Here you can find the blog I kept whilst completing my degree in Decorative Arts at Nottingham Trent University 2008.
It is in reverse story order.
The newest is first.
i... 03/08/08
i got in for SELECTION 50 of the best new designers!
it ends on my birthday too, so it's going to be even better.
http://www.newdesigners.com/selection
sooo. i will have some work at:
New Designers SELECTION
18 – 21 SEPTEMBER 2008
Village Underground, Shoreditch
For the fifth year running New Designers SELECTION brings together an outstanding group of 50 young designers who have been selected from across the New Designers event in July 2008 at the Business Design Centre and from its design directory; newdesignersonline.co.uk.
In addition, showcasing the very best in young design excellence, New Designers and Bombay Sapphire are co-locating their events to create a key highlight of this year’s London Design Festival. The event will be staged in the fabulous Village Underground, situated in one of London’s key creative districts; Shoreditch.
Bombay Sapphire will feature the best martini cocktail glass designs by emerging designers from around the world. Finalists from 21 countries will compete as part of the BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Designer Glass Competition for the £10,000 main prize.
teehee heeeeee.
xxx
it ends on my birthday too, so it's going to be even better.
http://www.newdesigners.com/selection
sooo. i will have some work at:
New Designers SELECTION
18 – 21 SEPTEMBER 2008
Village Underground, Shoreditch
For the fifth year running New Designers SELECTION brings together an outstanding group of 50 young designers who have been selected from across the New Designers event in July 2008 at the Business Design Centre and from its design directory; newdesignersonline.co.uk.
In addition, showcasing the very best in young design excellence, New Designers and Bombay Sapphire are co-locating their events to create a key highlight of this year’s London Design Festival. The event will be staged in the fabulous Village Underground, situated in one of London’s key creative districts; Shoreditch.
Bombay Sapphire will feature the best martini cocktail glass designs by emerging designers from around the world. Finalists from 21 countries will compete as part of the BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Designer Glass Competition for the £10,000 main prize.
teehee heeeeee.
xxx
cath kidston, pretty cool!
learn to be...
"Learn to be poor yet dedicated, forever. Step away from the computer every chance you can and learn how to be flexible as an artist/designer. Learn art history, color theory, grid systems, typography, photography, and illustration. Work with other artists/designers around you. We all learn from one another. Education is everything, but the institution isn't. School is great, but retaining information is better. With that said, Art School is great for some and a waiting room for others. It's certainly not a requirement to be an artist. Once you have a knowledge base, the world is yours."
-Jacob Bannon
-Jacob Bannon
Images for New Designers 50 of the best 24/07/08
Images for my application for New Designers 50 of the Best exhibiton in Sept.
Questions for marketing...20/07/08
Questions for uni marketing people....
- What do you enjoy most about the course? The diversity of materials. Decorative Arts is great for experimenting, I enjoyed being able to choose between a range of materials to use to get my message across. I really enjoyed screen printing whenever I got chance, and enjoyed bringing screen printed enamels into my ceramic process. Specialising in ceramics has been the best part about the course for me, specialising in a demanding and time consuming material, for such a short space of time has been very trying at times, but ultimately worth it. I have enjoyed using ceramics as a medium to get my ideas out. I have also enjoyed being a student Rep and organising and designing our final show brochure.
- What is Nottingham Trent University Like? Nottingham Trent Uni is hull of colourful and interesting people, and the final shows illustrate it is also a hubb for colourful and interesting ideas. There are a lot of oppourtunities at the Uni, some obvious ones and some which you have to work hard at and push to get the results you want. There's a lot going on at Trent Uni, and there's a lot of great facilites which can be explored and used to your advantage. Even after three years, there's still a load of facilities I wish I still had the chance to use!
- Tell us about your work/ideas behind it/inspiration.
I use ceramics as a medium to express my ideas, and though I don't see myself solely as a ceramicist, I do love using the material, glazes and enamels to express my ideas.
I also use bright, clean colours to demonstrate a different way ceramics can be used, to try and get away from the traditional stereotype of ceramics.
I love using my chunky ceramic pieces as a tool to express the ideas I have about questioning function, consumerism and beauty. There is a darker element to my pots, which isn't instantly obvious to the audience. I love seeing the reactions people have when they read the slogans on my pots. Some tut, some empathise, some people relate to them, some chuckle, others just look at them wierdly. The slogans can be taken in many different ways and interpreted into so many different things and I love that interaction with the audience.
There's quite a faceless naivety in the pots simple form, it's not obvious at first but the pots are an extension of a series of illustrations based on emotions, feelings and day to day troubles, expereinced by me and other people. There's more depth to them than first meets the eye, and often stem from a lot of raw emotion, be it love, anger, envy, jealousy, shame, bitterness, happiness. Each pot has it's own character, and the slogan emblazed on it's front is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to that pots feelings. The pots are representational of feelings and are a phsyical result of them.
'My ceramic pieces are an extension of a series of illustrations based on
shape, form and text. Their bulkiness and size questions the role of the
‘pot’ in an interior setting.
Each pot carries a sentence, which represents a section of the illustrated
narrative from which they sprung.
These pots say what you didn’t have the guts to say.
Or the things that some people find so hard to express at times.
'
- This year's highlight/achievement? Completeing the DART final show Brochure, I felt was a huge success and I'm really pleased I managed to squeeze the extra hours in to get the design work and organsing for that done. It felt great getting thousands of them back from the printers! I am really pleased Imanaged to do that extra work and still get a grade i am really proud of. However the biggest and most suprising achievement has been being awarded a prize at New Designers. I wonthe Pulse award, which has been just fantastic. I have won a space at Pulse 2009, at Earls Court, on the Launch Pad, upcoming talent section, which is incredible, and also I have won some sponsorship towards setting up business/development.
- Plans for the future? I was already planning on setting up a studio in Nottingham with fellow DART ceramiscist Kath Crook, so we can carry on making and don't ever stop! And now I have been given these fantastic oppourtunites from Pulse, I can do it bigger, better and faster than I was planning originally. I also have the Pulse design exhibition to work towards next summer at Earls Court and I have been invited to exhibit my work in a few upcoming exhibitions too. I can't wait to get making again and devlop my ideas and range of work.
- What do you enjoy most about the course? The diversity of materials. Decorative Arts is great for experimenting, I enjoyed being able to choose between a range of materials to use to get my message across. I really enjoyed screen printing whenever I got chance, and enjoyed bringing screen printed enamels into my ceramic process. Specialising in ceramics has been the best part about the course for me, specialising in a demanding and time consuming material, for such a short space of time has been very trying at times, but ultimately worth it. I have enjoyed using ceramics as a medium to get my ideas out. I have also enjoyed being a student Rep and organising and designing our final show brochure.
- What is Nottingham Trent University Like? Nottingham Trent Uni is hull of colourful and interesting people, and the final shows illustrate it is also a hubb for colourful and interesting ideas. There are a lot of oppourtunities at the Uni, some obvious ones and some which you have to work hard at and push to get the results you want. There's a lot going on at Trent Uni, and there's a lot of great facilites which can be explored and used to your advantage. Even after three years, there's still a load of facilities I wish I still had the chance to use!
- Tell us about your work/ideas behind it/inspiration.
I use ceramics as a medium to express my ideas, and though I don't see myself solely as a ceramicist, I do love using the material, glazes and enamels to express my ideas.
I also use bright, clean colours to demonstrate a different way ceramics can be used, to try and get away from the traditional stereotype of ceramics.
I love using my chunky ceramic pieces as a tool to express the ideas I have about questioning function, consumerism and beauty. There is a darker element to my pots, which isn't instantly obvious to the audience. I love seeing the reactions people have when they read the slogans on my pots. Some tut, some empathise, some people relate to them, some chuckle, others just look at them wierdly. The slogans can be taken in many different ways and interpreted into so many different things and I love that interaction with the audience.
There's quite a faceless naivety in the pots simple form, it's not obvious at first but the pots are an extension of a series of illustrations based on emotions, feelings and day to day troubles, expereinced by me and other people. There's more depth to them than first meets the eye, and often stem from a lot of raw emotion, be it love, anger, envy, jealousy, shame, bitterness, happiness. Each pot has it's own character, and the slogan emblazed on it's front is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to that pots feelings. The pots are representational of feelings and are a phsyical result of them.
'My ceramic pieces are an extension of a series of illustrations based on
shape, form and text. Their bulkiness and size questions the role of the
‘pot’ in an interior setting.
Each pot carries a sentence, which represents a section of the illustrated
narrative from which they sprung.
These pots say what you didn’t have the guts to say.
Or the things that some people find so hard to express at times.
'
- This year's highlight/achievement? Completeing the DART final show Brochure, I felt was a huge success and I'm really pleased I managed to squeeze the extra hours in to get the design work and organsing for that done. It felt great getting thousands of them back from the printers! I am really pleased Imanaged to do that extra work and still get a grade i am really proud of. However the biggest and most suprising achievement has been being awarded a prize at New Designers. I wonthe Pulse award, which has been just fantastic. I have won a space at Pulse 2009, at Earls Court, on the Launch Pad, upcoming talent section, which is incredible, and also I have won some sponsorship towards setting up business/development.
- Plans for the future? I was already planning on setting up a studio in Nottingham with fellow DART ceramiscist Kath Crook, so we can carry on making and don't ever stop! And now I have been given these fantastic oppourtunites from Pulse, I can do it bigger, better and faster than I was planning originally. I also have the Pulse design exhibition to work towards next summer at Earls Court and I have been invited to exhibit my work in a few upcoming exhibitions too. I can't wait to get making again and devlop my ideas and range of work.
New Designers 08/07/08
New Designers went much better than I could have ever imagined!
I won the Pulse award! Which is just crazy and so, so good. They give me a £1000 busary to help set up, which is just fantastic and will be such great help for the studio. And I get a £1000 worth of stand at Pulse, at Earls Court next year!
Kath Kidson gave me my award. My sponsors are so helpful and lovely. And new Designers was tiring but a total blast!
Whoop!
x
I won the Pulse award! Which is just crazy and so, so good. They give me a £1000 busary to help set up, which is just fantastic and will be such great help for the studio. And I get a £1000 worth of stand at Pulse, at Earls Court next year!
Kath Kidson gave me my award. My sponsors are so helpful and lovely. And new Designers was tiring but a total blast!
Whoop!
x
rufford and new designers 30/06/08
This weekend has been exhuasting but great.
Showed my work at Rufford International Ceramic Show. It was a great experience.. and four of us camped for two nights too! Photos up next week.
Today I am off to London town, as my work is going to be at New Designers at the Design Business Centre in Islington, open to the public on thurs-sun.
www.newdesigners.com
Here's some pics from my degree show and others...
Showed my work at Rufford International Ceramic Show. It was a great experience.. and four of us camped for two nights too! Photos up next week.
Today I am off to London town, as my work is going to be at New Designers at the Design Business Centre in Islington, open to the public on thurs-sun.
www.newdesigners.com
Here's some pics from my degree show and others...
who do you think you are? 01/06/08
slogan pots.
final show.
nearly finished.
never finished.
there for all to see.
final show.
nearly finished.
never finished.
there for all to see.
ceramics, illustration, text and life. unfortunat... 26/05/08
ceramics, illustration, text and life.
unfortuently.
unfortuently.
Final show booklet statement 19/05/08
My ceramic pieces are an extension of a series of illustrations based on
shape, form and text. Their bulkiness and size questions the role of the
‘pot’ in an interior setting.
Each pot carries a sentence, which represents a section of the illustrated
narrative from which they sprung.
These pots say what you didn’t have the guts to say.
Or the things that some people find so hard to express at times.
also check out the new DART blog http://www.decorative-arts-graduates.blogspot.com/
shape, form and text. Their bulkiness and size questions the role of the
‘pot’ in an interior setting.
Each pot carries a sentence, which represents a section of the illustrated
narrative from which they sprung.
These pots say what you didn’t have the guts to say.
Or the things that some people find so hard to express at times.
also check out the new DART blog http://www.decorative-arts-graduates.blogspot.com/
Old explosion 17/05/08
I've just realised I don't think I ever posted this picture of my exploded pots.
It was apparently not my fault.
Which, yes I agree, is a suprise.
The kiln was set wrong and they fired too fast.
(It's not my fault.
it's your fault.
It's her fault.
It's their fault.
it's my fault.)
This was around easter time. And basically set me back about two weeks or something silly. Oh well! I got over it.
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