“There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.”
Edward de Bono.
Creativity lies at the heart of all we do in the Beckworth Centre for the Arts at Ballarat Grammar. Our students are encouraged to explore their individual creative directions by engaging in a comprehensive program of studio and workshop experiences throughout their time with us. As students immerse themselves in the full scope of Art & Design processes available to them, they learn to identify and conceptualise opportunities to be creative and solve problems, research and investigate to inform decisions and gain inspiration, generate and resolve ideas and concepts, develop and apply a wide range of practical skills and learn how to be reflective and evaluative throughout the process. The value of these skills is highlighted in the OECD’s ‘Skills for 2030’ report which emphasises the importance of creative and critical thinking for our future economic and social development, indicating the significance of Art & Design in a well-rounded educational program.
The work that you will see in this annual is testament to the passion, skill, determination and resilience of our students. The impact of the global pandemic and the resulting disruptions to learning cannot be underestimated. Our students have risen above these challenges to produce a collection of work that is of the highest quality and we wish to thank them for the effort and commitment they have demonstrated to realise their creative dreams. We are very proud of them all and we wish them the very best in their future creative endeavours.
We would like to thank the School and the families for their continued support of the Art and Design program at Ballarat Grammar and their recognition of the importance of creativity in the education and well-being of our students.
A final note of thanks must go to the staff and the technical support team who bring a wealth of experience, a diverse range of skills and a passion for Art and Design education to the Beckworth. The students appreciate and value their commitment and they deserve credit for their contribution to the faculty.
Alan Beech
Chair - Faculty of Art and Design 2022
With thanks to the Beckworth Centre for the Art and Design faculty staff:
Frank Apostoli Systems Engineering
Alan Beech Systems Engineering
Mairin Briody Art Technician
Melanie Buckingham Painting & drawing & Visual Communication Design
Madeleine Cruise Art Technician
Natalie Dunne Visual Communication Design
Rodney Hetherington Design Technician
Robert Hurley Ceramics & Photography
Wendy Jordan-Pelz Ceramics
Lauren Layton Painting & Drawing
Gabrielle Lillie Painting & Drawing
Ian Marshall Product Design
Julianna Paci Textiles
Ruby Pilven Ceramics
Sue Sedgwick Printmaking
Jason Simmons Systems Engineering
Andrew Watson Architecture
Acknowledgements
The VCE Art and Design Annual 2022 is a publication of Ballarat and Queens Anglican Grammar School.
Photography and design by Madeleine Cruise
Printing by Sovereign Press
Ceramics 4
Painting and Drawing 24
Photography 55
Printmaking 62
Product Design 73
Systems Engineering 80
Textiles 91
Visual Communication Design 98
CERAMICS
Inside
Stoneware clay, glass, superglue
210mm x 80mm
Art / Ceramics
Inside explores differing representations of emotion and inner state, centrally focused on and depicting the internal elements of a person, whether psychological or emotional. I found inspiration through the work of Vincent Van Gogh and Frida Kahlo, especially their ability to utilize colour, pattern and form to symbolically portray their inner state and life perception. Focusing on form and colour in my two vases to depict my concept, I hope that viewers perceive my piece with the understanding and intention that I aimed for.
Maisie
Conquest
Intertwined
Stoneware clay and glaze
80mm x 100mm
Art / Ceramics
Intertwined explores the theme of the concept of self + societal perception as an inner lens to the human condition. In the beginning of my research and exploration, I was influenced by the works of artists such as Josep Maria Subirach and Annisa Kermiche, alongside the exploration of human form and themes of love and death in the human connection depicted in ancient Greek sculpture. Through the use of stoneware clay, I aimed to portray the context and themes prevalent in my piece.
Energy and Movement
White stoneware clay, BRT clay, terracotta clay, wood board, glue, black paint, underglazes, gold acrylic
235mm x 1225mm x 150mm
Art / Ceramics
These tiles show the progression of chaos that can occur in a person’s life. The lines symbolise the way events in life can accumulate, leading to disorder and decline.
Maliya Cutrell
My World in Crisis
White stoneware clay, clear glass, earthenware glazes, rubbish
260mm x 180mm x 180mm
Art / Ceramics
This work is inspired by our current situation of climate change and how it looks in my eyes. By adding rubbish, it further adds to my concept of climate change and the impact it is making on our planet moving around the globe. The melting of our continents with glass dripping connects back to ideas of energy and movement as our world melts and becomes destroyed by our actions.
Inspired by the ancient Greek Myth of ‘Pandora’s Box’, I opted to continue the story to mimic the current state of the world. In the original, it ends with Pandora unleashing all the evils into the world, with hope remaining inside the box –symbolising how humanity will never lose hope even when facing the horrors of life. In my adaptation of the story, the diseases have returned to the box, as their work in the world is complete, having destroyed all of humanity. Hope is situated lying dead on the floor, its limbs strung up through the roof, allowing people to interact with and play with the corpse. This sinister nature is hidden within the brightly decorated box, entrenching the societal issue of the horrors that remain underneath the pretence of the superficial glamour. The viewer is invited to peek inside the box, only open a jar, become Pandora themselves and view the destruction they have indirectly caused with their curiosity.
I used this sculpture to pour all my personal experiences and emotions. Becoming a therapeutic ordeal, the disastrous impacts that societal pressures have on those living in it were the focal point of the work. Having felt the influences of sexism, homophobia, ableism and fatphobia, I have been forced to acknowledge the impacts it has had on my confidence and social standing. The woman, who is completely dehumanised, remains unfazed by all the damage to her body, appearing almost robotic as the clay body conforms the shape of the foam inside, constricting its ability to grow freely.
Ruby Ford
The Grist
Ceramics, wire, fishing line, fishing swivels
Variable dimensions
Art / Ceramics
Grist is defined as a matter of interest or value forming the basis of a story or analysis, and it's also a collective noun for a group of bees. This work is my invitation to consider the community of bees with our own. Every bee in this work is an individual with varied features. However, when viewing from afar, this cannot be recognised. Only on close inspection is the unique characteristics of every individual revealed. Indeed, there is no individual that is not defenceless and vulnerable on their own, yet as a swarm they are an overwhelming threat. Their colouring, dissociated from the reality of European bees is selected to expose your own personal bias and invites you to consider this. The queen bee is hard to identify. She is the hardest worker and supports the swarm whilst dependent on it. She is completely white symbolising her neutral position from where she leads. From her own body comes the workers and drones, reflected in every one of us, nurtured in a nine-month pregnancy of a woman. Whilst there is great power in every individual, our true potential lies in the overlooked strength of coalition in a community.
You Pig
Earthenware glazes, chemical washes, fine clay
200mm x 1200mm
Art / Ceramics
Inspired by the western medieval social hierarchy, this work aims to expose how, to this day, it acts as a foundation in our modern social structure. I aim to challenge why this structure has not evolved to fit and nurture the progression of equality. The use of pigs works to dissociate the work from people, and hence limits bias, offering a chance to have a fresh perspective. It works to condemn this social structure, and connect it to the greed and selfishness connotated to the animal. Moreso, with each figure visually disconnecting another figure from the rest of the society, I aim to communicate the sense of suppression and powerlessness placed upon lower figures in the hierarchy.
Ruby Ford
Claudia Gedye
Organic Crisis Expression
Recycled clay, earthen and stoneware glaze, tile grout, recycled ceramic waste material from the studio
Art / Ceramics
This work explores the problems of environmental conservation. The organic curves display the freedom and uniqueness of nature in its forms. The blue represents water, the green represents earth and the red, fire. Each pot aims to reflect the beauty and danger nature holds, and how we should, as humans have a deep respect for all nature is and can be. The pots being made with recycled clay and recycled material aim to highlight the need for environmental conservation in our world around us to protect nature’s beauty and also its power.
Claudia Gedye
Humanitarian Crisis Expression
Recycled clay, and liquid underglaze
Art / Ceramics
The cylindrical geometric forms are representative of the man-made, mass-produced structures we can see all around us in our world. This aims to express the human impact of climate change and our inaction in terms of environmental conservation. This surface of these pots is covered in the etchings of people’s positions within these arguments and the realities we have to face and stand against. The pots’ line work is contrasted by the white of the ceramic clay and the deep rich colours painted onto the surface. Each pot has separate intended impressions: the tall skinny one represents power in protest and action for our earth’s environmental conservation, and the shorter, wider one shows the impacts of greed on our earth.
Dependant Bodies
White stoneware clay, terracotta clay, earthenware glaze
247mm x 205mm x 90mm
Art / Ceramics
Dependant Bodies is inspired by the symbolism of Frida Kahlo and by Kelly Murphy’s forms. I explored the idea of dependency and how it effects humans and their behaviours. I chose to use white stoneware clay, terracotta clay, and clear glaze. The two different clays represent the impact on people of not having someone to be dependent on and supported by.
Arabella Golsworthy
Connections
White stoneware clay, stain powder, earthenware glaze
265mm x 230mm x 230mm
Art / Ceramics
Connections is a progression from my work Dependent Bodies. I’ve explored how relationships, memories, and experiences throughout life can form who we are. I used white stoneware clay to create the coil pot, bottle green and black stain powder to create the inlay, and clear glaze. The black and green inlay represent different personal connections. The thin black lines symbolise connections and relationships which are formed throughout life and the thick green lines represent the memories and experiences of my life.
Annie Sullivan
Every Living Thing
Stoneware clay and glaze
90m x 850mm x 200mm
Studio Arts / Ceramics
Every living thing eventually undergoes some pathway of decay, so, in this artwork I explore the inevitability of decay. The use of a series of individual pieces, allowed the embodiment of the different stages of decay and additionally highlighted the accumulative nature of decay. Each apple pinpoints particular moments of the decay process through the progression of time. I portray an exaggerated process of an apple decaying, using colours, textures, and forms inspired by natural decay. Through exaggerating the decay, I aim to reflect its beautiful and peaceful nature, that is often not emphasised.
Annie Sullivan
Ontogenesis
Stoneware clay and glaze
370mm x 520mm x 280mm x 2
Studio Arts / Ceramics
In this artwork I aim to honour the beauty of the interdependent processes of growth and decay. These two forms express the cyclic nature of growth and decay. Reflected in the colours and textures on the work are elements inspired by aspects of both growth and decay from nature. In this artwork I have followed the living, growing, decaying process that every living organism undergoes and portrayed them combined on the same two forms, representational of the dependency of these two isochronal processes.
Georgia Thomson
Ghost Reef
Porcelain, stain powder, clear glaze, gold lustre
Art / Ceramics
My artwork symbolises coral bleaching due to global warming. As the ocean warms, coral becomes weak and fragile which is embodied by the use of porcelain. The three pieces, from left to right, are emblematic of the bleaching process. The gold represents the decreasing durability of coral, and the fading colour symbolises the pigment that coral loses. This process ultimately creates a barren, ghostly white scene as the reef dies.
Sarah White
Untitled 1, Untitled 2 and Untitled 3
Glaze and stoneware clay
Yellow pot 22cm X 4.5cm, Green pot 11cm X 6.5cm, Red pot 11cm X 8cm
Art / Ceramics
My artwork displays different textures that connects everything around me. Untitled 1 (Yellow pot) connects to myself through the colour that I have used; yellow. Yellow is such a bright colour that reflects happiness and brightness which is how I remember myself. My green pot (Untitled 2) refers to the nature around me as we are very lucky to live in Australia because the nature is beautiful. My third and final pot of the collection (Untitled 3) relates the family connection between everything in life, from family, friends, school to food and pets.
Sarah White
Fat body
Stoneware clay and Glaze
120mm X 130 mm
Art / Ceramics
‘Fat body’ explores the imperfections of a human body. Through my work I really want to communicate that being imperfect doesn’t change the way you should feel about yourself or the way others view your body. Initially everybody isn’t perfect, but no matter what shape or size your body it’s wonderful.
Kate Winton
In Too Deep
Earthenware clay, lustre, stoneware and earthenware glaze, polypipe, wood, plastic
1200mm x 1500mm
Studio Arts / Ceramics
This work highlights my passion and vision for a more equitable world with a true sense of gender equality. It emphasises the fact that gender-based slurs are too prevalent in society – most of which are mainly directed towards women and their bodies. The pond that my words are displayed in represents women as a life source: without women we wouldn’t have life. The crossword style format of my piece creates a visual paradox that shows how these words are used in a playful and careless manner but are ultimately hurtful and sexist. The use of words and letters is inspired by the works of the Guerrilla girls. Throughout my piece I have utilised stereotypically ‘feminine’ colours and patterns in ceramic elements to accentuate the focal point of women.
Kate Winton
A Moment of Reflection
Sequins, seed beads, Perspex, felt
400mm x 200mm x 3
Studio Arts / Ceramics
A Moment of Reflection focuses on the perspective through which some men see women’s bodies. I have explored this concept through examples of text messages that girls have been sent over social media that have evoked negative emotions and poor body image. The sequins represent a stereotype commonly perpetuated by some men, where for a woman to be considered attractive and desirable they need to be categorised as ‘pretty’, ‘shaven’ or ‘skinny’. This work aims to bring light to the nature of teenage perception, and my hope is that people can introspect and reflect on their own experiences with similar situations.
PAINTING & DRAWING
Leah Canavan
The Consequence of Greed
Acrylic on canvas
760mm x 1020mm
Art / Painting & Drawing
The consequence of greed reflects the human want and desire for always needing more than they can have. In relation to my theme ‘human involvement in the food chain’, this painting reflects nature taking back its place. The green face represents human greed, a dark forest green often being the colour associated with this emotion. The ominous black liquid is the representation of nature as she drowns in her own greed for taking more from the world than she should, a true reflection on a human’s nature.
You Choose to Ignore Me
Acrylic on wood, faux leather, hot glue, nails and staples
410mm x 510mm
Art / Painting & Drawing
This work is about the constant battle animals face with the cruel conditions of cosmetic animal testing. This is an ongoing issue that many choose to ignore due to their own personal choice of ignorance over action. The woman brings attention to how we treat these animals: you wouldn’t let this happen to a person, so why an animal?
Leah Canavan
Jessica Freckleton
Bare Embrace
Acrylic paint, white Posca pen
760mm x 620mm
Art / Painting & Drawing
This work focused attention on my own trauma and how it affects me today. The symbolism presented in the artwork expresses my past nightmarish trauma of a creature called the ‘Bunyip.’ It represents my trauma of my past as a whole and a bare, vulnerable version of myself embracing it as a form of intimate comfort.
Jessica Freckleton
I Want to Live
Acrylic paint, pencil, wooden panels
700mm x 260mm x 3
Art / Painting & Drawing
This work illustrates the process of trauma across three panels, conveying negative aspects of coping with trauma, consequences leading to physical ailments and the importance of healing through connection to others and holding onto hope. Each board holds the story of addiction, pain, suffering and finally the will to live. It describes the fear of being alive while suffering but desiring to live a fulfilling life by holding onto the hope of healing.
Liquidation, He’s in my Eyes, Imposition
Coloured pencil, oil pastel
30.3cm x 30.3cm and 24cm x 40.6cm
Art / Painting & Drawing
These works serve as a means to understand how art encapsulates meaning while also forcing me to acknowledge the subliminal meaning that is imposed onto my work. These pieces are quite ambiguous in meaning and focus more on naturalistic and expressionistic mannerisms to convey some sort of feeling as opposed to spoon feeding the viewer a meaning.
He Never Came, He’s Inside of me, Chrysalis
Coloured pencil, acrylic paint, ink,
297 x 420; 210 x 297; 210 x 325mm
Art / Painting & Drawing
These works analyse and criticise the monetisation of art while analysing the congruency it holds with modern-day economics. The subjects present are quite out of context and singular with their appearance as it draws reference from NFT art styles. NFT’s serve as the main point of criticism in these pieces due to the fallibility and fad-based nature of their market.
Admiring
the Untouched
Wool, embroidery hoop, canvas
983mm x 874mm x 150mm
Art / Painting & Drawing
This work aims to capture the beauty of the natural environment. Our busy lifestyles mean that we often overlook the natural beauty which stands before us. This piece was developed from the initial idea of inviting the viewer to take time to appreciate the moment and surroundings they find themselves in.
Ella Furness
Ella Furness
Embracing
One’s Self
Oil paint, frame, permanent marker
930mm x 630mm x 250mm
Art / Painting & Drawing
This piece was made to create acceptance of differences and imperfections, to make people feel more comfortable in their own skin. This prevents them from feeling as though they are the only one with imperfections. Natural beauty is perfect in its own way and needs to be embraced and accepted, although this is difficult due to the high expectations based on society in the modern world.
Alexander Herrod
Rainy Days
Acrylic paint, paper, Posca paint pens
1520mm x 1215mm x 40mm
Studio Arts / Painting & Drawing
The work Rainy Days is a visual connection between the interior and exterior aspects of a modern, abstract building design. It creates a blend of natural and futuristic materials that come together to combine coherently with the interior design surrounding the work, which has been selected to play off the minimalist concept the work is based off.
Alexander Herrod
Minimal Perspective
Balsa wood, black cardboard
290mm x 590mm x 490mm
Studio Arts / Painting & Drawing
The construction of this piece has been inspired by the corresponding canvas work Rainy Days. The work is a mixture of contemporary and minimalistic materials to create a strong representation enticing the main concept of light and perspective through architectural meaning in the natural environment.
This work explores the progression of family conflict and how it grows from a once loving and affectionate environment into a void of toxicity and hatred between family members. It explores the impacts on children, resulting in feelings of isolation, detachment, and confusion as they are forced to grow up in an environment that is constantly changing. There is no definitive issue that is being explored as it not typically communicated with children often about the issues within families.
Grace Hobbs
Casualty of Existence
Acrylic on canvas
300mm diameter
Art / Painting & Drawing
This artwork explores loss of identity through the loss of connection with others. Considering friends and family play a major part in our lives and who we are, the loss of these connections can lead to feelings of frustration and loneliness as we lose part of ourselves. This work evokes the sense of a mirror with a distorted reflection as we find it difficult to identify ourselves after losing our identity.
Grace Hobbs
Skye McBain
The Pine Forest
Oil paint, canvas, turpentine
920mm x 455mm
Studio Arts / Painting & Drawing
The Pine Forest is a representation of light in a natural landscape - organic and imperfect - demonstrating how light is an element of beauty. Based on a picture I took at Bostock Reservoir, Ballan and inspired by Hans Emmenegger’s Sunspots in The Pine Forest series, I combined realistic and expressionist techniques to replicate the sea of light of the scene, the way it flowed, the brightness of it and how it runs up the sides of the furthest trees. It took much searching to find a scene in which the lighting was most striking, and this window into nature shows the audience how important light is in making a landscape beautiful.
Skye McBain
The Servo
Reduction lino print
760mm x 515mm
Studio Arts / Painting & Drawing
The Servo is an unconventional look at light in a scene. When one thinks of lighting in a landscape they think of natural light from the sun that harmonises with, and conforms to the shape of the land, however this reduction lino print focuses on the beauty of unnatural, staged lighting in a night scene of a BP service station near my house. I was largely inspired by a Heide Museum exhibition Under Lamplight by Albert Tucker and Patrick Pound where in paintings and photos, lamplight creates strange yet fascinating colours in the night. I used an unusual combination of bright colours to create a similar effect in my print and although it is peculiar, captures one’s attention and reveals a different kind of beauty. I used the light in this piece to bring beauty to a man-made scene in which the building is made of grey geometric shapes, and by surrounding it by black night turns the servo into a bright lighthouse shining through the darkness.
Madeleine Nelson
Smooshed Beauty
Acrylic paint on canvas
700mm x 700mm
Art / Painting & Drawing
In this work I wanted to take something naturally beautiful and make it more of a questionable look. My model Priya placed her face on a photocopier and took a scan, then I painted the scan on a much larger scale. I wanted to project the idea of beauty may not always be as it is seen, and how something like a photo can change the perspective of one’s appearance hugely.
Madeleine Nelson
Bodies Allure
Acrylic paint and impasto on canvas
3 x 700mm x 600mm
Art / Painting & Drawing
For these paintings, I wanted to show off the beauty of different shaped bodies and the different positions and angles that make them so unique. Bodies take on so much hate by the individual, but we should love our bodies for everything that they do for us. For the colours, I knew I wanted the centrepiece to be warm toned (mostly red) and the outer to be cool tones, working with blues and purples.
Elizabeth Nieuwoudt
Serened Sky
Dry pastel on wood
500mm x 700mm
Studio Arts / Painting & Drawing
This work explores how I interpret the emotions and feelings evoked by sunsets. The concept of spirituality and calmness is associated with light, and sunsets in particular. It is my intention that each audience member experience their own sense of emotional connection, whether it is spiritual, emotional, physical, or a combination.
Elizabeth Nieuwoudt
Halo Trance
iPhone image, glass
200mm x 300mm
Studio Arts / Painting & Drawing
This work explores the physical entrancement of experiencing light. The sunlight passes through the atmosphere, and the particles in the atmosphere reflect and scatter the light. This piece symbolically depicts the light’s endless beauty and sublime wonder. My intention is to display the physical enthralment that can be experienced with the presence of serene light.
Priya Nuttall
Priya
Acrylic on canvas
75cm x 75cm
Art / Painting & Drawing
This work is a portrait of my younger self that investigates intense emotions through a cropped view. Exploring colour and the role that it plays in the shift of facial expressions in times of emotional crisis, I intended to exaggerate the depth in tones and shades. I chose this image as a reference due to the fragility of the teardrop as such a small feature that plays such an impactful part.
Catharsis
Acrylic and gesso on Canvas
3 x 500mm x 500mm
Art / Painting & Drawing
The trio of pieces ‘Catharsis’ explores images of my brothers and I going through times of emotional turmoil. Using primary colours allowed me to further the relatability of the piece as they are typically familiar and something people subconsciously find comfort in. I also employed gesso to build the intensity in the background as it created a rigid and unpredictable surface conveying the phases of catharsis. The images carry importance to me as my brothers have supported me so consistently through my times of emotional hardship.
Priya Nuttall
Indulgence
Acrylic yarn, cotton, mixed media
Variable dimensions
Art / Painting & Drawing
Crochet is a calming practice that involves creativity and problem solving. The nature-toned crochet bag represents an interweaving of a tranquil landscape with the healing practice of crochet. The background of receipts alludes to the materialistic tendencies of society, and how this takes away from our real lives. A pair of golden boots can be seen falling into the bag, and fabric spilling out, because when it comes to shopping our eyes are usually bigger than our stomach.
Anastasia Parker
Anastasia Parker
Angeleyes
Acrylic paint, spray paint and marker on canvas
1810mm x 1380mm
Art / Painting & Drawing
Symbolising the five stages of grief (denial – Adele, bargaining – Angie McMahon, depression – Lorde, anger – Peach PRC and acceptance), I have explored the healing process of heartbreak through music. Each of the five faces is an artist who uses song writing to process emotion, their features blurred to mimic the hazy feeling of grieving loss. The purple background loses intensity around the edges where the graffitied words continue strong. These words all come from lyrics of the artists songs, and ‘good grief’ from a song written by the band ‘Spacey Jane’ – all which connect to a stage of grief. The centre face is a kind of self portrait wearing headphones, taking in the words sung by these artists and many more, whilst isolated in the purple haze.
Amelia Rizzo
The Other Side of Paradise
Acrylic, canvas, gold leaf
510mm x 610mm x 35mm
Studio Arts / Painting & Drawing
The Other Side of Paradise explores the ideas presented by a song of the same name by Glass Animals. The interpretation being a lover watching their partner leave them for the prospects of a successful career in fame, only for the career to fail while their partner watches.
Amelia Rizzo
Narcia
Paper, charcoal, gold leaf
372mm x 479mm
Studio Arts / Painting & Drawing
Narcia investigates my interpretation of the meaning behind the song Cult Leader by KiNG MALA. These ideas being a unreal level of over confidence and self-obsession. Someone calling themselves the leader and saviour of a group of worshippers. The name Narcia is a more feminine name for Narcissus, the Greek figure where the term narcissist comes from.
Dakoda Rowland
What if you chose to let it ALL out?
Streamers, moulding wire, tape, string, white paper, watercolour paint, The great Gatsby book pages
Variable dimensions
Studio Arts / Painting & Drawing
My artwork explores the concept around light and darkness and the relationship the two themes have around one another in both physical and emotional states. With the influence of Anthony McCall’s work of installation with lighting and the influence of young Demetria Millan, I have created a piece of both one that explores colour and the interaction with people around me. My piece is made with the coloured pink, purple and yellow streamers wrapped around a base of fixed wire. Envelopes of watercolour paper were shaped and presented with attached butterflies of the same colours to then be hung underneath some lanterns for students and individuals to write down a thought that clouds their mind and place them in the envelopes for a release of mind. The idea of light entered into my work through the lanterns and the physical presentation of natural light that can shine through the lanterns. Lanterns symbolise emotional hope for new beginnings and the envelopes represent doubts, hopes, dreams, thoughts and worries that can be released.
Dakoda Rowland
She chose to let go
Mixed media
180cm x 220cm
Studio Arts / Painting & Drawing
This piece reflects the conflict between heart and mind and how it intertwines with light and darkness. With inspiration from young artist Demetria Millan and the events that have taken place around me, I have found the best way to explore the theme of light and darkness most physically and mentally. Emotionally our mind can take over from what we truly want, and we never express or do the things we wish to do. And in some cases, the heart can take over from the mind and lead you down an unridden path that can come with consequences. I hope that the painting can be interpreted by the audience looking at it and can give them a safe space for them to ponder about both mind and heart.
Georgia Thomson
Brevity
Charcoal, coloured pencils, acrylic paint
297mm x 420mm
Studio Arts / Painting & Drawing
My artwork is representative of the human condition as perceived through traditional Vanitas symbols. Vanitas is a 17th century traditional Dutch genre of still-life painting where symbols of death are explored. I took inspiration from this genre, where the skull represents mortality, and the bubbles represent the brevity of life and suddenness of death.
Georgia Thomson
They’ve got to let go, drift apart
Charcoal and paper
297mm x 420mm x 2
Studio Arts / Painting & Drawing
This artwork explores the concept of human mortality. The title ‘They’ve got to let go, drift apart’ is a quote from the dystopian novel Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. The book itself is symbolic of the human condition, and I chose this quote because it represents how death ultimately separates people. The gap between the frames represents death itself, as the two hands may reach for each other, but they will never touch.
Kitty Wills
Undelivered
Digital sound file, wood, velour, lamp, telephone
Variable dimensions
Art / Painting & Drawing
Undelivered is a conceptual sound piece which explores the universal human experiences of love, life, and loss. To develop the work, I explored the different ways human beings interact and process relationships and love; romantic, familial, and platonic, as well as coping with complicated relationships, ones that fall apart and ones that in the end, are mended with time. I invited people (both friends and strangers) to complete an anonymous online survey where they talked about a message they had never and most likely will never send. These were then recorded by actors, to preserve the anonymity of the contributors. I hope the work reminds the audience of their own experiences of love, life, and loss.
Kitty Wills
Confessions of Love and Hate
Digital sound file, wood, velour, lamp, telephone
Variable dimensions
Art / Painting & Drawing
Confessions of Love and Hate is a conceptual and interactive sound piece which explores the relationship between love and hate, uncovering both the difference as well as the fine line between the two emotions. Through the art process, I discovered that whilst hate is dependent on love, love flourishes without hate and as such, I created the work to explore how love and hate can exist both as parallels of one another as well as existing simultaneously. I invited people (both friends and strangers) to complete an anonymous online survey in which they confessed either to something or someone that they love but wish they hated or hate but wish they loved. These were then recorded by actors, to preserve the anonymity of the contributors. The idea of confessions was one which places the listener as the “open ear”, letting people release their messages they may have not been brave enough to share on their own.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Claire Coulson
The Lost Ones
Digital print
460mm x 600mm x 3
Studio Arts / Photography
This work conveys a story of three sisters moving from their mother’s farm house to their father’s apartment in the city. The models' emotions are conveyed through their attire, facial expressions, and makeup choices. This series explores my concept of contrasting fashion, and the unusual environments they are placed in. Each model represents the attire typically found in urban and country settings, with one of the girls wearing a mix of both country and urban elements. I wanted to create a sense of drama within these photographs to tell a story of their past through fashion choices. All three models capture a different emotion, from being excited for the adventures awaiting in the city, hesitant and torn between the love of the country and city lifestyle and sadness to leave the familiar earth between the toes.
Claire Coulson
Dirt to Dress
Digital print
460mm x 600mm x 3
Studio Arts / Photography
My love for the land and fashion has inspired me to create this piece. The rustic and raw photographs challenge the audiences view on fashion limited to only one environment. The vintage aesthetics within this series assists the viewers with creating their own perception on what the model is doing in a glamourous urban attire in a country environment. There are many questions to be asked about this series: What is she running from? Does she have a love for the farm or the city lifestyle? The contrast between the model’s glamourous urban attire and country environment in these photographs highlights the unusualness of the two elements captured together; and my passion for both the country environment and the world of fashion, as I often find myself mixing the two foreign worlds with each other.
Grace Davidson
Do you remember when?
Digital image, costumes, fabric, studio lights, props
1600mm x 500mm x 500mm
Art / Photography
This series explores the Baroque, Renaissance and Neoclassical art movements. I aimed to encapsulate the styles and character from each, with reference to my personality and individual values. The artworks are intended to focus on a soft and fluid aesthetic, with underlying themes of femininity. By using studio lighting techniques, I was able to mimic the styles of traditional painted works from each period in a contemporary way. Overall, the installation is intended to be warm and inviting, almost familiar, like that of a grandparent’s house, which I have explored through second-hand frames and other materials.
Grace Davidson
El Hombre & La Mujer
Digital image, projector
Variable dimensions
Art / Photography
This series is an extension of my themes and messages from my Unit 3 artwork ‘Do you remember when?’. I have continued my exploration of the art movements, this time exploring ‘minimalism’ with a focus on an editorial-like aesthetic. These artworks were intended to shift away from my individual femininity and instead focus on societal perceptions of femininity and masculinity. I chose to use flowers as my symbol for femininity, and gradient shapes as my symbol for masculinity. I used these images with the aim of removing the differences in the appearances between my models and create an almost gender-neutral mood in each of the photos.
Oliver Wischer
Anguish
Digital print
329mm x 483mm
Art / Photography
A typical student’s desk is the setting for this work. Late night, floating objects hog the small dark space, congregating around the empty body. A barrage of books swoop the study space, their pages flapping annoyingly to signify their importance. VCAA number circumnavigates, almost attempting to ‘close in’ on the composition. The headless body whose shadow reveals yet another aspect to the anguish felt is motionless, surrounded and numb. A splash of colour reveals hope – the remnants of a holiday, a lost vision – or perhaps an escape to what the future may behold
Oliver Wischer
On Top of my Work
Digital print
1188mm x 841mm
Art / Photography
This photograph was made with the intention of portraying my feelings about the pressure of VCE but also attempting to show that it is not just myself who drowns in the ocean of work, demonstrated through the depiction of multiple hands both male and female. This work depicts the suggestion of a sinking situation suggestive of its final stages. The textured layering of paper likens the scene to waves – the hands clutch on with an inevitable sense of finality.
Printmaking
Elly Dawkins
Fake Body, Fake Thoughts
Calico, screen print, embroidery thread
920mm x 200mm x 90mm
Art / Printmaking
This figure highlights the effect that the rising prevalence of plastic surgery can have on body image. Since the ability to change the features we find as not attractive or alluring has become a reality, individuals have attempted to solve their body image issues with silicone, filler, or reconstruct what naturally was there. As a response to this, my faceless figure is covered in surgical stitching and offensive words that reflect the negative connotations that come along with having the work done.
Elly Dawkins
Self Talk
Digital print
420mm x 594mm
Art / Printmaking
This work explores the idea that we only focus on and care about what is seen on the outside. The expression ‘look good feel good’ glibly dismisses the vulnerability and effects of people’s conscious thoughts, and the power it has to do so by just ‘looking good’ is creating an unrealistic representation of what really goes on inside. I used a range of different variations of the saying going down vertical to change the effect of the statement.
Lila Japp
My Cave
Calico, screen-print, galvanised wire
650mm x 1100mm x 1100mm
Art / Printmaking
This work aims to translate the concept of emotional vulnerability into a physical form. It demands the viewer to put themselves in a vulnerable position physically, asserting that ‘Everyone is watching you right now’, in order to experience the safety and hope that can stem from voluntarily letting down one’s guard. To experience the artwork itself as well as the concept, the audience is strongly encouraged to enter the cave.
Lila Japp
Discontent
Aluminium and Acetate Etching
500mm x 350mm
Art / Printmaking
This artwork explores the universal burden of discontent, in its incredibly pervasive and lingering form. It, like a tick, bites and takes hold and requires precise extraction, and this is what I have attempted to capture in this combination of text and image. Discontent, although predominantly a feeling, also manifests in a very visceral way, which is conveyed in the fleshy tones of this piece.
Max Oliver
The Log, the Tree and the Fruit
Monotype, screen-print on rag paper
3 x 420mm x 296mm
Art / Printmaking
This trio of prints reflects on my predecessors and what inspired them as artiste and designers. The eye colour represents the created life left in a person which is why the colour gets progressively duller. The background demonstrates what works are important to the respective artists hence why the one with the artist is blurry and undeveloped.
Dual Soup Bowl
Broken skate deck, screen print
220mm x 349mm
Art / Printmaking
In my piece I drew inspiration from key aspects of my life and intertwined them to represent myself as an artist. I tried to present the people and communities that surround me which ultimately always support me.
Max Oliver
Tamara Petrov
How Dare You Look at Me?
Ink on paper
210mm x 297mm
Studio Arts / Printmaking
I want to dare you to look at me. I am manipulating you to look at my work, equivalent to looking at me. I hate being looked at. You are not seeing me. You examine my face, my body. How dare you do that. How dare I look back at you?
Tamara Petrov
Eye of the Observer
String, paper, ink
1000mm x 1000mm
Studio Arts / Printmaking
Recipient of 2022 Award for Studio Arts
He is always watching. Soaking up everything he sees. Look through the eye of an observer. View what they spy.
Solving for Z
Digital print
1000mm x 1000mm
Art / Printmaking
This work was made by maths.
Luke Tan
Thawed
Pen and paper
650mm x 450mm
Art / Printmaking
This piece is of a mountain range melting into a linear river. It reflects how the conditions in the mountains are changing and how the mountains and glaciers are melting.
Luke Tan
PRODUCT DESIGN
Shelving Set
F17 Hardwood
1000mm x 2000mm x 300mm
Product Design
This elegant outdoor shelving setup is created with F17 hardwood. It has been designed to suit outdoor conditions for extra neat storage at home. The client needed a solution to manage clutter at the back door. It will store objects including gardening equipment, shoes etc.
Scandinavian Floor Lamp
Plywood
200cm x 75cm x 45cm
Product Design
Recipient of the 2022 Award for Product Design
This lamp will facilitate activities such as reading, homework and various other sedate activities. The lamp is created from plywood and constructed using the CNC router, with sections joined to create the laminated appearance. My end user is Sarah Beech, who lives with her family in Miner’s Rest. I chose to craft this lamp in a Scandinavian style to match the existing decor within her home.
Caitlin Beech
Hugh Bond
Coffee Table
Tasmanian blackwood, rowing boat, glass
450mm x 560mm x 2115mm
Product Design
This table is designed as a feature piece for my mother. The table is designed around an old rowing boat that has been cut down to length. It has a large piece of glass to display the boat from the top, and uses 6 narrow legs to allow as much negative space as possible, ensuring that the blue on the boat is seen from all angles.
Coffee Table
Recycled Baltic pine floor boards and recycled maple wood
455mm x 400mm x 800mm
Product Design
I have produced a coffee table for my end user, Simon Booth. The focus of this design was to create a practical piece of furniture suitable to match the family farmhouse style. Combining the recycled pine floorboards as the main feature and the recycled maple as the legs and frame helped matched the colour schemes of the living room where this will become a main feature.
Amelia Greene
Aged Redgum Resin Coffee Table
Redgum, resin, hardwood, plywood
1000mm x 550mm x 480mm
Product Design
This multi-use coffee table considers a contemporary working/studying/dining-fromhome culture. It offers storage space and a practical lift-top for practical functionality. Made for my end-user Hunter Greene, who is studying at university in another state, I was eager to capture a personal reminder of our family home. Using aged redgum fence posts reflects our four generations past, the resin stream symbolises the Wimmera River cutting through our farmland and tokens such as shear blades retells our family’s passion for the Australian wool industry.
Henry Shea
Contemporary Redgum Desk
Redgum slabs, stainless steel
775mm x 600mm x 1600mm
Product Design
This desk has been created with a square steel frame and home-sourced redgum timber slabs, offering an authentic, yet aesthetically-pleasing look for the end user. I designed this desk to fit into the study room of my parent’s household as the common theme seen in the house its contemporary. For this desk to be placed in its intended environment, the finish has to be flawless, to pair with the existing furniture. The simple and stylish matte black legs ensure that the red tones throughout the timber slab are championed to really make the redgum the main focus. .
Systems Engineering
Jack Bone
Automated Grain Door
Plywood, battery, linear actuator, Arduino, code, transceiver, receiver
1300mm x 700mm
Systems Engineering
An automated sliding grain door will provide an ease in operation for many of our farmers, in particularly people in broad acre cropping. It will allow someone to open and close the door on the back of a truck remotely. Standing on top of or beside an airseeder or spreader while it is being filled with product is a great advantage and provides a safer method than what is currently being used.
Liam Butler
RF Transceiver Water Level Sensor
Arduino programming boards, radio transmitters, radio receivers, water level sensors
Variable dimensions
Systems Engineering
My Systems Project is an RF Water Level Sensor that detects the water level in a sheep water tank, which conisists of three tanks marked as ‘Full’ or ‘Not Full’. The Water Level Sensor will detect water at the top of the tank, mounted in a suitable position. This analogue signal is read by the Arduino programmer, which then throws a signal to the RF Transmitter, which sends out a radio signal on 433MHz to be captured by the RF Receiver over a rough range of 6KMs. This then sends out a signal to the Arduino which turns on a led, indicating a ‘Full’ or ‘Not Full’ water level of the tanks.
William Jones
Self-leveling Platform
Mild steel, Arduino microcontroller, accelerometer, linear actuators
500mm x 600mm x 700mm
Systems Engineering
My system is a self-leveling platform designed for standing on. It works by obtaining a digital input from the accelerometer which goes to the Arduino board and then outputs to the actuators to extend or retract, which works to make the system level.
William Mahony
Automated Valve Controller
Programable cellular Arduino, steel, optical sensor, recycled car batteries, solar panel, linear actuator
300mm x 400mm x 750mm
Systems Engineering
This system’s main purpose is to automatically control the water level in the irrigation channels on farms. It does this by using an optical sensor to read the height of the water and using this information it can use a linear actuator to close and open the valve and modulate the water level. The system is IoT capable and can be monitored via a mobile device. The system is charged via solar energy.
Electric fences are an essential part of any broadacre farm, keeping livestock in their respective paddocks, preventing injury and the degradation of neighbouring pastures. Connected to your smartphone through the 3G Mobile Network, the Electric Fence Monitoring System allows farmers to control and monitor their fence-line from anywhere around the world. By enabling ‘touchless’ control and relaying real-time voltages of the farmers fences, the system helps farmers find electric faults in the fence-line, reducing time spent travelling through paddocks physically inspecting for faults.
Isaac Rossato
FWRACS
Poly pipe, high density foam, kitchen drawer matting, convert belt roller, geared motors, control boards
300mmx 400mm x 1100mm
Systems Engineering
My system is a floating waste removal and collection system (FWRACS) which will be controlled around bodies of water as is it detects floating waste. The conveyor belt will scoop up and put the waste in the collection bin for later removal. It will have two motors which will both be independently controlled for the propulsion system by the operator.
Benjamin Shaw
Seed Bombing Drone
Plywood frame, 3D Printed frame, 22.2V Battery, power distribution board, flight controller, 6x electronic speed controller, 6x brushless motor, continuous servo
500mm x 600mm x 600mm
Systems Engineering
Recipient of the 2022 Award for Systems Engineering
My system is a hexacopter drone that carries a gravity-fed hopper containing seed bombs. These seed bombs are released as the operator sees fit and with good rain, these seed bombs will grow into trees. This project has a conservation focus and was designed to streamline the tree planting process in difficult terrain.
Luke Tan
Self-balancing Motorbike
Acrylic flywheel, accelerometer/gyroscope, motors, servos, 3D printed frame, Arduino, motor driver and battery
300mm x 100mm x 200mm
Systems Engineering
This is a self-balancing motorbike that uses a flywheel to balance. When the flywheel accelerates, the reaction torque on the motor can be used to balance the motorbike. This system utilises a PID control algorithm with a variable setpoint.
Joshua Wilkins
Automated Greenhouse
Arduino microcontroller, temperature sensor, humidity sensor, light sensor, LED grow lights, 5V fan
312mm x 200mm x 500mm
Systems Engineering
My project is an automated farming system designed to be placed on land unsuitable for conventional farming. The system relies on several sensors to measure the surrounding heat, light, and moisture. These readings are then processed through the Arduino microcontroller and dictate the operation of LED grow lights, two 5V fans, and a sprinkler system to maintain a temperate environment for plants within the greenhouse.
Automated Dog Crate
12volt solenoid lock, geared motor, NodeMCU development board, power relay.
600mm x 400mm x 400mm
Systems Engineering
This project was inspired by my grandmother who wanted to be able to release her dog from his crate in times of need. Designed to operate on a Wi-Fi connection, this locking mechanism will open and close the crate when activated through an app on your phone.
Oliver Lembo
Textiles
Alice Barry
Woodsy and Wilma
Wool (both acrylic and natural), wire, polyester stuffing, tape
2000mm x 1000mm x 1700mm
Art / Textiles
Working with the theme of ‘imagination,’ I crocheted the divide between childhood and adulthood. I reflected upon my own childhood to create ‘Woodsy,’ using colours and symbols to represent memories of childhood into a unique fictional creature. The breadth of the child mind is demonstrated in the smaller details such as the bells and squeaky nose. ‘Wilma’ was then created using my own perception of the adult life where their imagination revolves around societal needs. I have represented the challenges of adult life at the end of Medusa inspired hair, this encapsulating the curse adult life has on our imagination.
Seaton Buck
Freedom Through Movement
Black denim, elastic, drawstring, embroidery thread
1100mm x 580mm x 530mm
Art / Textiles
My first artwork explored the theme ‘Freedom’. I have made a pair of baggy fitting denim pants featuring an elastic waistband and a drawstring. It features a screen-printed motion of a kickflip, frame by frame. I contrasted the black denim with alternating light blue and white ink with opposing colours embroidered over the outline. The pattern was slightly altered to be inspired by 90’s skate scenes.
Seaton Buck
Freedom Through Patchwork
Denim
950mm x 550mm x 640mm
Art / Textiles
This work expresses freedom through the endless possibilities of a patchwork. Whether it be a quilted puffer hood, or simply squares and rectangles neatly hemmed and sewn, there are many different possibilities. Complimenting my first artwork, I continued to use the black denim as a base layer to give the garment support, whilst utilizing some left-over fabrics to express freedom through both works.
Annabel Hodge
Bee-Dependent
White canvas, crayon, wire
Variable dimensions
Studio Arts / Textiles
My wearable artwork, Bee-Dependent, represents the climate crisis-induced bee depletion. The flowers advocate for the saviour of bees, as bees are vital to the production of a beautiful and harmonious society. They are critical in the cross pollination of plants and flowers, and all fresh produce for all eco-systems and our own society. The inclusion of both pink and grey colours represent the healthy and dying flowers, and are representative of the effects of both a healthy bee driven environment and the struggling environment caused by bee depletion.
Annabel Hodge
Bee-Wise
Cotton and bamboo yarn
410mm x 370mm
Studio Arts / Textiles
The work Bee-Rise responds to the climatic crisis of bee depletion. The inclusion of flowers advocates for the beauty of a bee’s ability to produce flora in the environment. They are critical to the cross-pollination of flowers, and all fresh produce in the eco-system. The use of colour represents the pink as healthy, and grey as degraded flowers from bee population loss.
Lanah Welbourn
The Aftermath
Tulle, chiffon, cotton canvas
Variable dimensions
Art / Textiles
Recipient of The 2022 Award for Art
My artwork was inspired by bushfire and the devastating aftermath which is created through the destructive flames which tear through Australian bushland during the hot glow of summer. The thick layers of chiffon and tulle create volume and replicate the thick smoke produced by the glowing and rampant bushfire.
Visual Communication Design
Caitlyn Askari
Lotus Jewellers
Presentation 1: 3D Model Jewellery Shop – Timber, airdry clay, wire, paint
Presentation 2: Ring Design
Client: Kimberly Briggs, founder of Lotus Jewellers
Visual Communication Design
My task was to design the interior for the first in-store shop for Lotus Jewellers as well as a unique ring design. Both designs had to be focussed at a largely female audience aged roughly 25 to 35 of a higher socio-economic status. For the interior, I wanted it to be different to typical, high end, jewellery stores, so instead of doing the standard, darker, marble sort of designs, I went for a beachier style. As for the ring, a lot of ones that have already been made are all pretty similar and I wanted to make one that was, again, different, so the design I decided to go with is one that looks to be three in one.
Ella Bray
J Track
Presentation 1: Lifesize Model – Neoprene, mesh textiles, plantation grown balsa wood and a javelin
Presentation 2: App pages and Logo
Client: Nordic sport, Universities, Olympic teams, and sport schools
Visual Communication Design
J Track is the efficient tracking system that accurately measures the distance of a javelin. Using balsa wood, the tracker is well integrated into the design of the grip made of neoprene and covered with mesh textiles. J Track is made for skilled javelin athletes and their teams of both genders. The app is used to comunicate accurate information gathered by J Track including distance results, speed and velocity as well as suggestions for improvement.
Nala’s Arts & Crafts
Presentation 1: 3D Package Design – cardboard, acrylic, electrical tape, digital media
Presentation 2: Advertisement Poster
Client: Nala’s Arts & Crafts by Cecilia Nala
Visual Communication Design
My client Cecilia Nala Is a high-end artist who has now become very successful selling her work. In her next step of her journey, she wants to create a company which will provide those who can’t afford high end art supplies with an easy way to slowly build their collection for important situations such as art school or an art career. Nala stated in her brief that she wanted packaging, a logo and an advertisement for her website, all following a bright an artistic feel.
The presented packaging is for the sale of organic loose-leaf tea. The accompanying image is a hand rendering of a potential market stall for the sale of tea. Both designs endeavor to evoke connections to the natural world and production adopts means which have minimal environmental impact, as is seen by the use of an upcycled bookcase. The products are ones which seek to serve both functional purposes and aesthetically fit the brand identity.
Skylark Apartments
Presentation 1: Floorplan and elevations
Presentation 2: Advertisement Poster
Client: Simon Andrews from Skylark Apartments
Visual Communication Design
These presentations are deliverables for Simon Andrew, CEO of Skylark; an Urban Apartment company that have a focus on combining community and modern apartment living with an environmental focus. Presentation 1 is a client board, intended to portray the design to the client in technical format. It includes four Elevations (North, South, East & West) and a technical floorplan of a singular unit apartment within the apartment complex. Presentation 2 is a poster containing a digital rendering of the apartment building, aimed to advertise the apartment complex and provide real-estate information to potential renters.
Skylark Apartments
Technical Elevations of the building's facade, an Apartment Unit floorplan and a rendering of the proposed building design.
A six-unit apartment building with private access to residents and open lobby space with exposed stairs. Includes a shared laundry and outdoor garden space (not shown in plans) and has the ability for growing plants along the outside the building. Space for a cafe or other ammenitiy in the bottom-left of the building.
Each apartment consists of two bedrooms and one bathroom, with an open-floorplan kitchen and living space.
Balconies have been included to extend the personal space for the residents, while maintaining resident privacy. Easements in the roof have been included so that the balconies are protected from the weather and block intense sunlight. It also prevents too much visibility from the street below.
Amelia Denniston
J&L Safety and Defence
Presentation 1: Informative Brochure and Logo
Presentation 2: Make-up compact alert button
Client: J&L Self Defence and Security Products
Visual Communication Design
For this Unit 4, for a long-established American company that provides law enforcement equipment and self-defence products, I was tasked to redesign their logo for their new subsidiary Australian branch and a new product to debut into the Australian industry. Having hoped to extend past their current supplements, the product was required to provide their customers with optimal safety while abiding by the Australian laws around self-defence and weaponry. Ultimately, an alert device was created – made to resemble a makeup compact as to remain discrete for the user. Hidden inside, are two buttons that will send the user’s location to either the authorities or a person of their choice.
Jasmine Field
Flourish
Presentation 1: Magazine Layout
Presentation 2: Seed packet gift with purchase
Client: Country Publishing
Visual Communication Design
Flourish is a new magazine aimed at the younger generation of farmers, specifically females. ‘Country publishing’ is a new company who are going to publish farming/agriculture magazines directed at females in farming in addition to producing a complementary seed packet, with each issue being paired with a different type of seed, as an extra that will be sold in conjunction with the magazine. This magazine is needed to make female readers in the agriculture industry, feel more included and appreciated in the industry as well as entice younger females who have an interest in agriculture, with the target audience being ages 15-35. Country publishing hopes to attract younger, female readers to their magazine without excluding potential male readers.
Ella Matthews
FLIK
Presentation 1: Hockey Stick Surface Graphic Design
Presentation 2: Promotional Poster
Client: Hockey Club Melbourne
Visual Communication Design
The designs I have created are for the client Hockey Club Melbourne, who required a promotional poster for the use of event and ticket advertising, as well as new surface graphics for hockey sticks of the HC Melbourne team members. The designs I have created involve the use of the existing HC Melbourne logo and colours, brown, charcoal and gold fit the requirements of the design brief by containing player numbers, different views of the surface graphics as well as imagery and dates and ticket prices of HC Melbourne games.
Priya Nuttall
Cinema Nova
Presentation 1: 3D Product Models – Cup, Popcorn box
Presentation 2: Membership card and tote bag
Client: Cinema Nova
Visual Communication Design
These pieces were created for my client Cinema Nova to rebrand their current aesthetics. I am a genuine fan of this cinema and appreciate its history but wanted to create a different design that would attract a new audience while still committing to its independent cinema charm. I created the logo, packaging design, and graphics in all of the pieces shown.
Presentation 2: 3D Sunscreen Bottle Design with affirmation card
Client: Evelyn Miller Founder of Radiate
Visual Communication Design
Radiate’s mission is to make sunscreen more than a mundane activity but a fun and exciting part of one’s everyday routine through a fun and lively aesthetic, appealing to females aged between 17-30. Alongside the packaging for the sunscreen receptacle, a complementary card was designed with a message that aims to boost one’s mood and inspire them. Radiate requires an interactive and innovative sunscreen dispenser for their upcoming partnership with The Falls Festival, with the final design including a bench seat, claw machine and two mirrored walls with inbuilt sunscreen dispensers.
Heidi Rupp
Acai Affair
Presentation 1: Logo, Menu and Packaging Design
Presentation 2: 3D Kiosk Model
Client: Laura Hunt
Visual Communication Design
Client Laura Hunt has requested the design of the visual identity of her new business Acai Affair. This includes the design of logo, menu, and packaging. The branding should be fun and appealing for a target audience of 15–35 year old females and should also reflect the healthy vibe of the kiosk. Laura also requires the design of the Acai Affair kiosk, which will eventually be located in a Broadbeach shopping centre, with possible franchisability. For both the visual identity and the kiosk, the client hopes purple (predominant colour of acai bowls) will be included.
ACAI Affair
Emma Twomey
Plant Botanica
Presentation 1: Trailer model, icy pole sticks, paper, marker, digital methods, watercolour and balsa wood.
Presentation 2: Logo and app Design
Client: Claire - founder and owner of Plant Botanica
Visual Communication Design
Recipient of the 2022 Award for Visual Communication Design
The client desired an app that needed to promote purchase and use whilst including a natural colour palette and considering layout and composition to achieve the greatest visual outcome. The plant trailer was designed to aid the company in expanding their business beyond Melbourne, particularly to regional Victoria, to sell a wide variety of plants at markets. Key constraints included considering the environment in terms of materials and pursuing an eco-friendly approach whilst also contemplating accessibil
Oliver Wischer
Autumn Rocks Resort
Presentation 1: Autumn Rocks Resort Scorecard – Digital print
This scorecard is created for the players of the golf course at Autumn Rocks Resort to record their score. The scorecard also provides other essential information: there is a course map on the back, and rules and imagery on the inside. It is designed to fit conveniently in a back pocket and for the individual white sheets to be separated at the end of the round for score submission. This golf ball package was created to be purchased as a souvenir that a player may purchase after completing a round at the elegant Autumn Rocks Resort. The bamboo structure represents tradition and elegance and is a perfect gift size if a player wishes to gift it.
Jessica Freckleton
Dahlia Skincare
Presentation 1: Product Packaging
Presentation 2: Logos and Box
Client: Young adults
Visual Communication Design
The dahlia flower symbolises self-love and empowers the mind and body. The ‘Dahlia’ product is a unique take on natural skincare products which combine physical healing and emotional healing through the usage of natural essential oils, encouraging self-love and appreciation. Dahlia products are targeted towards young adults suffering from life stressors or mental illness, to keep their skin healthy with a smooth finish as well as providing an emotional relaxation aspect.
Halinah Cobbledick
Smoothie Bar Kombi
Presentation 1: 3D Kombi Model
Presentation 2: 3D Smoothie Cup Models & Logo design
Client: Kompress
Visual Communication Design
Presentation One: My client was after a logo design and a smoothie cup design. The cups are paint-dipped in a quick advance dry as they are dipped on sight and can be personalized.
Presentation Two: Kompress is based in Bondi, which Kombis are well known for, so this smoothie bar Kombi had some living up to do, the layout and little details are viewable by the windows.
