issue one
blue
Hello, this is
WEST
We would like to begin by saying thank you to everyone who has contributed! There was an amazing selection of work submitted, and it was really difficult to choose which pieces to include in Issue One. To everyone else: thank you for picking this up, and we hope you enjoy this stellar selection of art and design work from local (and some not-so-local) students! - Danielle, Dani & Molly (West Art Zine Team)
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Danielle
Lockwood
the wasp factory
“Read it. It’s a good book. This is an element taken from some promotional material produced alongside a title sequence for the book in a pretend adaptation. They are scanned-in ink blots which I then edited and applied to a poster which was originally a different colour. The visuals are derived from reading the book multiple times and trying to gauge a strong understanding of the narrative and of the underlying issues raised.�
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Kendall
Cowle
“Trawsfyndd nuclear power station is a disused Magnox power station in Wales. This image surprised me as there is a very high demand for fishing in Llyn Trawsfyndd. I have concluded that any fish caught in the lake are not eaten, as it is situated next to the power station and the water was once used for cooling.�
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“I created this piece by linking the word blue to being cold and representing the universal dread all girls suffer in cold weather: the exposure of stiff nipples. Whilst it is a trivial epidemic, there is also a more serious underlying problem: why the fuck are female nipples so different to males’ and why are we scared of them? In summary: FREE THE NIPPLE.”
Georgina
Lycett
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Josh
Williams “A mallard duck can see 170% more colours than a human does due to the receptors in its eyes. I created this pattern in an attempt to envision what this would be like.�
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Aidan
Mooney Album Artwork: Yung Gud - Crushed.
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Mandy
purchase
“I have been exploring the worlds that exist in people’s minds, primarily the order and chaos in the minds of OCD sufferers.”
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Kamile
Stašyte “This monoprint is pretty abstract, but I like that serene, calm, spacey atmosphere it gives off, as if you were swimming through galaxies in outer space. It turned out to be somewhat philosophical, I suppose. Being a part of the whole universe, yet at the same time being drawn to particular people and things; creating special bonds with others and being bound by the universe at the same time.”
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Rebecca
king
“The concept behind my work consists of opposites, combining bizarre materials that are quite mundane and challenging what can be made with them. These fine art pieces represent a difference in looking at something with a new perspective and challenging what can be made with everyday materials.�
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Danielle
Lockwood
Molly
rudoni “This piece was created in response to a collaberative project with the Birmingham Museum Collection Centre, where I found a taxidermy grey wolf in storage. I looked into the ideas surrounding the ‘Big Bad Wolf’ of fairytales, and how wolves are greatly misunderstood animals. I wanted to create a narrative artwork showing the softer side of wolves, and so researched the pack behaviour, which is very family orientated. The next double page is also my work, and is a repeated geometric pattern created whilst playing with three very simple shapes. The inspiration for this came from graphic designer, Kate Moross.”
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Dani
Green “These images are part of a series of screenprints created from enlarged linocut prints. They play on the commonly used phrases; ‘piggy bank’ and ‘the dog ate my homework’. The work on the next two pages is an infographic created to educate and promote the idea of lynx reintroduction in Scotland. Soon after printing this, lynx reintroduction across the UK was announced. Coincidence? I think not.”
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BRITAINʼS MISSING LYNX
The Eurasian lynx is a solitary animal; a secretive creature that prefers dense forests full of hiding places and stalking opportunities. Often the only way humans know lynx are around is by footprints in the snow. One of the most successful of cats, the lynx was originally found from the UK to China, though in the modern age it has reduced greatly in number through Western Europe where populations are now mostly small and fragmented. In the UK, habitat destruction and fur hunting is believed to have led to the lynxʼs extinction. Their presence would return a vital natural function to our ecology helping control numbers of deer and a variety of agricultural pest species whilst protecting forestry from deer damage caused by over-population.
Size
The Eurasian Lynx is a medium-sized cat reaching, on average 70cm at shoulder height.
Location
Once found all over Europe, the lynx became endangered, and in some places extinct as hunting became popular and its habitat cleared. Some countries have since reintroduced populations of lynx.
1000 A.D.
2015
Reintroductions
In Britain
The lynx was driven to extinction around
1000 YEARS AGO Legendarily known as the elusive “Keeper of Secrets”, the lynx has long been a mysterious enigma and the subject of folklore. Its urine was rumoured to harden into a precious “Lynx Stone.”
Prey Prey
PopulationSizes Sizes Population 1000 A.D. 1000 A.D.
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2015 2015
Deer Deer
Foxes Badgers Badgers Foxes
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£10,500,000 £10,500,000 Reintroduction Reintroduction
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Potential PotentialHabitat Habitat
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Lynx Lynx
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Bear Bear
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to bring the the lynxlynx back to the British Isles. to bring back to the British Isles.
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Josh
Williams
Lesley
imgart “I drew this portrait of Adele Exarchopoulos after I saw Blue is the Warmest Colour. Blue is my favourite colour, and I think she’s beautiful.”
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