A range of jewellery inspired by the materials and architectural details of the Scottish Parliament building is amongst the work on show at the Degree Show at the University of Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design which opens this weekend.

Final year design student Jill Slater photographed the Parliament’s stair railings, structural joints and glass window frames during a trip to Edinburgh last year and used the details to develop her designs which include brooches, bracelets, salt and pepper shakers and platters.

“The building is absolutely beautiful” she explains. “The minute you go inside light pours in. It was the materials and the structural detail that really interested me.”

Her salt and pepper shakers, which combine aluminium and rosewood, reflect the contrast between the metal piston-shaped posts and wood banisters in the building.

The Degree Show 2006 opens to the public on Saturday 20 May until Saturday 27 May 2006 and includes interior and environmental design, jewellery and metal design and textile design.

It takes place within the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design buildings on the University of Dundee campus, Perth Road, Dundee DD1 4HT.   Tel: 01382 388219  Opening hours Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 May from 9.30am to 4pm, Monday to Friday 9.30am to 8.30pm and Saturday 27 May 9.30am to 2pm. Admission free.

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