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Kevin McCallion Head Teacher The Brooksbank School It is with immense pride and excitement that I introduce this exhibition, our annual end of year A Level show, ‘Prime 016’. The arts play an integral part in the lives of all students here at Brooksbank. We provide a full and innovative programme across a wide range of disciplines including drama, performance, music, dance, photography, design and we have been particularly successful with our visual arts programme. These disciplines are at the heart of our mission to enable students to ‘Aspire and Achieve’. Not only are our dedicated, hardworking staff committed to inspiring our students towards results that have produced the highest examination standards, but also students who develop wide-ranging skills which could lead to success in other academic subjects. Moreover, art study could help guide them to becoming outstanding individuals who, upon leaving Brooksbank, distinguish themselves in many other areas of study and subsequent careers. This exhibition illustrates everything I find remarkable about The Brooksbank School and our incredible arts staff. The seamless manner in which they work with the students to fulfil their talents and produce such a wonderful exhibition is to be celebrated.
Rachel Lumb Head of Art The Brooksbank School Welcome to our A Level show, Prime 016. We hope you enjoy the exhibition featuring all our AS and A Level Art and Photography students’ work. For the staff who have worked with these students it gives us a real sense of achievement, pride and joy to see their work on show. For some students, it is a culmination of seven years’ work and what a fabulous conclusion it is to their time at The Brooksbank School. Their creativity and vision is astounding and it takes my breath away to see the levels of interpretation, context and content inherent in the work. This evidences their individualism, the development of their skill and imagination in conjunction with the presentation of an alternative vision of their world which is original and thought provoking. It takes hard work, resilience and perseverance to complete a project from initiating it to exhibition. The transferable skills integral in this process are immense and this exhibition shows the courage and ambition of these young people. This skill and creativity doesn’t have to be the end of their artistic journey. The creative industries, which include art, graphics, music, television, film and more, are booming! Total employment in the UK creative economy rose by 5.1 per cent in 2015 to 2.9m. The arts are not just a pastime, they can be a rewarding career. The Brooksbank School acknowledges the arts and values how they can enhance learning throughout the curriculum, enabling students to access wider skill sets which are so important in the world of ever changing work. I hope their creativity, inspiration and the sense of achievement this exhibition represents is utilised in whichever career path they have chosen to pursue. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller
Year 12 Art & Design Rebecca Barron Joe Brayshaw Jake Burkett-Lord Morgan Crosland Joe Crowther Bailey Forth Finley Haigh Samantha Handscombe Elizabeth Hartley Gemma Hollas Molly Innes Ellie-Mae Jones Alice Lelliot Megan Lucraft Rebecca Martin Molly Morton Faye Nichols Christopher Nutton Niamh O’Hara Lucy Puddephatt Caroline Quigley
Sarah Rolfe Neelam Shaukat Freya Shelton Ryan Shenton Nicole Steele Ffion Thornton Holly Thurtle Anna Warwick
Rebecca Barron Theme: Beauty Comes From Within Medium: Acrylic on Canvas I took the unique approach of looking at the word ‘Beauty’ as a result of the word ‘Destroy’. The idea of ‘perfection’ can be interpreted in many ways… however, it doesn’t exist.
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Joe Brayshaw Theme: Eyes Medium: Mixed Media I wanted to look into what the human eye sees every day. This led me to working with different circular forms within the eye and linking this to my interest in cycling.
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Jake Burkett-Lord Theme: Hidden Appearance Medium: Acrylic on Board When viewers look at my pieces of work, I want them to feel emotional and overwhelmed with the intensity of the colours and the amount of paint on the canvas.
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Morgan Crosland Theme: Eyes Medium: Mixed Media Through the theme ‘Eyes’ I began to look at ‘Irises’. As I experimented with materials such as brusho, I was able to link blue tones to the idea of the colours within the eye.
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Joe Crowther Theme: Beneath our Feet Medium: Acrylic on Board I looked at a story of a girl who felt alone. She let an opportunity pass her by and was unable to take control of her life. This led me to focus on the idea of isolation and mental health issues.
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Bailey Forth Theme: Eyes Medium: Mixed Media I wanted to relate my theme to how people see the world. I was inspired to produce work not based on how I see war, but how those who are in the middle of it, see it.
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Finley Haigh Theme: Curves Medium: Mixed Media Inspired by the curvature of the natural landscape, I produced a set of mixed media pieces using general, everyday shapes combined with maths equations.
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Samantha Handscombe Theme: Perspective Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Inspired by the poem ‘I Thought I Had Forgotten’, I have created a series of works that link to how the world is changing at an extreme rate.
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Elizabeth Hartley Theme: Infestation Medium: Digital Print I started with the idea of ‘Insects’ and began to explore the concept of camouflage. This led me to produce a set of kaleidoscopes.
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Gemma Hollas Theme: Circumstances Medium: Mixed Media The story throughout my work is that we all have different emotions going on in our heads that we can’t explain.
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Molly Innes Theme: Curves Medium: Oil on Board My work addresses the specific theme of the close connections of humanity and nature. I wanted to be traditional yet experimental.
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Ellie-Mae Jones Theme: Destroyed Emotions and Appearances Medium: Mixed Media on Board My work focuses strictly on the theme of destroyed emotions and appearances. Within my work I used a mixture of materials and techniques to emulate this.
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Alice Lelliot Theme: Changing Soul Medium: Acrylic on Board Ageing is a destructive part of life. Our bodies and personalities change as we grow as people.
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Megan Lucraft Theme: Camouflage Medium: Digital Print Through my collection of work I want the viewer to think about the issue of poaching animals for their fur. Is it inhumane?
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Rebecca Martin Theme: As Time Passes Medium: Mixed Media My work explores how we are changing the natural world. I wanted to depict how we are taking the world’s natural beauty and replacing it with unsightly buildings.
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Molly Morton Theme: Turbulent Emotions Medium: Mixed Media My work is based around the expressions our eyes create when we experience different emotions.
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Faye Nichols Theme: Destroy Medium: Mixed Media I decided to focus on destruction of a person through a series of events. I explored how damaging certain life events can be and how individuals respond.
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Christopher Nutton Theme: Mechanical Vision Medium: Mixed Media My work is about a science fiction video game character known as Scrolex, who has been programmed, burned and reformed by his enemies to make other people’s lives a living hell.
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Niamh O’Hara Theme: Insects Medium: Mixed Media I explored the theme of aquatics through experiments and poems. This led me on to investigate how insects survive in their habitat close to water.
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Lucy Puddephatt Theme: Sea, Mountains & Sky Medium: Acrylic on Board My body of work explores the idea of simplistic, beautiful landscapes and how we interact and connect with them, through the medium of paint.
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Caroline Quigley Theme: Stitches Medium: Acrylic on Canvas My work explores the mind set of someone who has a phobia and the irrational thoughts and behaviours that accompany it.
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Sarah Rolfe Theme: Beneath Our Feet Medium: Acrylic on Board Through my final selection of work, I tried to express the feeling of escaping and freedom. From the idea of ‘Beneath Our Feet’ I came to the idea of secret escape and subversion, inspired by the plight of the people of North Korea.
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Neelam Shaukat Theme: Destroy Medium: Mixed Media Through the use of pattern in my work I have evoked the feeling of destruction. Combining a mixture of drawing techniques and lino prints I was able to produce a personal twist to my work.
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Freya Shelton Theme: Amnesia Medium: Mixed Media My piece of work is about how amnesia can affect individuals either through Alzheimer’s Disease or in general life through the gradual forgetting of memories.
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Ryan Shenton Theme: Erase Medium: Mixed Media Starting with the theme of ‘eyes’ I worked with the idea of what kind of different shapes the human eye can produce. I have used a variety of materials to create a 3D-like effect.
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Nicole Steele Theme: Tripartite Medium: Mixed Media Stemming from the idea that crystals are seen as solitary and pure, I aimed to show that they represent the idea that being unique is beautiful.
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Ffion Thornton Theme: Rocks, Pebbles & Stones Medium: Mixed Media “Isn’t it truly amazing what some people see in a stone? A subject in which much of our imagination is prone.”
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Holly Thurtle Theme: Above, Beyond and Below Medium: Brusho on Card My work is about what lies above and beneath us in the world emphasizing the multiplexity of crystal formations.
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Anna Warwick Theme: Obscurity and Mystery Medium: Acrylic on Board Throughout my pieces I wanted to represent the feeling of loneliness and confusion to portray the mysteries within people we don’t personally know.
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Year 12 Photography Maliya Akram Zoey Archibald Kennedy Brook Mark Everingham Jennifer Gabbitas Amie Haycock Molly Johnson Melihah Khan Brett Kozlowskyj-Bull Lewis Marshall Brandon Miller Reeves Mitchell Ryan Shenton Benjamin Whitehead Hope Williams
Maliya Akram Theme: Surrealism Medium: Digital Print Working within the theme of ’Dreams and Nightmares’. This collection of work led me into Surrealism and how we cannot remember every part of our dreams.
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Zoey Archibald Theme: Chaos Medium: Photoshop The complexity of my work is about images and how true meanings can be misinterpreted.
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Kennedy Brook Theme: Deface Medium: Mixed Media In this final collection of images I intend the viewer to think about what actually happens in relationships and how people can feel different on the inside from what is actually portrayed.
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Mark Everingham Theme: Passing of Time Medium: Photography Tying together the past, present and future, I wanted to portray how the ‘Passing of Time’ can relate in one’s career through layers within one image.
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Jennifer Gabbitas Theme: Hidden Emotions Medium: Digital Print Through my work and the use of double exposure, I wanted to portray the idea that people tend to hide how they truly feel, and put on a mask to cover the truth.
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Amie Haycock Theme: Destroy Medium: Mixed Media I wanted to involve subjects that I had a real passion for, such as the 1950s. I worked with the main focus of pin-up stars who have had mental health issues.
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Molly Johnson Theme: Destroy Medium: Digital Print My work is about ‘Disguise’ and explores the need to meet social expections enforced by society.
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Melihah Khan Theme: Individualism Medium: Mixed Media My work highlights the importance of individualism in the modern day society.
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Brett Kozlowskyj-Bull Theme: Image Manipulations Medium: Digital Print The pieces that I have created are mainly to show that not everything has to be serious and people should try to look for the best in the worst.
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Lewis Marshall Theme: Image Manipulation Medium: Digital Print Within my work I wanted to express the effects that smoking has on individuals and others around them.
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Brandon Miller Theme: Image Manipulation Medium: Media Through the use of Adobe Photoshop I created a set of double exposure images to reflect the multipul dimensions of an individual’s personality.
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Reeves Mitchell Theme: Destruction Medium: Digital Print Through my work I wanted to portray the message that nothing is safe in the world and to expect the unexpected.
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Ryan Shenton Theme: Erase Medium: Digital Print This selection of work is about breaking through the layer of confidence to unearth the emotions below, which are concealed and hidden away from the world.
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Benjamin Whitehead Theme: Illusions Medium: Digital Print The theme of ‘Illusion’ has been a constant in my work, relating to combinations of the feelings of happiness and enjoyment of life.
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Hope Williams Theme: Passing of Time/Memories Medium: Digital Print Through the use of personal photographs from past and present I developed/explored a piece relating to my family using Adobe Photoshop to combine them in layers.
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Year 13 Art & Design Charlotte Allan Jordan Bloem Luca Coulter Grace Davies Charlotte Dixon Jessica Feldman Chloe Firth Maria Gomez Ellie Haigh Summer McParland Matthew Neil Olivia Parker Aurora Price Rachel Smith Jordyn Stancliffe
Charlotte Allan Theme: Exposed Medium: Mixed Media Through my project I wanted to show how emotions can physically and emotionally affect human beings through their body language and facial expressions.
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Jordan Bloem Theme: Include Yourself Medium: Digital Print My work addresses the theme of myself and my family and the relationships between us all. I want the viewer to have an insight in to my life and how each member has a part to play; each segment is a representative of a wider unit.
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Luca Coulter Theme: Time and Memory Medium: Mixed Media ‘Beauty’, explores the importance of body image and insecurities. In the piece there is an element of frustration and question about the content bound in string.
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Grace Davies Theme: Inequalities Medium: Acrylic on Board My work is about the inequalities in education between both men and women. It also compares people in Western countries with those living in the developing world.
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Charlotte Dixon Theme: ‘Facades Revealed’ Medium: Acrylic on Board Through a series of paintings I have investigated the theme of ‘Facades’. I intended to visually show what a person can be feeling in contrast to their pretences.
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Jessica Feldman Theme: Landscapes Medium: Mixed Media Confined to a circle, I manipulated a series of materials to replicate the textured objects found in a church garden that hold specific memories to me.
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Chloe Firth Theme: Wild Landscapes Medium: Acrylic on Board Through this series of work, I wanted the viewer to appreciate different landscapes; from views around my house to mountainous landscapes in America.
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Maria Gomez Theme: Everyday Scenes Medium: Acrylic on Board My work addresses the specific theme of the ‘Millennial generation’. We live in a desolate state, where our better life is in fact, simple survival.
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Ellie Haigh Theme: Wild Landscape Medium: Mixed Media My work began from a study of a building’s, which led to the feelings of claustrophobia caused by relentless lines and plain structured architecture.
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Summer McParland Theme: Dawn ‘til Dusk Medium: Mixed Media From the theme of ‘Wild Landscapes’, I depicted the time scale between dawn and dusk in a series of paintings, from a landscape of particular importance to me.
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Matthew Neil Theme: Mental Health Medium: Fine liner on Card The shortness of time can lead to any kind of person to have an existential crisis. This can possibly lead to symptoms of depression.
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Olivia Parker Theme: Wild Landscapes Medium: Mixed Media This series of work is about the healing processes within natural landscapes. Certain places have a feeling of calm and happiness to me.
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Aurora Price Theme: Hidden Medium: Mixed Media The intended purpose of my work is to show the random hidden thoughts that occur in the human brain at any given point of the day or night. I have reflected this through the use of shapes and textures.
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Rachel Smith Theme: Political Anthropology Medium: Acrylic on Board My work portrays how we are affected and exploited everyday by the capitalist system and how we aren’t even aware of it.
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Jordyn Stancliffe Theme: Pursuit of Happiness Medium: Mixed Media In pursuing the dream of wanting to find happiness, I created a collection of mixed media pieces exploring the importance of colour and emotion.
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Year 13 Photography Tim Bonville-Ginn Ruby Carter Ebony Dixon Leigh Hirst Lauren Naylor Laura Neimantas Ariane Spencer Matthew Steele Cortney Ward
Tim Bonville-Ginn Theme: Series of Planets Medium: Digital Print My work shows the development of the earth’s key stages, as it changes from the original rock to the present day and my future predictions.
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Ruby Carter Theme: Magazine Pages Media: Film Photography My work addresses the theme of everyday scenes, and people’s obsessions with buying brands. The mind-set that products are all the same but are just packed differently has inspired this set of images.
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Ebony Dixon Theme: Include Yourself Medium: Digital Print I have created a series of self-portraits using Adobe Photoshop. The images show myself with various facial expressions and different accessories to show the beauty of particular features.
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Leigh Hirst Theme: Emotion Through Colour Medium: Mixed Media Under the theme of ‘Include Yourself ’ I used digital and analogue photography to create multiple images demonstrating the use of colour with various emotions.
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Lauren Naylor Theme: Help The Homeless Medium: Digital Print
Focusing on street photography I took to the streets of Manchester and Leeds to photograph the stark contrast between social classes.
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Laura Neimantas Theme: World Issues Medium: Digital Print In my work I am championing women in sport. I have created a series posters to give women in sport the recognition they deserve.
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Ariane Spencer Theme: Include Yourself Medium: 3D Digital Print I focused on how people look at certain objects and photographs in a different way. The cube emphasises that there many sides to people’s feelings and emotions.
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Matthew Steele Theme: Wild Landscapes Medium: Digital Print I have addressed the theme of natural landscapes. I collated a series of images and combined them to show that each landscape has a story.
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Cortney Ward Theme: Natures Beauty Medium: Digital Print I have created six images and included inspirational quotes which generate awareness about the issues of the destruction of the natural world.
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Department Staff Head Of Art Rachel Lumb Teaching Staff Yvette Hughes Germaine Mallinson Jo Barnett Hannah Mouzdi Ben Mounsey
Technician Staff Robbie Jay Barratt Alec Gladok Artist In Residence Danielle Whitaker
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