The annual Degree Shows at the art colleges in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow open on Saturday 17 June with a collection of striking and exciting work by new graduates.

In the ‘Creative Horizons’ Degree Show at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen 3D design student Kevin Ho has developed an innovative product which looks at the cultural issue of Chinese dining.   He has developed ‘bowls’ with thermo and hydro-chromic technology which are decorated with cultural and historical facts about China that appear randomly over the bowls as food is moved around and the material heats to 30 degrees.

Kevin has also developed a chopstick aid to help people master the art of using them and a magnetised base for his sculpture so it does not move while in use, again to make the eating experience easier and more enjoyable.

At Edinburgh College of Art the 2006 Degree Show ‘A New Perspective’ includes ceramics, fashion, furniture, glass, jewellery and silversmithing, tapestry and textiles.

Silversmithing and Jewellery graduate, Kathy Vognes, combines simple metal structures with delicate textured rubber shapes.  In her large piece ‘Earconch’, which is inspired by sea creatures, she aims not just to emulate nature but to mutate the artificial with the natural.

The Glasgow School of Art Degree Show includes ceramics, jewellery and textiles.  In Silversmithing and Jewellery, there is a range of ‘afternoon tea’ jewellery, complete with felt cakes and ‘sweet’ necklace, by Suzanne Smith, while in ceramics Ken Eastwood has created life like clay boots.

Degree Show 2006 is open at Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6RQ from 17 to 24 June 2006.  Opening Hours Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 5pm, Monday to Thursday from 10am to 9pm and Friday from 10am to 7pm.  The last entry to each building is 30 minutes before closing.

The ‘Creative Horizons’ Degree Show takes place from 17 to 24 June at Robert Gordon University’s Gray’s School of Art on Garthdee Road, Aberdeen.  Opening times Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 June 10am to 5pm, Monday 19 to Friday 23 June from 10am to 9pm and Saturday 24 June from 10am to 5pm.  Admission free.

‘A New Perspective’ Degree Show 2006 is on from 17 to 27 June 2006 (glass, textiles and jewellery and silversmithing until 23 June only) at Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DF.  Opening hours Monday to Thursday 10am to 8pm and Friday to Sunday 10am to 5pm.

Also on from 21 to 24 June 2006 is the Design Degree Show at the School of Textiles and Design in Heriot Watt University, Scottish Borders Campus, Galashiels TD1 3HF  tel: 01896 892133.

View our craftscotland previews of work in the Degree Shows at Gray's School of Art, Edinburgh College of Art and Glasgow School of Art.

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