Tim Hatch - Space Between

My project focusses on the relationships between architectural spaces; exploring the design and composition of architectural forms, as well as the physical transition through the spaces 'in-between'. For my exhibition piece, I have designed an architectural 'system' designed to maximise the flexibility with which spaces and structures can be arranged. Inspired by a mixture of contemporary architecture firms, such as Penda, Elemental and Sou Fujimoto Architects, my design combines 'modular' construction with a community-centred self-build ethos (such as that seen within many temporary settlements such as favelas). As communicated through a series of infographic posters, the structural model I have produced was constructed entirely from only seven different component parts (or modules); all of which are designed to be arranged within a hexagonal grid. The prominent use of the hexagonal shape crucially allows components to be 'clustered' together and combined into a huge range of different structural configurations. Ensuring that these arrangements conform to the base grid pattern guarantees that all components will integrate effectively – as has been made integral to their design. The system is designed in this way to allow the community itself which inhabits the complex to determine its arrangement; with each individual or family positioning their own individual living space into the environment. This community input is also further encouraged through the ability to customise the balcony area attached to each living space; from a choice of three different structural variations which can be added externally.

The interactive capacity of the modular system has also been reflected in the structural model I have produced, in which no component parts are glued or permanently fixed – allowing the model to be altered and added-to over time. Alongside the model I have provided several additional component parts which are ready to be integrated and placed within the model by anyone who wishes to do so. My hope is that the model be added to and built-up gradually as people view the exhibition so please feel free to pick an unused living space, combine it with a balcony design of your choice (simply slotting it into the wedge-shaped space in the side of the living module), and place it within the model.

I feel that the overall outcome for my project is ambitious and reflects the quality of design and refinement that went into making it. I am especially pleased with the finish of the infographic posters that I have created to inform the structural model beneath – which were highlighted as a key success within the final peer critique. Within my initial statement of intent, I referenced my aim to integrate more computer-aided design processes into this project – in order to contrast and move away from the heavily material- and construction- based work of my previous pathway project. Having never used 'graphic design' software in this way, I feel that I have really challenged myself and stepped outside of my comfort zone (of working primarily with 3D models and sketch work) in incorporating graphic design so heavily within my final outcome. The use of this medium, as well as other more sophisticated model-making processes (laser-cutting, scale figures) and the content of the research and concepts I have explored, I feel has given me more insight into the field I am progressing to study at university. Allowing me to focus specifically on architecture in a way that I have never done before has ensured that my final major project is one that I have remained passionate about and more personally connected to – increasing my confidence in the decision I have made to pursue this vocation.

Louise Riley - Movement Through Time / Space

Throughout this project I have explored the theme 'Movement through time and space.' My main artist inspiration for this theme was Titarenko, by photographing different scenes throughout cities, he documents people's movements through the space and environment. I initially began by collecting my own photography inspired by his, I went out into Liverpool and photographed different busy areas around the city in bursts so the movement would be documented throughout this series, then using Photoshop to layer them and portray this movement. I also looked at artists such as Vieira da Silva, Anselm Kiefer, John Virtue, Henri Michaux and Giacomo Balla for different reasons such as their use of space, their expressive markings or their documentation of movement through art.

I researched a lot into the way movement could be documented through art. I am heavily inspired by the way art can portray movement through things such as expressive markings and brushstrokes. I wanted to target the question 'How can space change through time?' this question can be explored in many different ways however I wanted to document the process of people's movement changing the vision of the space in my work. Movement can be documented in many different ways, through line and placement, through positioning of the subject, through repetition and many other factors. I wanted to document movement through paint and brushstrokes. Each piece also uses charcoal to add to the structure and creating tone to push the three dimensional aspects. My theme strongly reflects upon how movement and time side with each other.

After creating a series of initial drawings and experiments using a variety of medias such as charcoal, ink watercolour and fine liner, I chose to work on my final outcomes in Acrylic paint. Acrylic paint enabled me to build up thick layers of paint and create intensity and texture with my brushstrokes. I have created 4 large scale canvas' and boards, each painted in a figurative style that shows the way people move throughout the environment creating three dimensional space. The paintings come as a series with the last piece portraying layered environment as the people move in a dynamic crowd through two different environments, really pushing the aspects of time, space and movement. I used some colours that were harmonious to each other and others that were contrasting, mainly focusing the contrasts between the lighter and darker areas. Aside from painting the architecture with very thick layers and textures strokes when painting the figures I used very watered down paint. I wanted the figures to portray a ghostly presence as the focus was not on the detail and accuracy of them it was more about portraying the movement, therefore I made sure they were rather transparent so you could see the space through them. My final series represents the hectic movement of people through different environments throughout time and space.​

Amy Higham - Genderless Fashion

I intend to work towards exploring genderless fashion. This will challenge me to demonstrate my thoughts and research into understanding different perspectives and ideas regarding genderless fashion, both past and present. Gaining construction and tailoring skills that will assist me in my final outcome and in proposing to create a ready-to-wear garment that is a concept based piece of work. Basing my work off of a concept relates back to my Pathway Stage, where I created underwear which was based around the idea of Skin and Zero waste. This project extended my knowledge of specific subject areas which I wouldn't have researched otherwise. My creative ability and understanding is strengthened and pushed further when using a concept within my creative practice, which is what I aim for my FMP.

I'm influenced by tailoring and the feminising of a man's shirt or asking the question 'Why is it acceptable for women to wear men's clothing but not vice versa?' These all lead me to Genderless fashion. Through reading articles (A brief History of Unisex Fashion), creating my own Pinterest board (Genderless Fashion) and reading books (Fashion and its Social Agendas) all gave me contextual references to genderless fashion and the many research paths within it. I will conduct visits to the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool where the Fashion Icons: Celebrating Gay Designers is being exhibited, along with Tate Liverpool. These will give me more insight to Genderless Fashion. Researching artists and designers to aid my development and create contextual ideas within my project is key, therefore I will research Rad Hourani's SS15 collection along with other relatable artists and designers which I will reference to with appropriate samples.

The outcomes and developments within my project will incorporate sewing skills as well as primary source photography for documentation. My ideas will evolve through artist research, fabric sampling, thumbnails/illustrations, creating toile and pattern cutting. This will expand my knowledge of construction of a ready-to-wear garment and develop my drawing skills further. I will document my project through my sketchbook which will include all of my research, development, refinement and constructive criticism from my peers and tutors. I also intend to interview people about their view on Genderless fashion and what it means to them which I will document through an interview process. A time plan of my whole project will be constructed and will be used to organise my time and ensure I complete all aspects of my project thoroughly and on schedule.

Lauren Perchard - Minority Stress Theory

The two paintings are based on the Minority Stress theory, which proposes that people of minority identities are more likely to suffer from mental and physical health issues, develop personality disorders, exhibit risky behaviour, and attempt to commit suicide than people who belong to the "majority," due to the discrimination and violence they often experience.
The experiences of isolation and inner turmoil endured by people who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual are explored through representations of the human form in states of conflict. As represented by tumultuous depictions of the body, an individual is required to function within a society that largely rejects them while constantly having to confront the negative self-perceptions that a lifetime of ostracisation has conditioned them to accept. The energy that must be expended by the individual to reject these ideas - and the resulting detrimental consequences to their wellbeing and mental health - is represented by the fracturing of the images through depictions of distorted movement.

The pieces also address the perception of and relationship with the self which is affected by sexual identity, and the ramifications of this on the ways in which the individual may feel the need to alter the way they present themselves. This could be in order to assimilate into the minority groups with which they identify or to conform to the norm so as to not be identified. Presenting as visibly queer can cause the individual to feel further isolated from wider society, even if they feel more integrated into their minority community as a result. This conflict is represented by the contorted figures, as well as the opposing colours used in both panels of the diptych. The use of pink and blue hues could be interpreted as representations of binary gender and how this is subverted by queer identity.

Qualitative research obtained from members of the LGBT community, as well as personal experiences, were used to further inform the basis of the project and to ensure that a range of experiences were considered, such as how intersecting factors of race and religion can impact individual queer experiences

The work of artists such as Edvard Munch and James Ensor provided initial inspiration as to how themes of anxiety and isolation can be depicted visually. This was explored through a number of experimental paintings which led to the development of the stylistic intentions for the final pieces. The paintings of Francis Bacon and David Hockney, whose works often address themes of homosexuality and the personal issues the artists have faced in relation to their identities as gay men, were extremely beneficial in exploring the use of colour and distorted stylisation to evoke the nuances of personal experiences through representational human figures. Biographical elements of these artists' lives were also informative in recognising the self-destructive tendencies often present in people of minority sexual identities, which inspired the somewhat violent movements of the figures depicted in the two paintings.

Emma Carlton - Opinions

When I started this project I challenged myself to create a ready to wear collection with a conscience. I wanted to display how the media distorts us on a day to day basis. I did this by using media stories and headlines which have raised questions and mixed opinions within the general public. I picked three subjects to base my work on, Cannabis legalisation, Madeline McCann story and the legalisation of Euthanasia. These subjects are all widely known, with people's thoughts and opinions being very different on each story. I wanted to create a reaction, to see how the media has distorted different people's minds on these topics and informing the viewer of the factual information, separating this from the different opinions people have on these subjects.

The media are very unrealistic, unreliable and produce a lot of news stories and 'facts' to sell their story without informing us of the hard core facts and letting us develop our own opinion. I have created two journals of work, where I investigated different areas of distortion before choosing the pathway I have displayed. The bright colour theme is linked with trend prediction, and the way the fashion industry manipulates us to wear certain clothes, patterns and styles. The current colour theme within the spring/summer trend forecasting was 'bright and vibrant' colour themes, so this explains my use of bright and eye-catching colours for all the garments displayed in front of you. I looked at how Branding is also used to distort our minds, we believe wearing a logo showing a particular brand says something for us as a person, although it's us spending more to advertise the company. I used logos to advertise the theme, making the viewer aware of the subject before reading other elements of my work. The set of six garments all have tags, stating the theme and the factual evidence for the specific garment, both garments of the same theme contradict each other, showing both views.

Holly Wilcock - The Unknown

Why is the human brain so curious to the unknown? What makes the concept of secrets so intriguing? What lives within the realms of the world we don't yet know? Within my final major project, 'The Unknown', I plan to explore these questions and the part of our world which is only 5% explored – the ocean. I plan to work towards creating an illustration based outcome, themed around undiscovered fish and the possibility of new discoveries, informed both by science and my own imagination. Previously in the pathway project, I explored a more painting and abstraction based theme, built up from the project brief. Progressing onto this final major project, I want to move away from abstraction and be able to have more independence with the overall direction of the project.

I visited the Blue Planet Aquarium and some local pet stores to gather imagery and videos of fish to use as primary sources for work. Additionally, I visited the Walker and the Tate gallery in Liverpool to look into some more artists and inspirations for further work. The concept of the unknown possibly being a bad thing came from exploring the story of Pandora's Box, allowing me to think and create the possible discoveries or horrors which may lie at the bottom of the ocean. I have looked at illustrators such as Emma Dibben or Michelle Morin who use watercolours and fine liners to create deeply saturated illustrations all rich in detail. I have explored these methods to create my own illustrations, refining my work in the final outcome.

I began with a range of media and techniques such as etching, monoprinting, watercolours, acrylics, fine liners, pencil, charcoal and pen. After gathering primary images at the aquarium, I want to experiment with processes such as one line drawings or timed pieces, some focusing on the smaller details within a form and some focused on movement of the subject matter as a whole. Similar to Dibben or Morin's work, I could create a series of water colour illustrations or alternatively I could look into the works of Shin KwangHo or Katy Jade Dobson and focus on colours rather than form.

Hannah Kirkland - Wealthy

I wanted to use this unit of work to express my opinion that there is more to being 'wealthy' than having lots of money and expensive possessions. I believe that other types of wealth that are not commonly thought of need to be valued in order for people to value and recognise their quality of life.

Therefore I have created a new set of currency all belonging to my 'Bank Of Wealth'. The currency is broken up into different categories of things that everyone has different amounts of in life, such as love. The concept behind this project is to highlight the point that a person's financial wealth does not

control other areas of their life (to a certain extent). For example a person may be financially poor but rich in love with a strong relationships with significant others, and vice versa. I designed this work to make the viewer question their areas of wealth, and consider how a person could be defined as 'rich' or 'poor'.​

Megan Fisher - Iconic Fashion

My title for my final major project is Iconic fashion. I will work towards creating an inspiring garment piece of fashion that in some way is 'Iconic'. The main question I'm asking is it the clothing that makes people iconic- the wow safety pin dress of Elizabeth Hurley Versace evening gown, or is their achievements and personality that wears the dress? - Audrey Hepburn's ability to glamorize a simple Givenchy black dress, so that it becomes iconic. For my Pathway I explored Kintsugi- the concept of repairing and making the flaw beautiful and focus of the piece, this has inspired me to think and explore if something simple that is overlooked can then be made iconic.

I will research into the back ground history of iconic people and the fashion trends through time. Jacqueline Kennedy with the classic style look, was it that she was so on trend or that her personality or maybe her

achievements that made them iconic? I will extend what my opinion and ask others theirs about make something or someone a icon. An initial trip to Liverpool will enable me discover what makes art work iconic and I intend to visit a boutique that specialise in dresses that make the wearer stand out. I want to look at how garments are styled and photographed to see if this makes the garment stand out, I will look at magazine front covers such as Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and more non traditional Dazed, Vice and Love.

I intend to utlisie traditional textile construction techniques but I want to add a twist by using nontraditional and non-iconic materials, such as bin bags, t shirts and everyday items that can be transformed through making and styling into an ionic garment. I may also develop ideas, making a more traditional iconic dress. My photoshoot and

presentation of the outcome(s) will be the deciding factor as to if the garments are iconic. I will be seeking people's opinions and observations throughout on what is Iconic and if my work is, though critiques and interviews.

Throughout the assignment I will take part in group critiques and tutorials, I will have group discussions on my work and critically have someone review and analyse my work to see what their opinions is on my assignment and the developments I need to help me achieve a strong final piece of work these responses will be attached in my sketch book throughout the assignment to prove what people's opinion they have on my work. I will annotate and reflect on success and improvements on my practical experiments too and undertake an evaluation to finalise and reflect fully on my practice.

Holly Bate - Does Sound Have Form?

My enquiry was 'Does sound, have form?' I wanted to represent this through architecture. I produced a series of experimental models that explored different materials and form to express the sound found in an architectural space, which all ultimately led to my final outcome. To create these models I would first record the sound and then using the sound wave I would design a form that would portray the nature of the sound found within that particular acoustic space. For this final outcome I decided to focus it on my recording of the powerful, energetic music from the nightclub. I then settled on using paper as my chosen material for this final outcome, as it had been the most successful at producing the complex form that I wanted to create, using origami techniques. The process I used was the origami spike ball technique, which allowed me to create this complicated shape that clearly and successfully represented the intense sound of the nightclub.

To use this technique on the large scale that I was planning on working at took me over a week to produce all the parts that I needed to create this final outcome, however I was able to do this as I had been able to relatively stick to my original time plan. Also as I was able to stick to my initial time plan I was able to keep up to date with the documentation of the development and progression of my project in my journal, including the addition of new found artists that had influenced my work half way through the project. I think that it is difficult for my audience to understand without having context to explain my theme, however once this is explained the understanding becomes clear. My final piece has been heavily influenced and inspired by John Grade's sculptures, Naum Gabo's string techniques and Matthew Shlian's origami techniques and paper material. I referenced all artists that influenced my work in my journal and I commented on how they inspired my work as I was evaluating my models. I

assessed and evaluated the success of my work and final piece in my journal, putting in photographs of my sculptures and then commenting on the challenges that I faced and how I overcame them. I also documented the positives I found throughout the development of my models, evaluating and commenting on whether or not my experimental sculptures had been a success at symbolising the sound I had recorded, as a physical form. I have achieved a successful outcome for this project, as the form of my sculpture expresses the nature of the sound that I wanted to represent, the sculpture incorporates all the aspects of architecture that I planned on using, such as density, space and suspension, and also I was able to experiment fully with many different materials and processes during my project, so that I was capable to decide on a final outcome that I am proud of.

Megan Carmichael - The Price Of Fashion

Do you ever think about the face behind your clothing? The global fashion industry is estimated to employ 1 in every 6 people alive in the world today, yet we forget about those who are stuck in sweatshops working 16 hours a day, seven days a week to make our clothing. Faces to a name are only recognised during times of crisis, with the Rana Plaza garment factory disaster in 2013, bringing to light the dangerous effects of mass production.

My aim in this piece is to convey the issue of mass production and our spending habits. As a society we

own more than we need, with new collections and styles coming out every season, I wanted to question whether we can carry on with this attitude to fashion. After research I found I own 11 pairs of jeans, this is reflected in the images placed in my exhibition. You can see how it is a struggle to fit all 11 pairs on, this reflects the message of owning more than I need. I have attached a pair of my own jeans to this exhibition, these jeans represent our version of a luxury item. When we buy a pair of jeans we buy them not as a necessary item, but as a luxury purchase. My aim with the denim sacks below is to represent what the equivalent would be to a garment

worker. To them, £42 would buy them nine 10kg sacks of rice; to them this is a necessity. Do we need to start being more ethically conscious when buying our clothing when our luxury is someone else's necessity?

I have also displayed my work on my blog which contains extras to this project, please go take a look at: thepriceoffashion1.blogspot.com

Alternatively scan the QR code placed on the wall to take you straight to this website.

Phoebe Lloyd-Morley - Fluidity of Architecture

I wanted to explore the theme of fluidity through architectural structures and spaces and the idea of free form construction. I also wanted to see how this can effect human interaction and how we walk through a space. I started off experimenting with models and used scale to create pavilions and structures in which could be set in a real surrounding environment. I experimented with a variety of materials and was inspired by my main artist Richard Serra and Norman Foster. All my artists are referenced in my sketchbook along with my own work and interpretations.

As the project progressed I found my main element for sustaining fluidity throughout a piece was curvature. This is shown throughout my artist and designer research particular Zaha Hadid. Most of her designs and buildings have no edges or corners which I found quite interesting also being a key element to my theme. My final outcome is based on this trafficking of movement and how this allows the space to flow within the surroundings. After looking at Bjarke Ingles and his serpentine piece based on using square blocks I experimented more with using a ridged structure like this even though there were edges to create the curves, pushing the idea further. I decided to use wood for my final piece as the material was easier to get hold of and manipulate. This material was natural and would also allow it to be place into any environment. Norman Foster's City Hall inspired my piece to be of different heights.

I wanted to create an experience for viewers in which they could walk through and view my piece from all angles. By cutting the tops of the wood the piece flows between different heights making it comfortable to view. I found it hard at first to stick to my schedule but overcame this with support off my peers (group crits) and tutorials about my work and how to improve on this. We used these crits in which we pointed out the positives and possible improvements of our work to get more of an understanding from an outsider's view point which helped me to develop my work further.

Molly Rafferty - Vere Dominus Hoster Et Salvator

When thinking about the title of my work I wanted it to be something thought provoking and questionable, a title that get the viewer thinking but is also closely related to what I am focusing my work on. I decided to work with the title 'Indeed, Our Lord and Saviour' as my project will be focusing on the aspect of religion, however this will be in a consumerist way. When thinking deeper into the title of my work I thought that changing it to the Latin meaning would give my project more depth from the get go, it's not a one dimensional starting point. My starting point for this project is very research driven, looking into different areas of consumerism and the impacts it has on our day to day lives as well as how we see the consumerist lifestyle. As well as this I want to research into the key people who run this 'consumer driven' world and research into their businesses as well as their own personal 'moral fibre.' I will draw my inspiration from a wide range of artists, photographers and graphic designers who all look into the consumerist state. With these artists I will look into what subjects they specifically focus on and why they do that, gaining my own sense of what direction I want to take the purpose of my work.

The main technique I will be using for my project is drawing, I want to show that I can produce work that is all hand drawn as I am used to creating projects with multiple disciplines and mediums. I also want to work in this way so that I can create something detailed enough to be eye catching from across the room, making the viewer become involved in what I have created. I want to work on a large scale as it will be something challenging as well as enjoyable. I feel that working on such a large scale will give my work the effect that I want it to have, I want it to be beautiful and ornate yet when closely inspected show a more horrifying and twisted side.

When evaluating my work, I will focus on the positives and negatives of what I have created, as well as what I have improved on and shall improve on in the future. I feel that this is the best way to evaluate my work.

Chelsea Dixon - Cardboard City

In my work I have explored themes of homelessness and wealth. My main inspiration was from an article I found of a place in London nicknamed 'cardboard city' between 1983 -1998. This was a series of underpasses in London where up to 200 homeless people would live at once, sheltering in make shift beds made of whatever they could find, mainly scrap cardboard. These people found safety and comfort in numbers. That is until 1998, when a judge gave the order for them to evict the premises in order for a new IMAX cinema to be built in the underpasses' place.

I wanted to explore the way that society views our homeless citizens and how often their suffering goes unnoticed, how the luxury of a cinema became more important than the makeshift homes (but homes nonetheless) of these people. And so for this work I created a series of common accommodation models, such as: terraced housing, flats, high rises etc. Out of found cardboard. Creating our homes out of their homes.

I have created a dwelling space where the inside contrasts the outside. Inside it is a warm cosy environment which I hope will entice the viewer to come inside to experience it and doing so, inhabit the space that could be the dwelling space of a homeless person. Where the outside looks shabby and raw, unedited cardboard boxes. I did this as it reflects a home, whether your house is made of bricks and mortar or cardboard and scraps, a home is somewhere people can feel safe and protected and welcome.

Simoné Easton - Beauty Within

In my final project I decided to use the idea of how far people would go in order to feel beautiful within themselves. I think I chose this subject matter due to the face that in today's society it is becoming more and more essential for young people to create this image of themselves and for it to be beautiful. My project started by looking at how far some people will go for a quick fix but I think it has went on a journey to my final piece being about accepting everything about yourself and you being beautiful in your own right. I tackled this from a very personal perspective and having to look at myself and pick at myself, for example by using my nose as something I wish I could change and how I look if I had botched surgery (the two sculptures) with a side by side comparison of my natural looks. This project has helped me to begin to look at myself in such a different light and it has actually helped my own self confidence which is something I didn't think it would do.

I have researched such a varied amount of artists that I have got inspiration from so many different styles. For example the works of Francis Bacon compared to the street style of Vermibus are two completely difference approaches to the idea of beauty in the way we see each other. One of my favourite artists to draw inspiration from was actually the last one that I did really far in to my project; the work of James Ensor actually helped me to visualise my final project and how I wanted it to turn out. I am glad I did it at the end of my project as I think it helped to consolidate my idea and that my work is of a high standard as I definitely doubt myself and the work that I created throughout this project. It's something I have always struggled with; doubting my own work but in this project it has definitely given me the confidence I needed in order to start my journey at university in the specific field of special effects which I have no experience in.

Because I knew I wanted to try this pathway I think it was good that I began experimenting with materials early on, for example I used latex in my 5+five project and this translated through to my FMP. I decided to focus more on clay work within this project and tried to incorporate it in to my final piece, I really feel that I experimented a lot and I appreciate the understanding of the different materials that this helped me to gain knowledge in. I used the method of casting my face and the faces of my family members in order to create different pieces of work that I have never tackled before. I really appreciate the way in which this technique creates 1:1 replicas of the face, giving me a good base to begin with in order to reconstruct some parts of it. This project has really given me the chance to experiment with new materials and concepts and I really appreciate it as it has opened up my artistic ideas so that I can now create more varied work with a lot more confidence.

Chantelle Whightman - Discrimination

Are people that appear different to us meant to be treated badly or differently? Does it mean they are less worthy of our respect and love? The title of my piece is 'Diversity and Discrimination' in which I will be exploring the idea of how different societies and people are expected to do different things. I chose to look at relevant political issues that are in the media today and how it affects people and what some of the views are. I want to show how the impact of discrimination and diversity is significant in our daily lives. Do we perceive an object a human being as being different if we find out their background? Does it mean that just because they may fall into a certain category or stereotype that we have the right to judge them and make them feel like they are not allowed to feel appreciated or like a human? My work tries to show the differences between a major group of people and a minority and show how they live and have to defend themselves.

As I started to research more into political issues and views it became apparent that Immigration and refugee was a massive part of the media today. I decided to make this a focal point of my work as I went to Romania in which the children and adults in their society were having to struggle and fend for themselves and were exiled to a small corner of an estate. This then lead me on to think about how children in today's society have so much more but can still complain and be horrible to children that have less by judging their appearance.

My work is made up of recycled wood and a life jacket. These were ideal for my work as by using a life jacket it can convey the message of it being a symbol of hope and danger, as many refugees put then wear them to escape danger but put themselves in danger by trying to flee the country they are in. The wood I used was recycled from an old project meaning that it had its history and a sense of mystery as no one would know what it has been used for in the past as it is being made into something new. The artists I looked at helped inspire my work by using different techniques and medias. These included artists such as Darius Steward who is an artist that uses materials he can find like walls and David Walker who uses a mixture of medias and techniques. Although I looked at artist that did more street art I looked at Grayson Perry as although his style of work is different to mine I enjoyed the way he would portray political issues in a way that was simple but clever.

Jordan Potter-Egerton - Trust

Have you ever looked at the side effects of drugs that have been prescribed to you? Or do you just trust the doctors with your health? These questions are what I have based my outcome off. The drugs which you are taking could lead to further health problems which you would not think about because they are not advertised. By creating a graphic outcome the four individual drug boxes have been designed. I have tried to keep the layout of the boxes simple to correspond with the boxes which we are used to seeing but by designing them around the negatives of the drugs rather than the positives of how the drugs can benefit your health it gives you a different outlook on what is being prescribed. I used one of the side effects which I found out from valid sources for the design of each drug box. I haven't made these boxes to stop you taking the drugs, they have been made to get you thinking about how the drugs are being fed to you by doctors without you considering or being told about further health problems they could cause.

I'll let you consider the rest…

Lucy McDonald - Clothes With A Story

The title of my FMP project will be 'Clothes with a Story'. I decided to call it this as I will possibly be creating garments that have a story behind them. The story will be based on happy memories/family memories/ moments. A possible collection of children's wear and how my style of fashion changed as I grown up. For my last project I created a bikini, this is something I haven't created before therefore I want to make this project even more detailed and more of a challenge for myself. I will also be referring these potential garments to a happy point in my life whether that be a print or developed idea. During this project I will create a sketchbook of ideas and development relating to my theme. This will be different from the other Pathways I have recently completed as I will experiment a lot more and make much more detailed garments. This project will challenge me when presenting what I am capable of creating but I want my story to be clear to those viewing therefore sketchbook development is important.

The starting point to my project will be research into my topic as this will help me gather ideas together. As I am focusing my project on memories I will collect a range of old family pictures and pictures that show where my ideas progressed from. I will also research artists that create similar things and have gave me inspiration for my own outcomes. I will also be visiting many museums such as FACT, open eye, Tate and Walker Art Gallery. This will help me gather together some information relating to my work and will help me make a start to my sketchbook. I will gather related images to help me with some ideas but I mainly want the outcome to be my own.
I will also interview my Nanna about her wedding day and publish this in my sketchbook as this relates o a happy memory of hers.

The process of my final outcome will be looking into old fabrics as this will relate to my theme and the use of how them fabrics have created memories. Whether those fabrics are my own or from charity shops I will collect an amount over a certain amount of time so that I have an idea of what I still need to buy/ gather together. During my project I will be using a sewing machine quite frequently and exploring different techniques, in order to achieve a high grade. As my project is mainly about my own life and my memories I will be creating prints that will be created on to a garment as this will show a story relating to my research and is something different to sowing. During the process of creating my outcomes I will relate to my sketchbook work and make sure everything is planned out perfectly so that I don't have to worry about a heap of sketchbook work that still needs completing and can focus on making my outcomes ever better/ more developed.

Damien Dziegielewski - Aesthetics Of Shape

Throughout this project I have been exploring aesthetics of shape, structure and size through Physics and Mathematics exploited in Architecture. I have also been developing my knowledge about mathematical construction which has carried on from my previous project FIVE+5. I have incorporated more complexity on a bigger scale which created more challenges on the way. In this project I have been looking at quadratic construction methods such as: Parabola, Hyperbola and Hyperbolic Paraboloid.

In my first part of this project I have use same techniques and processes that I have used in my previously, which I have explored with and gained great acknowledgment because the work is related to what I have been doing formerly and I am willing to take these methods further to challenge my

Throughout this project I have understood the significance of evaluative thinking and attain the capacity to present issues and concepts. This has encouraged me to move forward and take possibilities with results and ideas.

independence and to see if I have understood my initial research. I continued my proposed plan by looking at bridges, how it has evolved, its functionality (engineering behind it) and what can we expect in the future. My starting point began by investigating history of bridges, how first bridge was built, how they used maths/physics back at the time and which materials they have used. I have also researched in-depth about types of bridge and which material is suitable for each category.

My whole project has been divided into two sections however, they are both related. This is why my research has been varied. In the first stage I have been looking at site-specific installation artist such as: Monika Grzybala and Megan Geckler and how the materials interact with existing architectural shapes. Architects that I have research during my development stage were: Santiago Calatrava, MOXON Architect, Knight Architects, Forster+Partners and Brownlie Ernst and Marks Architects. During the development stage I have produced small series prototypes to investigate different types of bridges through different ways of construction and materials.

My proposed end point was to amalgamate both nature and urban environment that utilize the complexity of geometry in construction of bridge structure. For the final piece I have created variations of topography which represents the suggestion of height in this case hills, which is complimented by the other half of blocks cut out of thick soft wood which represent the buildings and city territory.

Persistent critical analysis and review of my work has been crucial in the coherence of my development. I was able to understand how my project was beginning to stride away from women's rights and gender equality, but through tutorial discussions I was able to refocus my work.

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Woody Cowap - Repurpose

My project is about repurposing old components and making something different and new. I'm going to create furniture from an old boat. I want to leave the pieces as whole as possible to make a link to recycling, the more times you cut something up the less useful and versatile it becomes so I want to leave them big so that it can be dismantled and turned into something else. I like the idea that I can make something and use it and then someone else can do the same after I'm done with it, it's more reuse that recycle which means it's better for the environment as nobody melted it down or grinded it up. I've been looking at recycling a lot in my other projects, it links to my previous project witch is about restoring old buildings, it's also very different as last project I made all my outcomes digitally, whereas this outcome will be a three dimensional model.

I'm going to look at a few design firms and artists, like BRC designs, Joost Gehem and Tony Cragg. I'm going to create sculptures out of my old boat parts, I want to create furniture so that I'm giving something that would be thrown away a purpose, I also want to experiment with some more organic 'melty' pieces similar to Tony Craggs work. I want to experiment with layers of warn down paint to mimic the sea wearing down the paint on the hull of a boat, whenever I see boats out of water I always like to look at the warn paint, it's like a painting done by the waves. The majority of my research will be done on the computer, I might go to the Yorkshire sculpture park to look at Tony Crags giant buffalo. I want to see what people are selling because making something out of a useless object is much better for the environment than stripping it down to its base materials and recycling it.

I want to start experimenting with paint, I can't use paper because I want to use sand paper or a pressure washer to mimic long term water damage. I will paint a few solid coats in layer and then wear them down to reveal what's underneath. I want to experiment with different joining techniques I'll keep the pieces whole at first and then I'll experiment with wood joints. I want to do something meltier like tony crags sculptures so I'll have to work out how to bend or melt the pieces of boat, I'll use fiberglass and make new pieces, or build onto the already existing pieces, but then it's not really reusing.
I'm going to create a few outcomes, each with different purposes, my piece of furniture it neds to be functional as the whole reason I'm doing this is to restore purposes to an object so if it doesn't function it'll be a failure. The Tony Cragg inspired piece is going to be a lot more abstract so it doesn't really need to function, other than to look cool.

Rebecca Hitchin - Anatomy

My original ideas for my FMP was anatomy, to research the body and produce work from the influences and elements I found most interesting. However this soon progressed further into looking at things that aren't just found in any old body, but the parts that can add value to a simple human figure making them different to others, what make themselves who they are, pieces to a puzzle if you will. The finalised idea behind my final piece was to produce an abstract self portait. The starting point coming from the exploration of the anatomy of each person, as this is the core of anyone after all. Although we are not robots and just our skeletal form will not define us, so this led onto the idea of portaying myself in a collation of minute details that make up me. A combination of these pieces being unique to me and only me such as the colour of my eye or the marks on my hands and my fingerprint ; and other things that we all have such as our bones, organs and even our cell patterns, all differing slightly but not enough to be able to capture the change within this format.

My thoughts behind the display of my piece was to show a whole figure, seen from a distance, as just a shape or pattern. Although, as you come in closer and it all starts to become more clear, you get to know it a bit better, remain intrigued about each detail and venture through the different segments individually; at this point not seeing the piece as a whole but as an assembly of features. Reflecting the idea that not everyone may be who they seem, or what they first appear to be. But a unique personality that you cannot determine through seeing from far away but unraveling through the exploration into who they are and therefore what makes them unique.

Ryan McGlinchey - Capturing Moments

Street photography, one of the most popular genres to be created. Photographers such as Philip Lorca diCorcia, Lee Friedlander and the very popular Martin Parr. They were a huge inspiration, and the style I wanted to use.

I wanted to photograph peoples events on the local streets and focusing on their expressions and the body language they show. Street photography has been something I have enjoyed to do throughout my time at college, as it is one of the timeless genres and can be used to tell a story. However, this time round I wanted to dive deeper into this genre and be more engaged with the work I have created. The idea took a few turns from the beginning to the end as I went from looking at just people's body language to photographing people who were mimicking each other's body language and posture.

I decided to step away from computer software such as Photoshop to edit my photos and went down an artistic route of create hand edited photos using items such as sandpaper, cello tape and also a editing technique called mono printing. I felt with Photoshop you just edit a photo and that is the end of it, I wanted to have to work for the edits and appreciate them when they were complete and all finished. Along with that, I also experimented with the idea of not looking through the viewfinder and photographing "blind".
My main inspiration for the story behind this project was Philip Lorca diCorcia as he is where I got the idea of photographing facial expressions, which then changed and grew into what the project is showing now.
For the outcomes, I wanted to create something that shown what I have been working on throughout and I had to think hard about what style I wanted to use and what hand edits would work best to get across the whole story and behind the project. I have created the A4 edits, which show the people mimicking body language with some abstract hand edits, and I have then created two large-scale edits, as I wanted these to really stand out and make the whole project come together as one.

Adara Gibson - Urban Overload

I've called the project Urban Overload because I will be looking at the psychological effects of the urban environment, it has always interested me to see how people change within cities and treat one another. For this project I am hoping to create a comic outcome featuring very expressive work to tell the story of urban overload. My past foundation project and an old BTEC project will be influential to the way I will illustrate the theme. This will be a challenging project for me but will enhance how I illustrate a problem. A huge influence is the internet and cities, a key aspect of this project is how these areas affect the way people interact.

The project came from a psychology hypothesis called urban overload, made by Stanley Milgram. Which states that people within cities help less than those in other environments, they are less empathic to those around them and appear a lot more selfish. Grayson Perry will be an artist I will look at, for his work on society and how he depicts social issues, as well as the work by Photographer Michael wolf called Tokyo Compression. My main sources of information will be textbooks, city centres, towns, and my college. I will be visiting galleries to view how other artists express their ideas in work, as well as visiting libraries to read up on Milgram's study and hypothesis.

For my project I will be looking at experimenting with a range of media before deciding which will be more fit for purpose. I hope to work with mono-printing, digital painting, paint, charcoal, photography, ink, and stitch. These are all materials and processes that I have used within other projects to some success and that I find to be appropriate for expression, and that could be useful in this project. I hoping to do a mix of digital and practical work to complete the project.

Ella Thompson - Children's Dreams, Paper Art

The title of my project is 'children's dreams, paper art'. I have always had a love for making things, from a young age. I would always make things out of paper, as that was the only material in the house, like a paper rocket ship or a paper house. As my project is about children's dreams, the idea of using paper for my piece made sense. I started my research by looking into artists who work with paper. Instantly, the work I was finding was exciting me, I liked how something as simple as a piece of paper could be manipulated and made into something so fascinating and into a piece of art. I came across an artist called Charles Young, who constructed a miniature paper city which completely mesmerized me. I loved it because of the miniature and small scale of the little paper models, also how much detail had gone into the maquettes.

Researching into children's dreams, I created a questionnaire for my Brownie Group, where the girls are aged between 7-12 yrs. Many of the girls said they dreamt about fantasy things, such as pirate ships, mermaids, roller-coasters and unicorns. However, just as many of the girls dream about realistic things such as going on a camping holiday with their family or seeing deceased family members alive in their dreams. The answers to these questions have informed the miniature paper models, and I have created a pirate ship, two roller-coasters and a ferries wheel to represent the fantasy side of children's dreams. I also made a caravan and car to show the reality of the children's dreams when they have dreamt of family holidays.

To present my piece, I wanted to make paper clouds. I felt like the clouds show that when your dreaming, you're in the clouds. Keeping with the theme of paper, I made them out of paper and hung them from the ceiling. The pillows represent sleeping and the children's pyjamas show the audience a clear indication that my piece is about children. I added the fairy lights at the end to make to display glow, also represent at night time people use fairy lights.

Sophie Sankey - Do You Kiss Your Mother With That Mouth?

Is romance dead? Have romantic gestures become a thing of the past? I wanted to look into how the term 'f*ckboy' has come about and why boys like this have started to evolve into what they are today. We live in a society where relationships and modern culture is forever changing, and no one can really stop it. I explored the youth culture of today and how so much is changing in such a short space of time. Social media is a massive contributor as to why the dating scene has changed so much. An app called Tinder (as most of you might know) is a dating app where you can go to match with strangers who you like the look of and then get talking to them. The effort of having to make face to face conversation has slowly decreased since you can just pick up your phone and text people which is 'easier.' The old fashioned art of love letters and romantic gestures has basically become non existent.

It made me question what relationships are becoming, and if young people are losing respect for themselves completely. Relationships are a part of everyone's everyday lives. Whether it be a friendship, professional relationship or a sexual one. This got me thinking about how a lot of people are linked due to how they behave and how their attitudes have altered. A lot of people, especially teens, are starting to believe that doing things is acceptable because they are growing up in a world that is starting to teach them that. This involves sleeping around with multiple people. This is something that has only started occurring on such a large scale rather recently. I wonder why people aren't ashamed anymore to be linked to multiple people. Is it because people are claiming that it's the 'norm'? Or is it because they simply just don't care?

A big part of my installation was thinking about how I could document how so many people can be connected without even knowing. This also includes how STD's have been on the rise for multiple years and I think this is strongly linked in with how people act and present themselves. This is why I really wanted to create something that could visually show how people are 'tied' together by just one action. Since the structure of relationships has started to differ and become more diverse, I also decided that I wanted to show what types of relationship or connection there can be with individuals. Each different tag shows how each link to a person can have very individual stories behind each one.

I want you to have a look at the installation. One wall represents girls and another represents boys. Can you tell which wall represents which gender? Do you think girls or boys sleep around more? Please take some time to watch a video that I have created including conversations that guys and girls have had with each other via social media.

Ashton Blyth - Reflections Of Me

'Reflections of Me...' is a mixed media exploration of my journey from birth to adulthood as a transgender person.
Assigned female at birth, but living as a pre-testosterone male for almost a year now, this work is a very personal reflection on my childhood years.

The way society builds upon birth gender to create an exterior conformity far too often masks the reality of a life trapped in the wrong body. A reality that was my life until August 2016 when I came out as a female to male transgender and very quickly began a life of transitioning by rejecting those non-physical symbols of gender I had felt further constrained by.

This piece is about showing the story of my childhood growing up outwardly as a girl but contrasting this with the inner fantasy story of how I might have looked growing up outwardly as a boy.

Using a range of photographs of myself as a girl I hand-edited half of these to create images of myself as a boy at that age. I chose to use charcoal drawings, mono prints and etching plates to translate original colour photographs into artistic interpretations devoid of gender associated colour. This aims to highlight the possibility of gender fluidity or change in any child if societal expectations do not impede upon the potential of their inner being to make themselves known.

I worked with both the original and edited images to illustrate my story in the form of an installation based on a child's bedroom. For many transgender people their gender is assigned in utero when the parents choose to find out a probable gender at the 20 week scan. This often starts a run of stereotyped clothing purchases and decisions about nursery decor. The designs change as the child grows up but the overarching messages that we receive from them do not. How a child has their hair styled, what they wear and their room decoration tells them and society what their physical body has mapped out for them. If only life was always so straightforward and clear-cut...

Ashleigh Hales - The Death Of Beauty

"The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world." – Edgar Allan Poe; this poetic quote bore a likeness to Shakespeare tendency to feature brutal tragedies in his plays, to which I then focused on the character of Ophelia from Hamlet. The fashion industry in general has somewhat got a fascination with Ophelia all the while simultaneously glamourising and romanticise her death. This motivated me to move on from the fictional death of Ophelia and research some famous real-life tragedies that have occurred to the most beautiful celebrity women. Researching some of the most tragic female celebrity deaths of this century, a possible pathway for my project was established. Leading on from Shakespeare, I decided to look at my theme with a more broadened eye; exploring the general theme of death in general and how different fashion collections and brands have creatively undertook this topic in each of their own ways. Once I had finalised my selection of celebrity women, I grouped the common deaths together and researched each women's individual style with the aim that they would give me an idea on my final collection design ideas and have some common fashion traits.

My 3 final pieces each correlate to the three most creatively driven death (in the sense of design) that I had researched, these include: drug overdose, drowning and car/plane crash. The design process I embarked on to create these garments included finding similarities in necklines, sleeves, the style of skirt and the length of dresses usually worn – through this practice I was able to create 3 garments that would have been typical attire for each celebrity to wear in relation to their death.

For the drug overdose garment; the three celebrities which guided my design were Marilyn Monroe, Amy Winehouse and Anna Nicole Smith – these women all adorned figure hugging and cleavage flaunting garments. Therefore I fashioned a halter neck top and calf length pencil skirt with matching capsule pill clad underwear that would be visible through my chosen fabric. The photoshoot conducted to showcase this garment really helps bring the context to the garment and the theme of death becomes clearer for the viewer.

Natalie Wood and Whitney Houston were the inspiration for my garment based on the theme of drowning. These iconic women were classy dressers so my design had to take this into consideration; long batwing sleeves and a skirt which had both opaque and transparent elements to it seemed fit. I took into consideration the best materials to use to get an interesting effect when in contact with water.
Lastly, my car crash garment was created on behalf of victims: Princess Diana, Lisa Lopes, Jayne Mansfield and Grace Kelly. I created the garment to my desired look, conducted a photoshoot with the garment in its pristine condition. The dress was then burnt to portray the theme more obviously.

Darcey Brooks - Lolita

My initial idea came about after reading and watching Vladimir Nobokov's 'Lolita', I was intrigued by the way the eloquent prose and beautiful imagery contrasted with the underlying dark subject matter. After watching a documentary about Japan's legal grey area surrounding child pornography I was shocked by what is deemed acceptable by the law. I found other films with a 'Lolita Complex' relationship dynamic such as Leon: The Professional and American Beauty and realised that even in western culture there is often an over sexualisation of female youth, although often not to the extent that it is socially unacceptable. My work is about this grey area between what we have collectively decided is acceptable and what isn't. Maggy Hiltner's embroidery work has a creepy kitch quality which becomes more uncomfortable and sinister the closer you look. I wanted to create something overtly cute and feminine with a subtle dark side to it that becomes more apparent when looked at closely. I have used primary images to work from in my embroidery pieces, each inspired by a 'Lolita Complex' film that I have looked at in my project.
Persistent critical analysis and review of my work has been crucial in the coherence of my development. I was able to understand how my project was beginning to stride away from women's rights and gender equality, but through tutorial discussions I was able to refocus my work.

Throughout this project I have understood the significance of evaluative thinking and attain the capacity to present issues and concepts. This has encouraged me to move forward and take possibilities with results and ideas.

Hannah Rowe-Blackman - Painting

For this project, I wanted to challenge the idea that art must be justified by alternative, more substantial concepts rather than be appreciated for its own accomplishments. My final piece is comprised of elements from two separate landscapes, although not immediately obvious as they're painted similarly and possess no distinctive features. One of these locations was Biddulph Grange gardens in Staffordshire, which I selected as it has the same oriental elements found in Monet's work. I chose to explore landscape as it's a genre I'm familiar with and one practised primarily by artists like Monet and Van Gogh, whom I researched. As I anticipated, they had an immense influence on the direction of my project.
Initially, I had intended to create two separate paintings which incorporated both the natural and architectural elements of landscape. However, I didn't think it was appropriate as Monet would refrain from referencing architecture or any man-made structures within his work, so I decided to break the panels apart to create a fragmented landscape.

I chose to work on cardboard both because it was easily accessible and cost effective, unlike canvas, which meant that I wouldn't be so precious and restrictive with my painting or afraid to take risks but also because I preferred the smoothness of its surface. The acrylic developed a fluidity which made it easier to work with.

Deviating somewhat from the artists that I looked at, I chose to work with acrylic paints as I had plenty of access to them and no previous experience with oil paints. If I were to have used oil paints, I would have been limited to the surfaces upon which I could work and the expensiveness of the canvases as well as the paints themselves would have restricted me. Using acrylics allowed me to layer the paints over one another and create texture.

I used colour to create a sense of depth, which I would consider to be most successful. Although the panels were largely comprised of green tones, the greens were all distinctive and I carried them into each area of the painting for continuity. I drew from the same techniques I used for my previous FMP which was to use distinctive, abstract marks and shapes to describe form, similarly to Van Gogh. I believed it would have been impractical and unnecessary to address all aspects of the landscape in great depth as your eyes can't acknowledge all of the visual information at once so must simplify it to a mass of colours and shapes, an effect I attempted to replicate with paint.

I'm really pleased with the outcome of my project. However, I can only truly assess the level of its success once I see how the public responds to it, which I think they will do positively.

Rachel Law - Challenging Perception Of Beauty

Can an object or thing's destructive capabilities make it less beautiful? Viruses are incredibly complex, detailed and impressive structures however due to our fear over them this is often overlooked. If we find something beautiful before we discover the truth behind it do we then change our opinion? Do we then perceive that object or thing completely differently or is something either perceived as beautiful or not despite what it may be capable of? I want my work to make you think about these questions and make you maybe even doubt your own perception of what beauty stands for and what falls into the bracket of 'beautiful'.
The video on 70s culture aids in the realisation that the beautiful spinning structures are representations of the HIV virus. For some this can result in a backtracking if their opinion. However for others it can make it seem more beautiful not due to the devastation it can cause but because it's incomprehensible how something so unassuming can be the most dangerous.

The material that my structures are made from is a mirrored Perspex. This was an ideal choice for my project as the mirrors would reflect the light and colour from the video being projected onto it. Viruses are colourless as they are smaller than wavelengths of light so it was key to use a clear or reflective material. This material is also practical in the sense that it would be sturdy enough to spin and hold a rigid shape.

The majority of the artists that I looked at to help inspire me with my work were related to biology. These included bur Johnson and Luke Jerram. The majority of the artists I looked at were based around this concept as there is a strong biological link in my work. However I also did some in depth research into artists such as Laura Splan who worked with a similar concept whilst employing lots of digital techniques. This is something I did throughout my work as I used hand rendered samples but mostly employed digital techniques.

In order to get my work to the standard it is for the show I used a range of peer critiques and tutorials with my tutors. This enabled me to figure out the best way to overcome any obstacles I may have faced as well as suggesting materials or concepts I hadn't yet thought about. I am happy with my final choice of material as I experimented with a range before coming to that conclusion. Although also happy with the projection the opportunity to experiment more didn't arise.

Courtney McKay - Security and Safety

I have decided to research and explore the security and safety within our lives and also nature itself. Throughout my project I was asking myself questions like "are we as humans more independent than nature its self when it comes to security?" "How do we protect ourselves?" and "are we as humans and animals more alike than we think? Do we have the same wants and needs?" I explored a new pathway of architecture as I decided to look into 'Nests', I built 5 sculptures in different forms, each one having purpose for a bird to adapt to. Through my research I came to the conclusion that birds have the same needs when it comes to their security, although, they are much more independent, as they use their body language for protection, unlike us, we lean on others and have multiple devices. I used a range of techniques to display my work throughout, using my photoshoots to then create; monoprints, tape transfers and digital edits. This part of my project I really enjoyed, as I had never experienced making models before, I was happy with my turnout and was happy enough to display my work in my exhibition.

After talking to my peers and tutors, I decided it was time to go back and explore habitats and get back to doing some landscape photography. I took two trips, one to Tatton Park and one to wales, I was able to capture a range of habitats and few animals. I learnt about their adaptations and interpreted it into my edits, using colour and hand edits to represent certain aspects. In this part of my project I started to research the negative and positive impacts when interfering with nature. I came across some trees that were fenced for their security reasons, but then it juxtaposed and backfired, as bark was damaged and couldn't grow naturally. I took a few close up images and used one in my exhibition as the content within the image sums up the project as it shows the contrast in negativity and positivity. This part of my project I felt more subjective too, as when I look back to the photoshoots I did, I can imagine being back behind the camera, landscape photography I enjoy doing, especially on the beach, as it is my favourite place to go.

Eddie Kurnaz - Advertising Places

Coming up with the beginning concept for this project was based around a book I read, that I found endearing. The aspects that inspired my work, were about the male body and how different clothes and types of styles can portray confidence in the wearer. The recurring thought I had through this book was how the body is also a way you can show your confidence. Posture was introduced by asking people to describe the way that they stand and how their personal style effects their confidence.

Way's that I presented how posture effects the body was through a photoshoot that showed how heels can change your body. I took photographs which showed that in flat shoes the body looks more slouched whilst heels make everything appear straighter with your shoulders back and your lumber has a slight arch. The research would suggest that in a normal environment people wearing heels would carry themselves better with a proper posture and showing confidence.

Developing the work that I produced I focused around clothing that can affect your posture as well as items and objects. Previous research showed different clothing items that are available to alter your posture while wearing them on a day to day basis. To show this, I created a kimono that also resembled a strait jacket as they are relate to restraining the wearer and I wanted to create a garment that would do the same. Looking at wooden garments which pointed me in the direction of Elisa Strozyk who is an artist that specialises in using wood to create abstract pieces of art that relate to house hold items. This inspired a lot of my development work as working with wood is a material known for sturdiness. Covering a top in cardboard to create a ridged garment displayed the effect wood can have on your posture as it's hard to bend over or stretch. Low Polygon art also came from looking at Elisa Strozyk as it's similar to her art style but its computer based, creating the small piece I did on low polygon art gave me an insight of how I could create a garment effected by wood.

My final exhibition shows different materials and contextual research effects your posture. Using different exercises from the gym and 70's, with inspiration from Eadweard Muybridge gave me the idea of creating boomerangs. The idea was to show how each of my overalls would affect the person's posture doing different exercises and poses.

Eleanor Jaeger - What is Art?

Godlike Is going to be a somewhat study into specific people, including myself see or admire people they like or look up to, and how they see them as icons or "gods" without even knowing. Specific people in this case are going to be people I know.

I'm planning on challenging myself and really trying to branch out in this brief and make this the most important project I have ever done by making myself use new influences while still somehow managing to stick to my roots and things that I know and love, just to keep this project "alive" and not just a task or chore. The challenge areas will also include painting in new ways and getting out of my comfort zone.

Research won't just be looking at artists and artwork influences, it will be going to galleries, concerts, exhibitions and other places that generally will inspire me in some way shape or form. This brief I feel will have a very psychological side to it as I write the narrative going on in my head, that's always how I've written. I also may have a week plan but I'm only going to follow it loosely as I really want to just somehow let loose and see where the project takes me rather than stay linear the entire time and be troubled by deadlines and rules.

I will include contextual influences and things needed on the criteria list and opinions of the sort but I want to keep that to a minimum while still achieving the grades needed as facts on contextual influences are nice and all, but I really want to give this my own spin in some way shape or form.

Workings and final outcomes will mainly be based around canvas paintings, specifically acrylic and somewhat large scale.

Nathan Owen - Pay Booth

The concept of my project is to focus on the fact that everyday people find it acceptable to pay for enjoyment between them and their friends or family. It is considered mainstream for the generation today, next to nobody goes out and explores anymore, it is all masked by cinemas, theme parks and other activities that are feeding from the vulnerability of people not knowing any different. There is no thought or consideration into what people can do that doesn't cost anything, whenever people make plans, it is always what to do and where to go that is cheap enough for everyone. And that is what my project focuses on, the norm of reality with the current generation of people masked by the digital world without knowing any better.
The foundation of my project is to replicate that of a theme parks entrance barrier, the process you have to go through to be allowed access into the attractions is you go to the booth, hand over your money and then receive the pass that grants you access. I wanted to replicate this same process and flip the tables around, with the idea that if you have to pay for this, it must be a fun thing to do, because the wildlife parks, forests and landmarks we already have readily available for anyone without a penny being charged aren't considered by anyone because its 'free '– And with my stall I will then charge for the entrance as a target towards today's youth.

The influences I had to create this project was through myself, I was in the same reality of paying to have fun, and since I have started this project and explored the various locations Warrington has to offer I really have enjoyed myself. The idea behind my final edited photographs came from two historic photographers, and a current photographer today who still replicates the pain-looking photo with a large format camera, I was able to source software from a photography magazine that I used for research and influences that could replicate these paint effects that I was inspired by. The use of angles and focal techniques I have used across my photoshoots was most inspired by Waite, and I implemented a consideration for the lighting and shadows in my photoshoots by Campbell.

The idea behind creating a business for this whole project speaks for itself, I was turning the tables against those mainstream companies so I needed to make one myself, and I'd say the branding and foundation of my business is quite solid. It has good relations to its background and holds the clean and professional look I wanted. The website I created is professional and explains everything about the company and what it does for anyone interested to learn what TikiGreen does.

I feel my project has been a massive success, and I have been able to implement a solid meaning to my target audience, the way I have gone about with creating a ticket stall, visited natural locations and built a whole business around this mainstream problem expresses the fact that this is a growing concern with people today. I have learned many new skills and techniques from the artists I have researched, and I have some new knowledge on the history of key buildings in cities, and how landscape photography first started. I am very happy with my final piece, and the meaning behind my project I feel is solid.

Claire Bennett - Fashion Blog

The main idea behind my project was to create a blog based on fashion and the influences and current trends in street style fashion and fashion photography. I wanted my blog to be user friendly for all and attract the older generation's as well and not just teenagers. Therefore before I created my blog I came up with the name. I looked up various different phrases and words for fashion and style that were popular in the 90's and thus 'Decked Out' became my blog title.

In the start, I looked at how the media basic fashion photography in and out of the studio. Therefore I did a location photoshoot and an interview alongside so that people were able to understand why teenagers in particular dress the way they do.

From looking at the fashion blog The Satorialist, I decided to start looking at this year's trends and replicating them in my work. I did this by producing outfit boards which also showed the cost of the outfits and each item of clothing and where to buy it from.

After noticing how expensive it was to try and buy something that was on trend, I then used items that I had in my wardrobe to try and replicate them.
After looking at various magazine covers for inspiration for my next shoot, I came to question myself of whether images that you see online are likes because of what the person is wearing and how they hold themselves, or whether it's due to the way its photographed? Therefore, I came up with the idea of doing a shoot based upon this question. Therefore, I teamed up with Megan Fisher who created the bin bag dress and did a photoshoot. The aim of the shoot was to have the model wear the dress and do various poses, some which were normal portrait images and some which were to look provocative.

After doing this shoot, I then began to revisit various fashion blogs and noticed that there wasn't really a market for the older generation and what they think to be trendy. Therefore I asked my mum to help out
with a photoshoot and wearoutfits that she would
wear to work, for when she's pottering around the

house and when she's going out for an occasion. I felt like this shoot wasn't very successful due to my mum being someone who doesn't really follow trends. Therefore I began to look at older models and ladies on social media who had their own style which was very unique. This then sparked the idea of doing a photoshoot in a residential home and trying to replicate younger more modern style within the images I wanted to take. After getting in touch with a modelling agency and a residential home, I was rejected by both for models.

I then decided to go back to having my blog feature young adult fashion, but I began to look more at the advertisement side, therefore I began to look more into promotional posters by Marc Jacobs and Lazy Oaf and tried to replicate them with the images I have. After doing this I also decided that I wanted to create an advert that people would be able to view when my blog was complete so I look at adverts by Riverisland and decided that they would feature in my exhibition.

Abigail Boughton - The Progression of Body shaping

Body shaping and body image has been a topic of discussion for many years, and when I say many I literally mean since the 18th century when corsetry came in to fashion for women. But that was it, this was when men and the fashion industry first started to depict how a woman's body should look, granted at the time it wasn't necessarily to make the woman wearing the garment more appealing but to suit the new style of clothing that was becoming fashionable at this time for the royals, exaggerating their stiff posture. Naturally, the corset style made itself more accessible to those women of the middle class where the design then eventually changed and became more … lets say 'appealing to the male eye' if you know what I mean. The corset was originally designed to be an un-appealing undergarment that wouldn't be seen, although it wasn't until many years later that the corset managed to wriggle its way out from underneath respected women's clothing to become some what of a

fashion statement on the outside. Form that point onward the corset then developed connotations of sexual deviance and dominance as well as the sense of power it used to give the ladies of the 18th century. This is where the way women viewed their bodies changed. Men who created and designed these corsets had in mind the shape of woman they waned to see, the hourglass figure of a small waist and a deceivingly large bust more like a shelf that someone could rest a glass on, realistically a rather unobtainable shape for a natural woman to achieve. Eventually, the corset moved away from the art of fashion, to the art of performance. Costumes for burlesque and cabaret shows took inspiration and developed from the corset and its initial under garment purpose to something a little more risky in ways adding humor as well as female beauty to a show whilst men and women are able to admire the true female body. Along side burlesque at the

present day, there is a growing and more accepted community where corsetry and physically altering a person's body is seen as complete art and not to do with we are told we should look. And that art is Drag!

And finally my last point, through my research of body shaping, I realized something that actually amused me, corsetry has come full circle. A garment for a female, sculpted by a man who wanted the 'perfect' body shape for his design of clothes to look its best, to males depicting what a woman should wear and what their body should look like for the males own enjoyment. Then allowing women to embrace the sexuality through performance in these extravagant costumes that once were designed to restrict women and now is completely different … then right back to creating the 'perfect' hourglass figure of a woman. Only this time its, being created on men!

Georgina Isles - Endangered

I made a series of four sculptures, each a different animal that has been labelled as endangered. I explored different materials and looked in to how they represent and respond to endangered animals and the causes behind their decline.

The materials I used play a part in how the species has been declining. Plastic = pollution, wood = deforestation, material = fur trade.

I hope people will make this link, then react and think about how human interference can disrupt species and environments.

I was influenced by artists who work with the materials I used. I researched their techniques and how they work with the media. Looking at different artists helped me work out how I could build and work, and give me

an idea of what my outcome wouldlook like. Most of the medias I hadn't worked with before so I didn't know how my sculptures would turn out. I referred back to a lot of artists I looked at during my experiments and initial research.

I only explored the structure of the animals in my experiments, this helped me understand how to build and create the form of the creatures, I didn't actually work with the medias I used in my outcomes.
My project was basically playing and figuring out how to do things.

I had to try hard to stick to my time frame as I had a large workload. It did give, as some sculptures took longer then planned to create and install. But altogether I managed to work with good time management inorder to not over look a sculpture o

r rush one. I am happy with my project as I feel it has a strong massage and point behind it. The sculptures themselves fit well into their environments, showing a strong link of human's interference.

I had several group critiques throughout the project, where other students could comment on my work, if they thought things would work or not. I also got a lot of advice from other students, although I also worked with my tutors a lot, which meant I had continuous comments and pointers to make my sculptures better. I self assess continuously, meaning I didn't leave anything unless I was completely happy with it.
I want people to look at my sculptures and think about the rift caused by human interference, and if they think we effect the environment and the wildlife profusely.

Rachel Burge - Body Image

missing statement

Ellen McGoran - A Need to Communicate

missing statement

Bradley Harrison - The Right Dungarees

A world with no boundaries; raves gave people a freedom of expression, and the opportunity to present themselves as the person they really are, or want to be. It gave them a chance to temporarily put behind them the stress, demands, and reality of everyday working life. It was about love, bringing people together, and respect. It was a revolution, and nothing less than that. From Chicago's underground, to Manchester's Hacienda, and every illegal location in between, your race, gender, and sexuality didn't matter here. The unity between friends and strangers was one of a kind; unlike anything else. They came here to dance and be free. I wanted to look at the fashion side of this theme, and how people would show off their personalities in their own sense of style and

clothing. Each and everyone's style would be similar in some sort of way, but it would always be unique to them. One thing that came up in my research was that these raves were described as being 'dress down, not up'. They weren't like your normal night out where people would scrub up and wear their best. However, if you were wearing dungarees, it had to be the right dungarees. The garments I have designed for my collection have taken inspiration from past 90's outfits, and from men's fashion week AW17, including designers such as Christopher Shannon, Dior, Topman, and Liam Hodges. I wanted to stay clear of the stereotypical bright neon colours that are usually associated with this theme, and use more tonal and aesthetically pleasing ones instead. The

garments would also be oversized and baggy to enable the wearer to move freely and with ease. The zip pocket on the back of the gilet is to be used to carry weights. Made up of bags of rice, these weights will literally symbolise the weight carried on the shoulders of people during adulthood, and how the stress and difficulties of normal life can bring people down and create and emotional burden. With the gilet on its own being extremely lightweight, and the bags being detachable, I wanted to present how these raves were able to help people forget and move past their worries, just by removing the factors that prevent them from doing so – lift a weight of your shoulders. They were moments of magic, spirits were lifted, and everyone was at peace.

Rebecca Cookson - The Value Of A Book In Society

In this project I explored 'The Value of a Book in Today's Society'; using mostly primary research and artist research I expanded my knowledge on the topic, and delved into how books have become less valued with the expansion of technology. I began this topic focusing on how books are originally meant to be used and then produced a few ideas on other ways we as a society could recycle them; such as re arranging the words within, removing words or translating words into imaged. For example, looking into work by artists who physically removes all written information from the page- I experimented with this, posing the question 'are pages and a cover all it takes to deem something a book?' as all of these components remained, yet no information could be received from the said book. Work by Victor Moscoso challenged how we deem words and images to be separate things, and merged text into his imagery; so I expanded on this using 'film' and 'literature' –which are often seen as opposing medias- and brought them together by overlaying quotes onto the paper in the shape of the images from the film. This brought me to analyse sayings such as 'the pen is mightier than the sword' and 'a picture is worth a thousand words'. I proceeded

to delve deeper into using literature as the basis asan art form, and discovered a concept known as 'Blackout poetry' which unfortunately is only a small art form not used by many. This is the process of crossing words on a page out to leave a series of chosen words behind- used to form something new. This reinforces the sense of recycling a book, as they are a combination of the same 26 letters and variety of words, we can alter them and re use the words given to us to form something new. I quickly became intrigued with this concept and begun to try and aspire to set goals; such as to make poems rhyme, or to control the tone of the poem or passage, often trying to take the emotions of the original text, and produce a contrasting tone within my poem; to see how the same words can be manipulated. Then looking into Jeremy May, an artist who creates jewellery from compressing and varnishing book pages, and then showcasing them inside the book they are made from, I decided to combine this idea with the blackout poetry concept. Though encountering some challenges along the way such as the mental challenge of achieving the poems and passages I desired from within the books. Then finally after a visit to a library and seeing how people

had indeed not gone there in look for books, but instead the computers available, I decided to 'create a library environment at home', so taking my previous experiment and placing blacked out books within household items; eg a chair or cushion. Then challenging myself to try and link the passages I created to the books main theme, and then linking this to the location of the book; e.g. the book inside a dictionary is The Book Thief, and the passages inside are about literature.

As a whole I created four final outcomes as part of a series: a book within a book, a book within a tree, a book within a cushion and a book within a chair. Overall I'm pleased with how my project came together, and how it forces the viewer to interact with the books, thus re-establishing the connection between reader and book. Then making the books themselves easy to acquire by already having them within your home. I believe this project has allowed me to better my understanding on how books are valued today, and has successfully challenged the common theme of physical books becoming obsolete, being replaced by technology.

Megan Walker - The Value Of A Book In Society

I'm a firm believer in, 'in the moment'. Historically, there was never an opportunity to edit photographs whereas now the technology is forever being upgraded and you can manipulate as much as you want with infinite shots. I always found the idea of the psychology behind a camera very interesting, which I then wanted to mix with social media and the reaction. Popular social media networks, Facebook, Instagram, twitter you can now show your reaction whether that is a like, love, comment, share. I knew that this would be a project with new opportunities each and every step

of the way. The developing of the camera was something that I took an interest too therefore and I wanted to observe the reaction with the type of camera I used. An iPhone 6s is an obscure way to photograph as it is small and then the DSLR, you find that there are more reactions because they are more in your face. The photographers that have inspired me for the project is Bruce Gilden for his close up shots of the upcoming public and also Martin Parr for his random snaps of people lounging on their sun loungers.

The series of photographs that I have displayed on the wall show the reactions of the public in Liverpool and Chester when I took a photograph of them with my DSLR camera. Next to it you will see emoji's where I have mixed social media using emoji's of the reactions I think link with their initial reactions this has enabled me to link my ideas . Then to the right I have the psychology of a selfie, where it shows the back log of 5 of my friends images before there 'perfect' one, edited or unedited. I found people take more than one photograph before they choose their final one. My project is a fun way to express reactions across social media and uncaught moments.

Edward Gatley - Living Space

For my FMP, I have decided to focus on the theme: “Living space”, where I plan on creating an area for animals and people from the older community, and individuals with learning difficulties to sit and play with the animals, which will not only benefit them by allowing them to meet new people, but also to help make their day. The area itself will benefit the two target groups; for the animals, it’ll be their own personal adventure ground, allowing them to explore the grounds, and meet new animals, an area that will benefit animals who love the outdoors: guinea pigs, rabbits, dogs and many more. While the other group will have seats where they can pet animals, tables where they can place their bags and treats for their animals, and a place where they can take their animals without worrying and meet new people.

The benefits of owning a pet helps with both physical and mental health too. I plan on going to the Tate museum and the Liverpool library where I will document the multiple types of interior designs andI hope to include them in my FMP. I also plan on making cultural research, where I plan to document about how animals help the elderly, as well as going to the RSPCA, and make questionnaires for the volunteers and find out their views on animals. Another idea is to ask people with learning difficulties their views on their pets, and find out how much their animals have changed their lives. I also plan on reading books which explain the living habits of animals, helping me make the perfect living space for them.

I intend on using techniques I have learned over the years in college to create a construction, where I will be attaching guinea pig runs and hutches. I also plan on collaging materials on the walls, to add colour and character to the area. I intend to use Photoshop and Adobe illustrator, to plan out the layout of the idea, allowing me to get a 3D view of the design, which will help in any changes needed to the design. I will be making questionnaires as well, in order to get a grasp on the type of living space most animals live in, and what type of area people want for their animals.

Chloe Bandy - What Has The Bigger Impact?

Throughout this project, I will be exploring how the use of colour effects the impact an image has on a person and how in some cases the use of black and white photography can omit visual information. It can sometimes not portray the real purpose and meaning behind a photograph. I want to explore the use of colour in different situations, such as genres and subject matters. I will be working towards creating a final selection of images that explore this concept in different ways, to put across how important colour is when it comes to photography, producing a large range of photoshoots in order to represent the impact colour can have, focusing mainly on the techniques and photographic editing.

My investigation starts at the power of both colour and black and white photography and exploring the reasoning behind how colour was introduced to the photographic world and how the perception and

quality has changed over time. I was able to look into a number of photographers such as 'Martin Parr' and 'William Eggleston', who both have started of using colour photography and then expanded their works creating only black and white ranges of imagery. I am interested to look into the reasoning behind their change of heart when it came to leaving coloured photography behind. For my own work I will ask viewers to access which image is 'best' black and white or colour photographs. I intend to look at social issues as a subject matter that are often overlooked and if my images can add impact and make people stop to think what is happening in our society.
Whilst exploring these ideas using different techniques and styles, Photoshop, Lightroom will act as editing tools. Experiments with the use of lighting itself may alter the images perception, as I think that changing the light direction for example will alter the tones and depth to an image and effect the colour/success.

I may add colour or take away using different media's such as art and textiles based, as this may add further impact to the social message, but it may also deflect from it.

Through annotations, continuously developing and reviewing each outcome that I have provided to show the successes and weaknesses along with reviewing photoshoots and other processes I have attempted throughout the project. I will do a weekly review on my work to see if I have successfully completed all I had planned to do and to see what I need to focus on next. I will be documenting all of these reviews in my journal where I will also be including and group critiques and one to one tutorials, which will enable me to identify which route I need to go down and allow me to get a second look at my work from someone else perspective.

Tara Bishop - What Has The Bigger Impact?

My final project drew from the concept of surreality of narrative and images in dreams. From the start I wanted to capture the experience of shifting realities, moods and themes, and as the project developed I discovered that the best way to convey the feeling of stepping into another world was to create an immersive installation. The finished installation combines physical presence and sense influence in the forms of sculpture, video and audio respectively. As much as I could, I kept the environment atmospherically neutral; though I researched nightmares and dark dreaming heavily in this project, I didn't want to create an inherently scary space. My stance with this installation, and dreaming in general, is that images and themes are neutral until a viewer projects their own fears or opinions onto them, turning the content either to a light or dark atmosphere. Dreams, and interpretation of those dreams, are very personal and subjective, and so I wanted to create an objective space and fill it with surreality. The audience can then create their own unique experience of the space defined by their own predefined fears and opinions.

I researched a variety of artists covering multiple mediums as preparation for this project. Artists andpieces that particularly influenced my work were Tony Oursler and Bill Viola's respective projection and video series, the former's sculptures being the springboard I took into clay sculpture; the French and Mottershead Woodland piece in their Afterlife audio series, which unsettlingly described the decomposition of the human body; Mu Boyan's Fatty series and Choi Xoo Ang's humanoid sculptures, and Odilon Redon and William Kentridge's work with dark image-making and animation. As I became more interested in particular artists I became less drawn to other mediums that I had intended to explore, such as painting, which I had done a lot of in my previous project, and photography. It was at this midway point that I ventured away from my original Statement of Intent to take the project in a more organic direction with mediums that complimented the atmosphere I was intending to create.

Throughout this project I have taken and responded to critique from my tutors and my peers, and developed what was originally a very personal project into an installation that responds to the public view. One common input as the installation began to piece together was that it needed another element – audio – to tie all of the mediums into one collective space. Peer discussion led to the creation of the audio track available to listen to inside. Another suggestion was that the space should allow for a narrative following one character; this was some critique that, as it was implemented and discussed, seemed to restrict the installation in that it dictated the viewer's response. Narrative was dismissed to retain objectivity, abstraction and fluidity.

Ray Baker - Motion Tattoo

For my final project I will be producing a temporary tattoo design which will be photographed on a model. This expands on my initial Skin project in which I created a series of tattoo designs to be projected and photographed on the skin. In this project I will be using Photoshop, traditional illustration, photography and waterslide decal paper. This allows me to experiment with a variety of different medias and materials and further expand my knowledge of these techniques.

For my initial research I looked at artists Eliza Bennett and Lorenzo Nanni. Bennett’s work uses embroidery on the skin to represent the hard work in jobs that are considered “women’s work” such as catering and caring. After the thread is removed from the skin it leaves an imprint of the design. I became interested in the idea of marking the skin with a design as a form of art which inspired further research

into tattooing and body modification. Artist John Yuri uses temporary tattoos to make artistic statements about social media and body image by putting photographs and text from a person’s social media accounts onto their skin, making a powerful statement about the way we portray ourselves on social media versus who we are in real life. I liked the idea of working with themes of symbolism and identity, similar to Yuri.

After reading articles on Karl Marc’s animated tattoo and Oskar & Gaspar’s Ink Mapping project I was inspired to use projection of images onto skin for my project. Marc’s animated tattoo uses QR code technology to launch a video of the illustration in motion when photographed with a smartphone and Oskar & Gaspar’s Ink Mapping uses projection to project onto pre-existing tattoos with animations of them moving.

I will be using waterslide decal paper to create my own temporary tattoos to be applied to a model. The design will be scanned and digitally rendered so that I can print it onto the paper. To begin this project, I'm going to create and finalize my design using both traditional illustration and digital illustration through Photoshop to refine the design. Then I will print the design onto the waterslide paper, which is non-toxic and suitable to be used on skin. The paper is A4 in side so if I decide that I want my design to be larger I will achieve this by cutting the design into halves and putting it on two sheets of paper then putting the design together when applying it to the skin. The final step of my project will be the photography of this using a model, which I will need to utilize studio space for a photoshoot and use a high quality camera. I intend to also capture the design from different angles and poses to display how the design interacts with the skin.

Alan Horowski - Hygge

This project is about giving an identity to a new business which is going to offer a wide range of home decorations products that are Scandinavian, modern, stylish and suitable for every type of home design. The whole theme of this is Hygge culture. I worked towards producing an identity such as a logo, business card and a mini booklet on how to be Hygge. I've created a logo that is connected to Scandinavian colours and decorations such as chairs and lamps because of the simple lines. The little booklet is connected with Hygge and Scandinavian because it includes patterns that come from Scandinavian culture and images that come from Hygge culture. Business card was created as simple and minimal as possible.

My main influences came from the Hygge and Scandinavian style because most of the products will come from this culture. Artists like Sanna Annukka has played a big role in my mini booklet as I took influence from her patterns to create my own, Zoe Oferall on the other side has inspired me with the style of images she produces. Her style which is simple and looks really good had to be added into my own work.

Processes that I have used throughout this project are illustration, perfect bounding and photoshop editing. I tried to combine and create something using more than one process because it's interesting

what results you might get when you're experimenting with all of those techniques. I stuck to the timetable because I wanted to make sure I get everything done on time without any falling behind which was a good move.

Throughout the project I've commented in my journal on some of the issues I came across and how I went about them by writing little notes on top of my work. Group critique and conversations with people have helped me a lot with things I didn't see which were wrong.

Hygge book

Molly Jones - Destruction

For my final major project, I have decided to use the title "Destruction". I chose this title because I have a huge interest in abandoned buildings and art that has become art purely from destruction. My most enjoyed project from Art and Design has been the Urban Environments which is why I have decided to continue on from that project looking at abandoned and destroyed buildings. I have decided that I will work on producing three main pieces of fabric that relate to three chosen buildings and show the way in which these buildings were ruined in their individual ways. Alongside the pieces of fabric, there will be photographs of the buildings which will again be worked into the same way the chosen buildings are. This extends my knowledge and understanding on beauty from destruction and has enabled me to not be so careful when creating pieces of artwork.

As I am personally interested in abandoned and ruined buildings I feel this would be a great starting point for me for the title I have chosen. An artist that I have been interested in for a long amount of time is Valerie Hegarty, she has inspired me for a long amount of time and I will be researching more into her work on destruction. I intend to travel out on location and take first-hand photographs of abandoned buildings. This will allow me a close up look at the buildings and inspire me with my techniques when creating my final pieces.

For the outcomes of this project, I intend to work into the pieces same way the abandoned buildings have been ruined and destroyed. I would like for it to be very clear what has happened to the buildings from just looking at the outcomes I have created. I would like to create 3 or 4 pieces of plain fabric and work into them through a prolonged period of time similar

to how abandoned buildings have been left to ruin. For these pieces, I want to work from buildings that have been burnt, flooded, abandoned and possibly overused to a state that has ruined the building. I intend to leave the pieces of fabric in places that allow the pieces to be worn down in the same way the buildings were. I also would like to do the same process on photographs that I have taken of the chosen buildings, in a way creating a certain before and after look.

To critically review and analyse my work I will be listening to the constructive criticism given from the group crits and the conversations with my tutors and summarise whether I agree or disagree with their opinions and make my own decisions on my work. These conversations will mean I will be able to record the response to my work in my sketchbook and work on them positively.

Harriett White - Health

I created the well-being activities that would allow people to sit down and relax giving them time and space, which are based around mental health allowing people to see the message hidden in them with a sculpture of myself in the centre. I think whoever interacts with my exhibition will understand what I have done as they complete the activities.
My influences stemmed from my personal experiences. I had a range of artists, Laura Guese, Stefan Sagmeister, Seamus Ryan and Heather Hansen. Heather created work using her own body by doing a well-being activity of Yoga. I collected research from our daily news and culture, using each of these influences to help me develop further referencing them as I go along when my ideas have changed and why.

I used Photoshop and Illustrator to create my activities where I then after made a sculpture that was made out of chicken wire and spray paint, paint being a media that I originally wanted to use. Throughout my project I created clay faces, pottery, chalk drawings and worked on the computer using the Medias I felt were right for me. The processes to all my work are evaluated through my journals in depth supported by imagery, the likes of how the chicken wire was moulded around me etc. I feel I did stick to my timetable making sure I knew what I was doing and through the weeks so my time was divided equally, especially concerning getting any materials I needed. I would like to say I achieved a successful project as I worked very hard to get the outcome I wanted. My exhibition is exactly how I envisioned it and I am really pleased with the outcome.

I evaluated my work from group critiques, conversations that I had with my peers and also my tutorials that I made sure I had explained and documented to show my journey throughout. After I had done my activities I printed some out in trial to give to people where I could get feedback from to see if they worked. I have a final group critique that was also done in mixed groups presented in detail in my journal. I have evaluated my work in great detail throughout my journals analysing what I've done and changed as I've gone along.