Final Pieces!

Some of the final pieces for my latest project are now out the kiln, here's a sneak peek! Visit the 'Personal Exploration' page for more on how I made them!

Searching for Inspiration in London...

I spent the first few days of this term in London visiting various design hotspots. Particular favourites were the Design Museum, CAA and the Cecilia Colman Gallery. The Cecilia Colman Gallery was a delightful little gallery in St. John's Wood with an array of ceramics, glass and jewellery. Below are some photos from the trip. 

Final Glass and Ceramic Leaves

A Spot of Life Drawing

Today we had life drawing exploring light and dark. Just drawing the light or dark areas was a new method for me, however it was one I found rather enjoyable!

Home At Last!

I finally arrived home late Sunday night, what a month! It was one of the most incredible month of my life, but also the toughest and coldest by far! (below -20'C at times!)

Despite being the only competitors from a country that doesn't normally have much snow we did really well! We got awarded a Second Prize in the Harbin International University Snow Sculpture Competition with our sculpture 'The Antithesis'. The sculpture depicted the amount of water developed countries waste, whilst others are so in need of it.

In the second competition, the 20th Harbin International Snow Sculpture Competition, we won the 'Best Creativity Award'. Not bad seeing as we were up against professionals and representing Great Britain! This sculpture was called 'Time for Change' and aimed to connote how we are destroying the world, but also give hope; we can prevent further global warming if we changed. 
 

 
 


Now for a couple of days to catch up on sleep before getting back into uni work!

China for Christmas

I've been lucky enough to be one of four design students from NTU selected to take part in two International Snow Sculpture competitions in Harbin, China! This is an incredible experience and an amazing opportunity to explore a completely new culture, way of life and material! As none of us have worked in snow before (we're more used to sculpting and building up our work, rather than cutting away) it'll be a steep learning curve I'm sure! We fly out on Monday for four weeks, so we'll be spending Christmas there too! Whilst there we'll be keeping a blog through the uni which we'll update as often as we can! You can find it here :)

Turning Old Glass Work into Christmas Presents

In the free time I have since breaking up from uni I decided to make use of my old glass pieces from first year and turn them into jewellery. I'm really pleased with the outcome and I've done it just in time to give some as Christmas presents! I'd previously made earrings using superglue, however this doesn't stick the glass to the metal well and ruins the glass if it gets on it. For these pieces I used 2 part epoxy resin which worked really well!