DESIGN CRAFTS BA (HONS)
GRADUATES OF 2022 Public awareness of Craft has grown since Covid-19 changed our lives so dramatically. Craft’s value to society, culture, the economy, health and well-being is recognised. In June we celebrate the achievement of our 2022 Design Crafts BA (Hons) Graduates with the DMU public Degree Show. The craft work you see in the show and within this yearbook represents the creative journeys our students have made over the last few years. I am impressed by the resilience the students have shown through the pandemic and recognise their determination, commitment and endeavour in making these wonderful final collections. I would like to thank all who have supported the students; family, friends, technicians, DMU staff, Artists in Residence and tutors. Congratulations Graduates! Good luck in the future- whatever you do. Your talent and skills are amazing!
IMOGEN AUST Programme leader for Design Crafts BA (Hons)
CONTENTS
Alice Martin Evans Amy Barlow Ariel Jihui-Li Beatrice Pangonyte Elise Goldsbrough Evy Valles Sessions Georgia Hazell Harriet Walker Hayley Worthington Helena Roberts Holly White Jamie Edwards Jasmine Cygan Jennifer Wilson
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Jordan Banyard Kantawan Narakulmongkol Katie Pinnell Kerstin Brabham Kyle Norton Louise Maguire Mica Morris Robert Clarke Sophie Bennett Suzanne Sinfield Talora Welsh William Oldfield Zoe Johnston
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ALICE MARTIN EVANS
amartinevans@gmail.com
I am a jewellery designer from Nottingham. I enjoy exploring the beauty in organic forms found in nature, with fascination for shape and texture. I work with small metals to create contemporary, extravagant jewellery pieces. In this collection I have explored the symbiotic relationship between moss and bark. The juxtaposition between the rough bark and the fragile, soft moss.
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@pretty_littlecrafter
AMY BARLOW
amyjbarlow@outlook.com
I am a digital textile artist who specialises in surface pattern design. I have continually found myself being inspired by nature, as well as interior styles found within William Morris’s era and how his patterns were formed. I have created a ‘lived-in’ space showing off my potential as an interior stylist. Each design has been displayed using recycled furniture creating a contemporary ‘take’ on late 20th century interior design.
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@amyb_textiles
JIHUI LI ARIEL
arieleejihui@gmail.com
As a hand building ceramicist, I continually explore shapes, textures, and other forms to make my works standing with only and inimitable. The creation journey base on sensibility, I aim to convey emotion through the creation, either joy or sorrow. The flexible shapes on irregular edges represents a true emotion, not by intention.
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@ffeistudio
BEATRICE PANGONYTE
bealixen.design@gmail.com
I am a mixed media maker, who utilises plastics and pulpboard in my work. The inspiration behind my pieces comes from emotional connections relating to past experiences, specifically this project focuses on feelings of homesickness. I use co-design and laser cutting to create bespoke commissioned pieces. I make layered sculptures that are predominantly colourful and vary in sizes.
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ELISE GOLDSBROUGH
emg.design@yahoo.com
I am a designer-maker, specialising in jewellery and small metal creations mostly inspired by nature. Using a mixture of traditional and contemporary techniques to capture the textures and intricate designs of these natural forms. Inspired by our wellbeing, my current collection explores and focuses on sound jewellery. I am intrigued with how these reactive, sound pieces of jewellery can affect a person’s wellbeing.
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elisegoldsbrough.design
EVY VALLES SESSIONS
emvsdesign.1999@gmail.com
My surroundings are the inspiration for my work, informing my ideas to grow into ceramic pieces that are functional with a sculptural element. My values are to create work that follows a sustainable and ethical approach, enjoying the freedom of expression and being a part of something that improves people’s lives. I aim to work collaboratively on more projects and be in an environment where I can apply my own knowledge as well as strengthen skills and learn from others.
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emvs_design
GEORGIA HAZELL
ghg.glass@outlook.com
I am a designer-maker specialising in hot glass with a focus on the process. I really enjoy the experience of working in the hot shop. My aim is to create pieces that express the enjoyment and to create installations for interior and exterior living spaces that people can be happy in. For this collection, I have taken inspiration from nature and current trends for creating ‘wellness spaces’.
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ghg.glass / georgiahcrafts
HARRIET WALKER
My work is inspired by fantasy journeys reflecting a time when travel was forbidden. I have explored these journeys, using hand stitch, dye, screen printing, laser etching and paper manipulation and I am fascinated by the marks, text, and symbols on maps, developing an interest in the travel experience as reflected in real and fantasy cartography. The pieces show fragments of maps which have been layered into compositions which represent the desire for freedom of movement.
elvisiggy@gmail.com
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elvisiggy
HAYLEY WORTHINGTON
hayleycraftstudio@gmail.com
I am a mixed media maker who focuses on the tactile qualities between metal and textiles. I like to explore a delicate, quiet aesthetics that combine intricate metal elements with small scale textile details. My current collection focuses on the importance of bringing the natural world into people’s homes and enhancing the beauty within it. The silver floral boxes are complimented with budlike embroidered features, bringing a pop of colour and texture.
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@hayley_craftstudio
HELENA ROBERTS
helena.birdie@hotmail.com
I am a mixed media driven textile and ceramic artist who relishes in creating work with a narrative, that celebrates Camp, theatre, embellishment, and humour with nods to nostalgia and themes of hyper feminine. I love to make connections with my work, tell stories and utilise my playful illustrative style to amuse thought, theory and provoke emotion. I like my work to be spirited and thoughtfully considered, to make exciting bespoke pieces or commissions.
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@helenabirdie_art
HOLLY WHITE
hollyelizabethceramics@outlook.com
Clay is an incredibly fluid, responsive material. This allows for freedom when creating simple, elegant forms. Making work on a larger scale has further allowed for an intimate exploration of balance. This work concentrates on the use of objects as society began to evolve. I believe that looking at archaeology to discover our ancestors experience of artifacts can help to redefine the nature of objects we use and experience every day.
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@HollyElizabethCeramics
JAMIE EDWARDS
cylee.ceramics@gmail.com
My slip cast ceramic work is focused on form and the interaction of objects within the collection. I am driven by the concept of the deconstruction and reconstruction of simple architectural shapes to create abstract geometric forms. I make calculated and precise cuts in order to achieve the crisp curves and edges. Working with stains allows me to incorporate colour into the clay bodies, creating contrast between the different sections.
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@cylee.ceramics
JASMINE CYGAN
jasmine_cygan@yahoo.co.uk
My pieces are seen as sentimental ‘keepsakes’, displaying personal imagery and items within glass. I use special types of frits that oxidise in specific conditions, controlled arrangements of air bubbles created by incorporating bicarbonate of soda into the colour, as well as other inclusions such as seashells and organic matter. I feel drawn towards sensitive topics and the idea of turning good or bad memories into physical bodies of work, to capture a unique memory.
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@wishie_washie_glass
JENNIFER WILSON
jenniferwilsondesigns@outlook.com
I am a mixed media artist and designer, working mostly with slip cast stoneware. Overall my pieces are designed to be groupings of elegant, intricately glazed vessels, with the purpose of adding interest to whichever room they’re in. Often tall and slim, my pieces are normally inspired by either nature or by human architecture. I enjoy the soft lines of nature, and the harsher lines of manmade buildings.
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@jennywilsondesigns
JORDAN BANYARD
design@jordanbanyard.com
My work explores texture and the subtle differences in colour and tone, focusing on handmade qualities. This collection of ceramic, metal and glass tiles are thoughtfully curated to create wall hangings and larger scale installation pieces. For this project, I wanted to challenge myself to use new materials and processes, developing my skill set whilst utilising the workshop facilities across multiple disciplines.
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@jordanbanyard.design
KANTAWAN NARAKULMONGKOL
millykantawan@gmail.com
I am a multidisciplinary designer specialising in ceramics. My enthusiasm and curiosity in experimenting with new techniques across a diverse range of materials have developed my practice and opened infinite possibilities throughout the process of making. My work incorporates ceramic slip casting techniques and metal manipulation. The theme reflects political issues while exploring the abstraction of human anatomy and combining analogue and digital production methods.
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@artusende
KATIE PINNELL
katiepinnell1@gmail.com
I am a designer-maker specialising in hot glass. My current collection is heavily influenced by contemporary interiors. I have developed a minimal, moody colour palette of olive green, white & black from researching interiors magazines like Elle Decoration. My vessels have been developed through experiments with materials and processes, heating glass to the point of distortion to capture fluid forms. Each vessel is unique both in form and colouration.
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@katiepdesigns
KERSTIN BRABHAM
kerstinrjb24@hotmail.com
I am passionate about jewellery making and taking inspiration from my everyday surroundings, using texture and form created from nature. I am also inspired by contemporary jewellery and modern artists where techniques such as soldering, casting and cold fixing are utilised within my design processes. Nature inspired features are prominent within all my collections, with the addition of elements sourced from in the natural environment.
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@kerstinmakes
KYLE NORTON
kylenorton1907@gmail.com
As a contemporary glass maker, I use strong personal themes around mental health and mental disorders to create collections of pieces that aim to open conversations amongst the viewers. I focus on surface texture and form to portray particular and personal messages, communicating mental states in combination with representations of a physical body. Each piece is personally connected to stages of my own mental state throughout my life.
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@KylesCraftPlace
LOUISE MAGUIRE
louise.maguire1999@gmail.com
My practice is heavily influenced by a playful approach to design. I’m inspired by utilitarian objects of nostalgia and have found a connection to time spent in the garden with family, especially my grandad’s shed. The oil cans, watering cans, and domestic vessels in these spaces have had a big impact on my work; emulating the clunky, mismatched, and exaggerated forms I remember through a contemporary style.
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@louisemaguiredesign
MICA MORRIS
micamorriscrafts@outlook.com
As a conceptual ceramicist, my unique style explores the movement of form and surfaces. I make collapsed stoneware vessels, using resists and glazes to paint on distorted patterns. I use a monochrome palette to create the surface patterns which emphasize the unpredictable force of gravity on my vessels, this way of working naturally allows the vessels to create a dialogue with their surroundings in a diverse and immersive display.
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@micascrafts
ROBERT CLARKE
clarkeceramicstudio@outlook.com
As a designer-maker specialising in Ceramics, I make coloured clay the centrepiece of my practice, whether natural or purposefully stained by hand. Japanese Nerikomi and English Agateware initially led me down the path of colour exploration but my aim as a ceramicist is to teach people that clay itself can be beautiful and creatively abundant, without the need for external decoration, such as slips or coloured glaze.
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@ClarkeCeramicStudio
SOPHIE BENNETT
sophie.e.b.creates@gmail.com
From wedging the clay and throwing the desired forms, to mixing and pouring glazes, every step of the ceramics process provides instant feedback from the materials used. I am largely inspired by fine detail and textures, particularly those found in Victorian Gothic architecture. Combining various elements from my own illustrations, my eclectic handmade collection explores the ideas of ‘twisted antiques’ and curiosity, creating beautiful, unique pieces with a dark undertone.
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@sophie.e.b.creates
SUZI SINFIELD
suzi78@live.co.uk
As a metalsmith I take inspiration for my practice from my love of nature and the colours and textures within. My work is very process-led allowing pieces to really evolve and develop throughout their creation. My current collection seeks to encapsulate decomposition in nature and the combination of strength, delicacy, and beauty within this. Using the technique of Raku on enamel I have been able to achieve the iridescence seen in natural forms and insects.
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@suzi_sinfield
TALORA WELSH
taloradesign@outlook.com
I am an artist who specialises in copper-smithing. My work is inspired by my own life and usually looks at my journey with mental health. I feel that it is important to make my work open and personal to connect with people, in the hopes that they will see their own struggles represented in my work.
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@talorawelsh_design
WILLIAM OLDFIELD
oldfieldwillo@gmail.com
I’m a designer/artist whose work is influenced by the knowledge gained through experiments with materials and practical skills. I am inspired by nature and develop ideas and designs in the workshops. I am fond of putting my skills to work, developing and challenging them as well as acquiring new ones. I really enjoy the challenge of problem solving and exploring ideas through the lens of my own interests - endowing the work with my own artistic identity in the process
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@willo489
ZOE JOHNSTON
zoejohnston.glass@gmail.com
I’m a glass blower aiming to produce curious pieces that make the audience think. The ‘lace’ pieces are an inspiration and are present within all my pieces. I like the idea of not being able to see everything straightaway and having to look closer to fully appreciate the details. I use various finishing techniques to create contrast between the surfaces. Cold-working is a key part of my process and enables me to achieve the final look.
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@z.j.glass
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to: Imogen Aust, Rajesh Gogna, Jane Prosser, Edmond Byrne, Michaela Hawes, Alexandra Palmer, Amerjit Young, Rob Leary, Charlie Henshaw, Andy Loke, Andy Shore, Kira Allder, Laura Lynas, Josefina Flello-Martinez, Graham Lee, Hannah Tounsend, Helen Slater, Jill Ellinsworth, Michelle Hayward, Manasi Depala, Michaela Wilson-George, Rachel Sutton, Samantha Robinson, Charlotte Wilkinson, Robin Buttery, Neil Donoghue, Will Baker, The Digital Fabrication Team and DMU Print Centre.
Publication designed by @mattestudiosuk
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