[this post is the seventh in a series of guest posts we'll be sharing from our summer correspondent in copenhagen, brittany watson]

Hi folks, After 6 weeks of often little sleep, constant travels, and definitely lots of printing we showed our digital textile prints at the final exhibition of the Danish Institute of Study Abroad students this past week held at the Royal Academy of Architecture. Can I please let out a little sigh of relief please? Sigh. Thanks, much better. We were joined by the architecture/interior design and furniture design students and it was pretty stellar if I do say so myself. Six weeks is a short amount of time to pack in four printing processes and a final show, but it was all worth it. Well, you decide. Thankfully, I’m here for a couple more weeks soaking in all things Scandinavian before it’s back to Washington, DC to start school again. In other words, this isn’t the last of me quite yet! -b. [image above: Just a few of my awesome fellow textile design classmates: Sarah Griner, Katie Chappuis, Natalie Apuzzo, me, Amanda Barnes, and Shif Whiteman.]

Paying homage to my Danish ancestry, I dubbed my final print “Watsonville.” I began with the shape of a family tree and added buildings rotated along a central axis and then breaking off into “branches.” Many of the buildings are iconic Copenhagen structures, confirming the notion that cities, like people and families, are living, breathing, and constantly evolving/revolving over time. I kept my test prints in a book I made with a contrasting green fabric and added two more books, one for sketches and the other for products I made with my print using Photoshop.

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when i was a junior in college i studied abroad in london for a summer. i had the brilliant idea to take a series of art classes that were focused on drawing outdoors when clearly a british summer doesn’t allow for much of that. looking back on my rain-filled summer (spent indoors sketching whatever cans, boxes and flowers we could find) i regret not taking advantage of some of the incredible classes that were offered at other universities there- especially central st. martins college. so i was excited to hear from recent central st. martins grad maria gil ulldemolins about the work she just debuted as part of her degree show.

as part of her product design major maria created the beautiful collection of “bloom stools” above. inspired by the idea of craft in the 21st century, maria set out to mix hand-drawn patterns with laser-cutting technology. using sturdy acrylic as her main material, maria created this rainbow of seats that would be perfect for residential or commercial projects.

maria also created this adorable frame for children’s artwork. the roll of paper at the top is attached and you can simply pull a clean patch into place when you’re ready to swap out your drawing. can’t beat that orla kiely paper in the back either. if you’d like to see more of maria’s work (or contact her) just click here.

[finalist #9: paige smith]

-paige is a senior studying fibers at the savannah college of art and design (those are her pattern designs above)
-click here for more of paige’s work
-click here to vote for paige smith (voting opens at 1pm)

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[finalist #10: zena pesta]

-zena is an undergraduate studying ceramics at the cleveland institute of art
-click here for more of zena’s work
-click here to vote for zena pesta (voting opens at 1pm)

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[finalist #11: sharon levy]

-sharon is a junior at the art center college of design
-click here for more of sharon’s work
-click here to vote for sharon levy (voting opens at 1pm)

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[finalist #12: reina takahashi]

-reina takahashi is studying communication/graphic design at carnegie mellon university
-click here and here for more of reina’s work
-click here to vote for reina takahashi (voting opens at 1pm)

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[finalist #7: meg boling]

-meg is a senior at the university of georgia
-click here for more of meg’s work
-click here to vote for meg boling (voting will open at 1pm)

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[finalist #8: jamie karoses]

-jamie is a senior studying graphic design and print making at the university of wisconsin stevens point
-click here and here for more of jamie’s work
-click here to vote for jamie karoses (voting will open at 1pm)

[finalist #5: julia bonnell]

-julia is a sophomore studying furniture design at the sheridan institute
-click here to view more of julia’s work
-click here to vote for julia bonnell (voting will open at 1pm)

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[finalist #6: katie jung]

-katie is a senior at concordia university (the images above are her weavings)
-click here to view more of katie’s work
-click here to vote for katie jung (voting will open at 1pm)

[finalist #3: chris wronski]

-chris is a freshman studying industrial design at the savannah college of art and design
-click here to view more of chris’s work
-click here to vote for chris wronski (voting will open at 1pm)

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[finalist #4: talia bromstad]

-talia is a junior studying printmaking and book arts at the university of georgia
-click here to view more of talia’s work
-click here to vote for talia bromstad (voting will open at 1pm)

sifting through nearly 2,000 applicants for this year’s scholarship was a herculean task. i was completely bowled over by the talent and thoughtfulness of each applicant. to narrow this group down to a top eleven twelve would only have been possible with the help and input of our judging panel: the d*s staff (contributing writers and ad team) and this year’s scholarship sponsors: domino magazine, 2modern, and paper studio. we narrowed it to a top ten and i had to add one two more candidate that i felt really deserved to be in the final round. 2 finalists will be introduced every hour until 1pm, at which point the voting survey will become active and votes will be recorded. voting will continue until 10pm next thursday, may 22. and our winners will be announced the next day, friday may 23. and now, for our first two finalists- drumroll please…..

[finalist #1: chelsea walkenhorst]

-chelsea is a junior studying interior design at utah state university
-click here to view more of chelsea’s work.
-click here to vote for chelsea walkenhorst (voting will open at 1pm)

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[finalist #2: yeawon kim]

-yaewon is a senior studying textile design at the ontario college of art & design
-click here to view more of yaewon’s work.
-Click click here to vote for yaewon kim (voting will open at 1pm)