My adventure to Hong Kong for the International Design Competition
After winning the UK heat of the Society of Dyers and Colourists International Design Competition the final was to take place in Hong Kong at the beginning of December. It was a busy time as I’m now in my final year at DJCAD and the week I returned was to be the assessment and presentation week. It was so exciting though, the itinerary was very full and Angela at the SDC had kept us well informed of all that was happening, so it was a cold -5 degrees and very frosty morning Jim and I set off for Glasgow Airport to catch the first leg of our flight to Dubai. 
Landing in Dubai where it was warm and very busy and here was our next plane to Hong Kong
very many Emirates planes all in rows!!
and rows
and more rows
good bye Dubai and hello Hong Kong
with an eight hour time difference and no sleep we were extremely sleepy by now
but we met with Tracy from SDC who is the Marketing and Communications Director
at the airport and made our way to the hotel
huge docks with row after row of shipping containers
all amazing colours
Our hotel The Royal Pacific and Towers
After settling in to our room
we had a quick change and then met some of the group for our
evening meal at a local restaurant where I soon learned that if I was
to eat I had to master chop sticks
After eating we went for a walk with the group to see the laser light
show, the colours and the reflections in the water were incredible
My little camera didn’t do them justice
dancing lights!
After a little sleep and a great breakfast the group met to go and
visit Central Textiles, yarn and denim specialists.
Central Textiles in Zhanjiang a city in China spins the yarn
and this is sent onto Hong Kong for dyeing with indigo.
They produce 9.4 million lbs a month and create 3 million yards of denim for
the clothing companies such as Gap Abercrombie and Fitch, Levis and Guess
This is their VSEP treat system
Vibratory Shear Enhance Process
Yarn is spun in China
indigo dyeing
indigo dyed floor
washing the yarn
testing area
the Vibratory Shear Enhance Process
is a filter system so the water can be reused in the dyeing process
and the excess indigo is collected and reused too
at Central Textile sales office listening to how the
cloth is used
special finishes
Wow! What an experience and some wonderful lifelong memories! Congratulations again on your wonderful achievements and I love the red shoes
Reblogged this on SDC – Graham Clayton's Blog.
Looks like you had an amazing time. A huge congratulations to you
Hi Jade it was amazing thank you very much
Great to see your photos and read your blog, Judy. As of today, we’ve just posted a couple of photo galleries from Hong Kong on the SDC website (http://www.sdc.org.uk/en/about-us/gallery/index.cfm).