SPOTLIGHT: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE UNIVERSITY ALL EYES ON END OFYEAR SHOW
Buckinghamshire NewUniversity courses prove to be a hit with fantastic student designs displayed at art show
Organisers of Bucks New University’s end-of-year art and design show, Bucks EYeS, said they had been extremely pleased with the positive comments from visitors this year.
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he showtook place in June and featured pieces froma wide range of courses,
including Ceramics and Glass, Fine Art, Furniture, Graphic Arts, Jewellery,Metalwork and Textiles, Silver, and Spatial Design. Jake Kaner, professor in
furniture and coordinator of the show, said: “The standard ofwork this yearwas extremely high and thiswas reflected in the positive feedbackwe have received from visitors. Everyone seemed to enjoy the show. The showwas
alivewith innovative ideas. Our students put a tremendous amount ofwork in to ensuring the showwas of a high standard and it provided a fantastic platformfor themto display their pieces.” StudentMichael Sutton,
studying BA (Hons) Furniture: Design and Craft, displayedwork including cantilever shelving and a cantilever lectern, aswell as a benchmade for theWelsh Assembly Government. He said: “The showgives an
opportunity for students to gain a different perspective on ourwork fromfresh eyes and I have received some good comments frompeople visiting,who also tookmy card, so hopefully itmay lead to further opportunities. I thoroughly enjoyed the show.” Gina Langridge, studying BA
(Hons) Ceramics and Glass, displayed pieces including a 50cm-long coloured horse’s head, made fromblown glass. Gina, a keen horse rider, also displayed coloured bottleswith stoppers shaped like horse’s heads and ceramic vaseswith textured pictures of horses on the side. She said: “I feel this exhibition
will hopefully provide a springboard formy career. Iwould like towork in the glass blowing industry. Itwas fantastic to see howthework came together in the exhibition and howmuch all the pieceswere obviously enjoyed by the visitors.” Fellow student Amy Taylor
based her exhibition on her experiences travelling in Thailand, displaying a neon sign inside a bell jar-shaped glass, as well asmaking traditional vessels with neon stoppers on the top. She also hopes to enter the glass- blowing industry. Student Jenny Collicott,
studying BA (Hons) Textiles and Surface Design, displayed her final major project, entitled ‘Iconic Imagery through Hockney Glasses’,whichwas a collection of prints inspired by artist David Hockney, capturing Hockney’s essence and playfulness. The designsweremade up of a
combination of drawings, paintings, photographs, lino prints and various digital techniques, using a range of programmes, and printed on a range of silks. The fabricswere chosen according to whichweremost suited to the print and included crepe de chine, silk satin, silk jersey, satin chiffon, chiffon and crepe satin. Jenny said: “I really enjoyed
the show. It was fantastic so see everyone’s work displayed so beautifully and it was a good opportunity to showcase my work. I am now in the process of starting my own business and am having my print designs made into scarves and women’s- wear garments.” Pieceswere also exhibited at
NewDesigners, at the Business Design Centre, in Islington, London, in June and July, and at
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D&AD NewBlood at The Old Truman Brewery, in Brick Lane, London, at the end of June. Students’workwill also be on showat the Indigo Paris 2012 exhibition between 19-21
September.
Formore information telephone 0800 0565 660, email
advice@bucks.ac.uk or
visitwww.bucks.ac.uk
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