Level 3 in Art & Design
Applied General Extended Diploma
Level 3 Art and Design students have worked on their own selected themes for the Final Major Project and used audience research to inform their artwork. The materials focus has been based on their personal specialism which has developed across the year ranging from digital artwork, printmaking, photography, textiles and illustration.
Nicole Azevedo
Specialism - Graphic Design
My Final Major Project explores the relationship between fans and music artists, most particularly exploring how music can affect daily life, as well as communicate to others your likes, dislikes, or personality – as well as others such as moral and political beliefs. Inspired by mixed-media artists who have created album covers in the past, as well as photographers who photograph musicians, I experimented with various techniques to get my album covers to where they are now. Through combining these, I aimed to create albums that not only conveyed certain themes and ideas but would reflect my learning and the goal.
Coral Beagley
Specialism - Mixed Media
This project represents the drive for evolution, presenting structured, taxonomical inspirations into a detailed final sculpture. Using a variety of both professional and found materials, to create an environment informed by real habitats and a detailed, museum-style narrative. Experimenting with the combination of subtle painting techniques, anatomically informed designs and a variety of clays/other sculpted mediums, that produced a diverse body of work. I created this outcome, to convey a predator of humanity, colour representing flesh and an ironic undertone of symbolic luck; with a slinking posture, and human-like features to match. The intention of this sculpture is to both unsettle and intrigue the viewer, encouraging concepts of primal fear, as written within my narrative.
Lillia Botterill
Specialism - Illustration
For my final major project I explored the theme of people watching, with a focus on how people present themselves depending on their location and surroundings. I was inspired by several traditional artists, leading me to pursue working with acrylics throughout my experimentation and final outcomes. I was also inspired by the idea of presenting collected data in abstract ways after researching into the Dear Data project. I aimed to communicate human nature, through visual language and variety within my chosen references.
Ash Bragg
Specialism - Mixed Media
For my final major project I wanted to explore human connection through art, especially the link between early humans (cave men) and modern humans. My reasoning behind this connection is that both early humans and modern humans were creative. Suggesting that creativity is a human instinct. For this project I conducted a lot of material experementation, including using natural materials to create and using prehistoric techniques to emulate modern art.
Kove Cox
Specialism - Printmaking
My work explores a theme of a rush of dopamine within gambling; this theme interested me as it is a simple concept but can be created in many ways with the help of a range of different artists to inform my project, the materials and techniques shaped my work by creating bold colours. What I would like to communicate to the audience would be the loop you can be caught in while gambling because of the dopamine you get.
Sophie Dodd
Specialism - Painting
My Final Major Project explores the impact autism can have on mental health, focusing on internal experiences and expressing them externally through abstract art. Inspired by mixed-media artists and photography, I experimented with abstraction, photography, body horror, and fragmentation to communicate these unspoken experiences. Through combining abstraction and body horror. I aimed to create work that felt both personal and universally relatable in order to highlight that autism is not a trend, but a condition that can have significant impacts on individuals’ lives. I also intended for autistic viewers to find comfort and reassurance, to recognise they are not alone.
Charlotte Dury
Specialism - Illustration
I chose to explore nostalgia, Inspired by how it feels to grow up too fast. I utilised texture, digital illustration, and photo-bashing to create a graphic anthology that displays the different ways nostalgia can take form in our lives. This project is personal to me, other than it being my final piece, it displays how it feels suddenly being an adult, unprepared for the future, and coming to terms with the fact that life moves on. My research into psychology and child development, shows details in my art, such as rose tinted colouring and noticeable nostalgic triggers.
Eleanor Fairbrass
Specialism - Mixed Media
I created this work to celebrate my nan’s life after her dementia diagnosis in 2022. Dementia to many (and me) is a cruel and frightening diagnosis. To cope with such negative emotions, I wanted to celebrate her old and new memories, specifically between the two of us. I explored themes of letters, videos, sounds and crafts, as these are the physical memories that I’ve gathered throughout loving my nan. The textile includes transcripts of our conversations, as well as cyanotypes of photographs. I wish she were able to see my work and celebrate memories with me today.
Harper Haine
Specialism - Illustration
Throughout my Final Major Project, I focused on themes of overcoming nyctophobia [the fear of the dark] within children. By doing this, I was able to explore how a child’s overactive imagination forces them to believe monsters lurk in the darkness. As the paintings progress, the darker tones of purple gradually become lighter while the monster becomes less intimidating and monstrous. I wanted to be able to communicate a child’s journey of confronting and overcoming their fears, evoking empathy or sympathy within the audience, whilst also encouraging them to face their own fears.
Leila Kaye-Wilson
Specialism - Textiles
My final major project explores the beach and nostalgia. This theme interested me because it is my favourite place to be and the location of most my special childhood memories. My outcome consists of mixing textiles and printing techniques. I created an outcome that stands for a snapshot in time, inside the embriodery hoop is the part of the memory I can remember and outside the embriodery hoop is it fading away with age and time. I created this to remind people how precious memories can be.
Special mention:
Thank you to my mum, for all the beach trips you have taken me on and for introducing me to my favourite place.
Yaroslava Ladanovska
Specialism - Mixed Media
My Final Major Project explores emotional contradiction and the way opposing emotions can exist at the same time. Through photomontage and symbolism, I investigated themes of love and hate, attraction and fear, vulnerability and emotional defence. Inspired by artists such as Peter Kennard, Louise Bourgeois and Francis Bacon, I used imagery including snakes, lace, raw meat and references to Adam and Eve to represent temptation, desire and psychological tension. My work reflects the complexity of human emotions and how people can feel both drawn to and threatened by the same experiences. I aim to encourage viewers to consider their own emotional conflicts and vulnerabilities.
Daniel McLuckie
Specialism - 3D design
“The Body is a Machine”
My Project explored the links between the biological world and the machines we create. The Artwork depict mechanical systems which replicate or resemble the machinations of the human body within the system of a machine. The work was inspired by illustrators, photographers and sculptors who gave me the ideas which inspired the use of techniques such as 3D modelling, background design and stop motion to create the final outcomes. I aimed for this work to bring a recognisable feel to the machines and give them a sense of humanity to link the creators to the created.
Isabelle Owen
Specialism - Illustration
My Final Major Project explores the concept of home/belonging through a series of childrens book illustrations. With references to immigration and forced displacement, I wanted my work to relate to a wider audience that have struggled with finding that physical sense of home within their lives. Inspired by mixed media artists, I experimented with combining traditional collage with digital techniques to create work that has a child-like feel, whilst also holding a deeper meaning. My aim was to create an outcome that everybody could relate to, but particularly groups that have a significant lack of representation within this demographic.
Evie Trunks
Specialism - Illustration
I explored a future that has suffered from the extremities of Climate Change, how humanity would have to adapt to survive in it. Inspired by Art / Climate Activists focusing on the world and how we need to make a change before it reaches this point. I explored techniques that layer images and colours to contrast / highlight creating texture and vibrancy that are reflected in my outcomes. I focused on communicating the ideas the world around us has already developed through my work showing how we could use them to survive a probable future.
Eve Walter
Specialism - Moving Image
My project sets out to familiarise people with what it's like to have Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) using distorted characters to personify anxiety through monsters and a distorted world, I experimented heavily with texture, video and photography to compose and establish this world of anxiousness I wanted to present, My project aims to create a bridge of visuals to help express how GAD affects me and other people with generalised anxiety disorder.
Brooke Ward
Specialism - Illustration
Petals of What Was
My project explores my experiences of neglect and loss, focusing on my strained relationship with my father. It aims to support those facing loss and critique those who negatively impact such experiences. Created digitally for seamless professional printing, my outcome maintains a soft, childlike style with whimsical elements. I wanted a compelling, descriptive narrative as well as entertaining visuals to engage viewers of all ages. Ultimately, it reminds people that there's always light at the end of a dark tunnel; sometimes, it just takes extra steps to reach it.