stylish home. I was lucky to have creative freedom within this, meaning I got to plan what blankets and pillows would best photograph in what rooms via mood boards and photographed and edited the final images (fig.1 & 2).