Creative Midlands East |
- Indie mags pop up this weekend
- Fashion graduate sets up own business thanks to the Prince's Trust
- 22nd Legnica International Jewellery Competition
- Students get to work with jeweller Laura Cave
| Indie mags pop up this weekend Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:42 PM PDT
The shop is the brainchild of Daisy Simpson, a final year Fashion Marketing and Branding student studying at Nottingham Trent University. The creation of Papier Bazaar and the Nottingham event are part of Daisy's final year project. All proceeds generated from the three day pop-up store event will be donated to the charity Springboard for Children which provide help for school children that struggle with literacy. As with much in the creative world, Daisy's discovered that the online world of magazine retail is way ahead of the high street. There are a lot more diverse titles available on the internet while the high street does little to represent the range of independent magazines available. In her final year at university Daisy was able to choose a suitable topic to research and implement and she knew she wanted to do something with magazines. Based on two key ideas of pop-up and club, her project, Papier Bazaar, focuses on reaching out and increasing the visibility of independent and self-published magazines on the high-street. There are all these great and creative individuals clubbing together to create these magazines, but is this being mirrored through magazine retail? 'I have always been pretty obsessed with magazines ever since I started high school, and I hope to work within the magazine industry when I graduate from university.' 'The response from independent magazines from here in the UK, the US, Berlin, Australia, Austria and other countries has been amazing, they have really supported my project and without their help I couldn't have done the event.' Over 25 different independent magazines will be on offer at the event covering a broad spectrum of genres and work by local artist and illustrator Mr The Beef will also be exhibited. The pop-up event will be open from 11am – 3pm on all three days. For more details of the project and titles available, visit Daisy's website. |
| Fashion graduate sets up own business thanks to the Prince's Trust Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:55 AM PDT  Recent Fashion graduate Eleanor Bland returned to Lincoln last term to give a presentation to current BA *(Hons) Fashion students on freelancing and starting a new business. Eleanor has been awarded start up funding and a two year business mentor from the Prince's Trust.  As a result, Eleanor has been able to launch her own business under the name of "Re-fashioned Ltd". The photos shown here were taken at a recent photo shoot to showcase her first professional collection.  Eleanor brought some of her current work in progress to show to students and encouraged them to think about setting up their own business, with thanks to schemes such as the Prince's Trust.  If you are a recent graduate of the School of Art and Design and would like to return to talk to students about similar experiences or how your career is progressing since graduation, please get in touch with either the School of Art and Design or the Alumni office. We would love to welcome you back.  |
| 22nd Legnica International Jewellery Competition Posted: 18 Apr 2013 08:34 AM PDT  The Jewellery & Object team are more than delighted to announce that Fiona Parkinson, from Year 2, has been selected for this prestigious international competition, the 22nd Legnica International Jewellery Competition. The aim of the exhibition, curated by Monika Szpatowicz of the Galeria Sztuki in Legnica, Poland, is to present the most interesting accomplishments of contemporary art jewellery. The submitted works should be jewellery in the broad sense of the term, display creativity as well as high standards of design and execution. As part of this year's theme, REVOLT, participants were asked to respond to some challenging aspects of the current socio-economic debate and consider "…there is also another aspect of the design and use of jewellery – which – like no other product of the imagination – can be an effective message, manifesting the point of view of the user – a voice of protest, being anti- or pro-, attitudes of rebellion, rebellion and guerrilla warfare…Are jewellery designers able to demonstrate their own opinion and join the discussion concerning non-aesthetic issues?"  What is characteristic of the competition is the fact that the winners of the first three prizes receive – according to a long-standing tradition – silver and cash prizes. Fiona's spectacular piece "Our times: the end of innocence?" is dominated by a white dove that she sourced and preserved herself, after attending a workshop in taxidermy.  The jury included Professor Hans Stofer, Head of Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery at the Royal College of Art. The competition attracted 625 entries from 43 countries, from which 50 were selected. Fiona has been invited to attend the culmination of REVOLT in an award ceremony, to take place 17-18 May in Legnica. We wish Fiona all the luck she deserves, and fingers crossed. |
| Students get to work with jeweller Laura Cave Posted: 18 Apr 2013 07:33 AM PDT  The Jewellery and Object BA students from all 3 year groups, together with our Artist in Residence, Marta Boan, joined a two day intensive workshop to learn a new process and technique.    All the participants completed the workshop with a body of samples using anodised aluminium, dyes, inks and a variety of ways to apply colour to the metal. All the students created a bracelet using their own designs, with many saying that they would continue to work with anodised aluminium and would incorporate it into future projects and designs.     Laura Cave trained as a jeweller at the Royal College of Art and has worked with anodised aluminium for fifteen years. She has developed many of her own techniques with print and colour and makes both wearable jewellery pieces and themed wall installations which involve the audience in an element of interaction.  Laura has taught extensively at the Royal College of Art in London, London Metropolitan University, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, University of the Creative Arts, Farnham as well as community projects in London and Lima, Peru. |
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