Daniel O'Riordan, Bath Spa University
This year proved to be a celebratory year for the area, as ceramic-led designers scooped both Winner and Runner-Up BDC Awards at the show. ARTS THREAD has a look at what’s on display.
Cloth Pendants by Daniel O’Riordan from Bath Spa University are colourful hanging lamps that have been 3D printed and flocked on the inside in brilliant colours such as hot pink and vibrant yellow.
Jemma Fagan, University of Sunderland
A plant eco-system featuring classic floral English tea-cups featured in the work of Jemma Fagan from the University of Sunderland. Glass bell jars cover herbs, such as coriander and parsley, growing to perfection in the breathable domes.
Angela Speight, Cardiff School of Art and Design
Angela Speight graduating from Cardiff School of Art and Design models on a miniature scale. Tiny white porcelain rosebuds decorate a piece of driftwood, or dandelion clocks are caught in the fleeting moment of being blown from the stalk, by being captured in glassed domes. A miniature dead tree is covered with the smallest butterflies.
Kane Cali, UCA Farnham
Kane Cali of UCA Farnham uses technology is new ways to create his glass pieces. For Ripple Landscape, Kane uses 3D modelling software as a kind of virtual sketchbook of ideas, which he then translates in CNC machining or rapid prototyping to recreate the idea into a physical object. Kane then uses more traditional methods such as mould making, glass fusing /slumping and even investment casting. Kane’s Dot Portraits are created using digital photography, Photoshop, Illustrator and CNC laser cutting and are purely made from glass.
Yana Gafurova, Central Saint Martins
The Kingdom Collection from Central Saint Martins’ graduate Yana Gafurova is inspired by the symbol meaning of animal names for statement jewellery pieces, from the aerodynamics of the gazelle to the royal bearing of the elephant. Glazed porcelain is hand-painted with gold lustre.
Chris Inder, New Bucks University
Chris Inder from New Bucks University took inspiration from the ornate shapes and decoration found on antique cutlery and used this to create slip-cast porcelain platters with the elegant scrolling profile, decorative porcelain-handle cutlery and delightfully irregularly-edged hump-moulded porcelain plates with complete with blue knife pattern.
Laura Little, The Glasgow School of Art
Laura Little from The Glasgow School of Art has taken inspiration from traditional steam trains. In industrial colours, a coal-furnace door become a clock face and rail gauges atop copper piping turn into a ceramic lamp that defuses a subtle glow.
Image credits: New Designer’s photography by Natasha Chauhan
Daniel O’Riordan
Jemma Fagan: jemmamadeit@gmail.com
Angela Speight
Kane Cali: info@kanecali.com
Yana Gafurova
Chris Inder
Laura Little: weelaura2002@yahoo.co.uk
