Here are some of the latest pieces of work from my lovely students. They are all now leading up to their final projects, can't believe it's that time of year again! I have been much more involved now I am teaching them and I am very excited to see what they will produce for their end of year shows. Here are a few finished pieces and works in progress. 

These are the result of our trip to Brighton, SEAGULLS!!

Really love this composition. 

The Pavilion.

The Artists! Alex and Matthew are happy working together. 

Josh and his super creature! We used a whole bag of plaster, a lot of which ended up on our clothing. 

Jamie's heart paintings are getting more and more expressive. Not sure why he needed to use so much duct tape! 

Lewis's falling man drawings. 

Louise's iris paintings, she wanted me to make a point that 'It is not finished!'

Laura's body parts paintings turned out really well.

Sarah's Leonardo wings which flap when you pull the cords, they are awesome!!

We managed to put our heads together and come up with a way of minimising the mechanical parts so it is easier to wear. Although, you do still have to avoid poking people's eyes out when you manoeuvre.  

Pitt Rivers and Bungle rats

I really love old artifacts and the Pitt Rivers in Oxford is full of treasure! The jewelry in there has to be my favorite thing to look at in there, but there is so much to see, here are just a few things I snapped. 

The famous shrunken heads, preserved in vegetable dyes and stuffed with stones. 

A rat trap made with old film cases.

Really love all the tribal jewelry. 

Various jewelry pieces made with teeth and bones, usually to celebrate their kill.

A funny looking owl :)

Flo went into meltdown and was more fascinated by the air vents than the exhibits. 

Fighting jewelry.

Tattoo stamps.

Trilobites.

Pyrite, I think we have a fellow magpie in our midst! 

The Natural History Museum was closed that day, but we did sneak a peek at some of the dinosaur bones. Some of them were in packaging and Flo thought they were bandaged up as they were poorly. I told her they were long gone!

Camel Heads, Indoor Cinemas and Chinese New Year

This is kind of old news, but I had a lovely weekend in London with my good friend Sarah A.K.A. Migedy a few weeks back. We tried on some of the hats she makes and this delightful camels head made for a fancy dress party. We watched a funny Spanish film called 'The Originals' on her in house video projector and went to a really cool gig/birthday night at The Lamb pub in Islington. The next day to blow away the cobwebs we decided to go and celebrate the Chinese New Year in Chinatown and got chased down the streets by the dragon dancers in torrential rain. FUN!

Tea, cake and films! Such a cool indoor movie experience. 

We also helped Martin eat his birthday present, PLOPP chocolate...ha ha!

Sarah was a bit scared of the dragons, but I looked after her. 

The movements were so fast my phone camera couldn't keep up. 

Some shots turned out really beautifully though and really show the bright colours and movement of the dancers. 

Cats are lucky!

Naughty George didn't mention anything about having his work in the Hayward Cafe, but we stopped there for one last cuppa to dry off. 

We got soaked, I really should get an umbrella. 

College stuff

I consider myself really lucky to do something I enjoy everyday. It may not be the best paid job in the world, but there is always something new and creative happening. Here are some examples of the students recent work in progress and the new 3D workshop which was built over Christmas...I have so many cupboards I am not sure what to do with them!



Jamie, Laura and Josh working together to create a map of the world. Great Teamwork!



This is Laura's take on the 1960's  Rorschach tests, which used inkblots to anaylse patients psychosis. This is a really good example of interactive and intepretive artwork.  



Louise is working on large scale paintings of roses which have been tainted with artificial colours to depict them slowly dying.



Daisy has been churning out these large scale paitings of decay and rust, I love her use of colour.



This is a good example of the first stages of the design process, using card and paper to test things out, this is a jewellery design of Sarah's which is currently being made using brass sheet.



Adam, who is an illustration student has a great sense of humour, I just love this hippo conversation. I am quite sad I don't have any teaching hours with this group anymore.



This is why I have been called the cupboard lady in the past, I work in a smallish room where lots of things are stored for students to use.

Crystal has been cutting gold cards for days! I just love the printing process and she has created some lovely prints using this technique. Just realised this picture is upside down though, opps!

Kaya has also created some beautiful print work.

Chloe is depicting the 3 stages of pregnancy for her work, once these are finished they will really look great. The foetus will be lit up inside.

Laura has been working on a time lapse painting which is gradually turning into 3D and has now started growing moss! I can't wait to see the finsihed film.

I love finding random things like this in the department! I call him 
Strork Man!, because he is made from string and a fork.

Outdoor gym

My dad and sister trying to coordinate their leg movements on the outdoor cross trainer, it's actually surprisingly tricky!

                                                           
                     Flo got the hang of it though!

Letters

These letters inspired me to make some for my family over Christmas, they are all salvaged from old shop fronts and are available to buy at the Hambledon  in Winchester, where I regularly window shop.