Manchester School of Art Degree Show 2015.

After unfortunately missing the chance to visit the degree show last year, I was really excited to attend. It was so inspiring to see the wide variety of work produced by this years graduates, as it gave me a chance to invision how my work could progress over the next two years. In my first year of study the importance of context was made very clear and it was easy to see how this was a major influence on the development and end product of the 3rd year students. Everyone had a clear vision and understanding of their practice and where it fit in the art world, something which I am really excited to discover and expand upon next year.

Below i have picked out two students whose work I found particularly inspiring...

Grace Davies:

Grace is a printed textiles designer for fashion, whose work specialises in trend forecasting and art direction. What I found most inspiring about Graces work is her unique styling and innovative use of material, her work for me was set apart from the rest, by having such a strong individual flare. She had  a variety of components to her work that played a part within a number of different pieces or photoshoots, allowing her work to achieve a unique 'handwriting'. This is something I hope to work upon in the upcoming years of my degree, something I feel will develop once I begin to understand the individuality in my practice and context. Grace works across a number of specialisms including print, fashion and mixed media. This is something i can relate to within my own practice and has inspired me to push this interest even more and to continually take advantage of the opportunities and facilities i have available within university.

Hannah Reynolds:
Hannah'c collection of work was one with which i felt i shared the most common interest with. Working predominantly with mixed media techniques, hannahs work derives from a strong body of illustration and mixed media samples.  Her development process accompanies many similarities with my own, strong linear work that draws from abstract form and unusual surface. What i have taken most inspiration from is how hannah then takes these illustrations and pushes there potential within the mixed media world, through sampling and thinking outside the bo with her choices of materials and processes