Degree Show 2024 Joseph Tomlinson BA Art and Design This installation explores the fantastical realm of medieval monsters, through sculptures inspired by the illuminated manuscripts held in the University of Leeds Special Collections; central to this project is the Book of Hours: ‘Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis [BC MS 1]’. handshakeConnect with Joseph Tomlinson Homemade bookshelf …
Author Archives: soduolds2023
Isobel Birchall
Degree Show 2024 Isobel Birchall BA Art and Design I am a drawer and painter who focused on the natural structures within mushrooms for my work in the Degree show. I photographed close-up images of my drawings and enlarged them to show a different perspective of the mushroom. This allowed me to focus on the …
Hollie Rawson
Degree Show 2024 Hollie Rawson BA Art and Design My practise is centred around my grandparents’ house and touches upon the theme of grief, as well as the notion of presence and absence in the empty domesticated interior. By using photography as entry points to my paintings, my work displays the disruption of the usual …
Matilda Upson
Degree Show 2024 Matilda Upson BA Art and Design This project delves into the physical and symbolic constraints imposed on the female body by societal beauty standards. It combines photography and painting to explore how contemporary fashion trends perpetuate the historical fascination with corsetry, shaping the female body into an hourglass figure often at the …
Lucy Tungate
Degree Show 2024 Lucy Tungate BA Art and Design “Green Ritual” is an exploration of the darker aspects of local folklore, delving into the UK’s rich and storied history. The works examine the unsettling amalgamation of ruralism and isolation, where the boundaries between man and nature become increasingly blurred. The eerie is particularly prevalent in …
Harriet Stevens
Degree Show 2024 Harriet Stevens BA Art and Design Comfort and the Human Body A series of intractable soft sculptures designed to morph to the body thus stimulating the feeling of comfort to the user. Each piece uses different textures as a form of experimentation with tactility. handshakeConnect with Harriet Stevens Sculpture 1 Using Boucle …
Ocean Chan
Degree Show 2024 Ocean Chan BA Art and Design My studio practice focuses on creating interactive immersive installations that foster active audience engagement, bringing me significant satisfaction. “Mindscapes” is an interactive installation embodying my creative mind, filled with diverse ideas, memories, and emotions. Its unconventional design symbolizes my blue-sky thinking. Participants engage in activities like …
Grace Teale
Degree Show 2024 Grace Teale BA Art and Design This past year, my practice has focused on creating hyper-realistic botanical studies with which I can design wallpaper and other patterns, using watercolour and coloured pencils to enhance visual textures and depth. ‘Pattern’ refers to the repetition of something to form a sequence. Patterns and sequences …
Grace Tregenza
Degree Show 2024 Grace Tregenza BA Art and Design As an artist fascinated by nature’s intricate details, my practice aims to reveal its hidden beauty. I am particularly drawn to textiles, using fabrics to explore the tactile qualities of natural forms. ‘In Bloom’ aims to capture the delicate and ephemeral qualities of nature through abstraction. …
Katherine Payne
Degree Show 2024 Katherine Payne BA Art and Design My practice explores the way that a rapport can be made between artist and audience with the work used to communicate mood and wellbeing. “Introspect” is an instillation made to create a space that encourages reflection and encourages those that interact to consider their own thoughts …