Katie and her hair jewellery

Del and I are always talking about practice in the HE centre, we discuss the notion the we are all trying to communicate something and the materials and processes act as a vehicle for communication.

If we accept this, we can acknowledge that our choice of material is the only thing that defines us.

An example of work that demonstrates that the maker is not defined by their medium is the range of jewellery that is being developed by our third year blacksmith, Katie Wright.

She is using 3mm stock which is manipulated out at the Holm Lacey Forge. Katie will be forging some elements in sterling silver.

Just goes to show that the tradition doesn't define a discipline. A jeweller and a blacksmith! Who would have thought!

Mhairi and her book stand

Within our blacksmithing cohort there is always a huge range of responses to problems, ideas and making. Scale is always a hot topic and always needs to be considered carefully for the job at hand.

Mhairi is now in her third year and is developing a collection of functional objects based on her beautiful illustrations which have been inspired by listening to music.

These beautiful objects gave been designed to support music books.

Shoned and her 3dsp!

3DSP is a process module in the second year where students are asked to investigate a specific technique to enrich the practice.

This work belongs to our second year jeweller, Shoned. Shoned has a very detailed view on what she investigates and has decided to explore possible applications of colour that reflect images she has taken of mild and rott!!!