Degree Show favourites...ASAKO ISHIKAWA

Holly and I squealed with excitement when we turned the corner and saw Asako's work: paper things and plastic things and drawings and jewellery and all sorts! Fings wot are colourful and fun!

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Degree Show favourites...TRACEY TUBB

Surface designer for interiors: TRACEY TUBB. I was blown away by these huge paper strips, folded by hand...WOW! 

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Degree Show favourites...CHLOE NEALE

I have selected some of my favourite artists/designers from our degree show. This is artist CHLOE NEALE, who I have admired since year 1. Chloe's pieces are always colourful and very exciting!

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It's coming up...

Only 2 days until our hand in. SH*T! It's hectic to say the least, but in a sick and twisted way I am actually enjoying these last moments at uni. 

So on the 5th June we launch our degree show. This is the poster for the show, designed by Joe Hinder, photograph of Jack Williams' art installation. 

Visit the seaside!

These are but a few snaps from a recent visit to Weston-Super-Mare. They are the beginnings of my final project, which is a poster campaign to encourage people to visit the British seaside. A windy yet fun day was had by all!

A well deserved break...

After months of pulling my hair out and biting my nails my parents thought it was necessary that I take a break for a few days. I couldn't have agreed more, and happily obliged. We went to Le Touquet, a lovely little town on the Northern coast of France. Here I went for windy beach walks, ate some delicious food, and napped like a baby! I also spotted some fantastic easter treats in the windows of local patisseries, like fruits with smiley faces! 

Progress - the result

These are the pieces I exhibited at Progress. They are abstract illustrations in response to newspaper headlines about people affected by the recession. I (painfully) made loads of 3D shapes out of paper and arranged them in a way which illustrated the rise and fall of one man in Essex who lost his job as a paper doilies factory manager, having to give up his £60K household income and survive on £60.50 a week. The other was a representation of the glamourous life of Vegas showgirls working at the Tropicana casino who lost their jobs when the casino was forced to turn off all its' lights forever.