 Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard and it's like I feel like everyone has this like creative talent But you also have to have that discipline sort of like create your path in your experience My name is Diana Speartu. I graduated from Emily Carr. I Have my own ceramic studio and I work at Herschel the time I spent at Emily Carr was a Period of growth for me. It was just a really inspirational academic experience. I Learned that I can take my ideas anywhere and my ideas can take me everywhere So Emily Carr helped me to create those opportunities for myself And I feel like those opportunities still follow me to this day What makes my practice unique is Like having two different worlds that are are emerging because of the methodology that I use and Applying it to two different practices the clay world and soft product. I think the connections I made at Emily Carr Shaped my life in like several meaningful ways. I have had like a really strong network of colleagues that have Supported me and sort of endorsed me for different career opportunities and that's how I ended up at Herschel So my process at Herschel would include Working closely with the design team. They'll come to me with a sketch or like a spec drawing for a new bag And then we'll make a I'll make a paper model out of it So that allows us to do like a quick Exploration of the shape we can do quick changes to dimension and then from there for happy We'll go ahead and I'll pattern it and I'll make it out of fabric Every day brings new challenges whether it's can we scale the silhouette so that Like the opening of the bag is larger What can we add to this to make it more functional or what can we pair down to make it like a clean and modern Silhouette so like every day is different. I Found that my design can Empower people I can work closely with someone and they can inform the project as well It's not just about me and like what I can create. It's like working together