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The Gane Trust Development Award
An exploration of my creative process in making The Book of Books, the final piece for Colours of the Silk Road. Supported by the Gane Trust Development Award.
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Oct 17, 20254 min read
Reflecting on My Summer Scholarship with UWE Student Ventures
As I write this, I’ve just returned from the closing celebration of the UWE Student Ventures Summer Scholarship, eight weeks that have...
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Aug 4, 20254 min read
New Designers
Our final degree show as BA Illustration students took us to New Designers at the Business Design Centre in Islington, our third and...
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Jul 16, 20253 min read
Extended study
Building my final project, Colours of the Silk road and my response to D&AD's Live Brief from The Original Morris and Co
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May 31, 202510 min read
Professional Practice
Commissions Designing the UWE Greetings Card. Through New wave Agency I collaborated with another student to design the UWE Christmas...
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May 1, 20256 min read
The Strawberry Thief
Discover the story behind The Strawberry Thief, the inspiration behind William Morris's iconic pattern.
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Mar 8, 20254 min read
Medieval Manuscript Project
This project began with a deep passion for medieval manuscripts. I had been creating manuscript-inspired art pieces and wanted to expand...
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Jan 14, 202515 min read
Nonsense Poems
Illustrating the Impossible: A Journey Through Nonsense Poetry My journey into nonsense poetry began in a writing course with Julia...
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Nov 4, 20248 min read
Hong Kong Travel Journal
This post chronicles the 2024 trip to Hong Kong, which was a cultural exchange between UWE students and students from HKDI. I am...
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Jul 18, 20245 min read
Visual Narratives
zinezilla To start off this module, I attended Zinezilla, a local comic and zine fair in Bristol. My aim was to find inspiration for...
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Apr 29, 20247 min read
Botanic Gardens Sculpture Trail
What an incredible weekend it was! Participating in this year's sculpture festival at the University of Bristol's botanic gardens was so...
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Apr 2, 20241 min read
Professional Practice
Exploring local artspaces, forming Mayu Collective and creating a Dali inspired installation exhibition!
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Feb 14, 202413 min read
Word and Image
The summer project Brief: To create a soundscape inspired by a piece of prose. My chosen prose: I've... seen things you people wouldn't...
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Jan 2, 202411 min read
Feeling Sluggish. Poetic Science - Process and Practice
The Brief! To create a response piece to the concept words of: Poetic Science In my preliminary exploration, I delved into the works of...
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Dec 18, 20238 min read
Visual Essay
Mini Brief 1. Deliberately Lost For mini brief 1, "Deliberately Lost," I teamed up with a group of fellow students to embark on an...
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Apr 29, 202333 min read
The Doorway Series
Throughout my life, I've been endlessly captivated by doorways. They possess a mystique all their own, for they serve as the initial...
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Apr 13, 20232 min read
Narrative and Sequence - Artist's books
At the beginning of this module, I began to challenge the conventional definition of what constitutes a book. During one of our...
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Mar 19, 202310 min read
Professional Practice Part B
"Exploring the Supernatural World of Bioluminescent Mushrooms" Mushrooms have long been shrouded in mystery and folklore, with many...
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Jan 23, 20236 min read
GIF workshop
GIF blog For the GIF workshop we had to create animated GIF’s from a random series of prompts. I received warm and drop. Here is the GIF...
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Dec 31, 20221 min read
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