Gray's School of Art Degree Show 2007 |
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Claire Martin has developed her ideas from geometric, repetition and organic forms. In Dazed and Confused she sets a pleasant mood as the light is evenly spread out. She wants her designs to help people relax and unwind in their homes. The designs of Hazel Kerr are inspired by the work of architects such as Frank Gehry and Santiago Calatrava. She finds the form of bridge structures and contemporary buildings fascinating and beautiful and uses these forms to produce tableware in a variety of designs such as bowls and candleholders. The most recent work by Paul MacBeath is based around 1950s and 1960s futuristic design. At that time the idea of “what might come” was on everyone’s mind and he uses the futuristic optimism of the time as inspiration. His aim is to use these ideals and create something that could be used in today’s world. Maybe these ideas could still be our future. This body of work by Nicola Turnbull has been inspired by filming the descent of a sycamore seed. Still frames from footage were blurred but showed the spiraling path of the descent and she used this sense of motion in her work. She is inspired by natural geometry and the balance of the organic world. Fiona Hermse is interested in the beauty and obscured order of growth formations which exist in nature. She investigated cacti plants, as well as roots, fruit stones, seed and kernels, fascinated by their form, texture and surface. Her aim is to create jewellery that looks as though it has been found or grown and which invokes thought on how we should respect the planet. The jewellery by Donna Purves is based on childhood memories and explores the simplicity of being a child. She wants her work to spark off memories in the viewer of their own childhood. She uses bright materials like resin and coloured enamels with silver to give something that will last, unlike the toys. Joanna Morrison aims to close the gap between jewellery on the high street and costume jewellery from the catwalk. Her goal is to push the boundaries of jewellery by playing with scale, texture and materials properties to make pieces that are wearble yet sculptural. She is interested in how organic form evolves over time, and in particular the butterfly. With the amount of pressure that is put on our society of today in order to maintain the “ideal” figure, Lynsey Christie decided rather than designing pieces that created or maintained this status she would look at redesigning the human form, scaling the figure’s dimensions upwards rather than leaving them in their original state. Inspired by dancers she created pieces which move the body’s silhouette. Inspiration for Tamara Hicks stems from examining the natural beauty, colour and composition of stone in the historic buildings of Caithness. By interpreting this imagery into vessels and jewellery she intends to evoke a connection and appreciation of valuable cultural local history. |
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