Get an adrenaline rush from interior design!

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Claire Ridall

Red Bull Extreme Sports Venue
Julie Wyer, BA (Hons) Interior Design

Participation in extreme sports has seen a meteoric rise in the recent years. Interior Design graduate, Julie Wyer, has combined brand impact with clever use of space in her project ‘Adrenaline Junkie – Red Bull Extreme Sports Venue’.

The powerful visuals were on display during the Creative Spark 2013 exhibition, and stood out with their eye-catching splashes of colour and branding. Julie’s work will be on display at Collegiate learning centre as part of the new student art exhibition, which will be launched on 27th November.

Julie gave us an artist’s statement to support her work, which explained a little more about the design and the thinking behind it –

“Throughout studying interior design I gained a huge interest in branding and creating a successful customer experience. The space reinforces the brands values and ethos with exciting innovative design elements such as large voids and bridges connecting different areas. This also makes the brand personal to its clientele and provides small communities within a world of Red Bull. Red Bull is an already established brand where energy drink sales are consistently high, however Adrenaline Junkie provides added value through customer experience to ultimately gain brand loyalty, expand the brand further and create relationships with their customer base.”

Julie’s portfolio is available to view online at www.juliewyer.com – in the meantime, we’ll be posting information before the launch event here and on twitter and facebook.

Your invitation is here!

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Claire Ridall

We’d be delighted if you’d attend a joint celebration – the new Art in the Library exhibition and a showcase of the newly refurbished spaces at Collegiate Learning Centre will be held on Wednesday 27th November from 5.00pm. Take a tour of the new spaces, meet members of staff and some of our exhibitors, or just come and have a look over a glass of wine and a canape or two…

Details of how to book, location and timing are available on the eventbrite site here: https://artinlibrary.eventbrite.co.uk/

The event is open to staff, students, visitors – come and join us!

Memories immortalised in jewellery

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Claire Ridall

Memory encompasses everything from thoughts of childhood friends to a mental list of what we need to pick up at the shop. It is essential for our sense of self, and allows us to learn from our previous experiences. In general, a memory is a piece of information stored in your brain, but the quality of this information and the length of storage time vary greatly. How memories are formed, and what causes us to forget, have long been topics of great interest in the field of neuroscience.

Gilding band neck piece, by Kitty Griffiths
BA (Hons) Metalwork and Jewellery

Memories can be triggered by an image, a fragrance, music – or in Kitty Griffiths’ case – jewellery! Kitty has just completed the BA (Hons) in Metalwork and Jewellery. Her project ‘Mapping a memory‘ is inspired by the way individuals have unique memories and connections to different places.

Kitty told us: “This collection is based on my own sense of where I belong. It encapsulates the places I feel that are home through the visualization of maps of Sheffield’s ring road and segments of the M25. This collection can be adapted to fit the wearer through creating a bespoke piece of jewellery that incorporates the road maps of important locations as part of the jewellery. Whether it is of a childhood home, the location of a marriage proposal, or just a favourite place… This collection can be a physical way in which to keep and hold a memory.”

Images of Kitty’s beautiful designs will be on display at Collegiate learning centre. Next week, we’ll be sharing more details of our exhibitors and the forthcoming launch event. In the meantime, don’t

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Every picture tells a story

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Claire Ridall

Rachael Spall is an illustrator specialising in character design, and has just completed the BA (Hons) Graphic Design degree course. As one of the new exhibitors that will feature at Collegiate learning centre later this semester, we asked her to tell us a little about her work.

“These illustrations are from a children’s picture book entitled ‘Lack of a Hat’ that I produced during my final year at university.

I often start out with a narrative and use illustration to tell these stories through character development.

These characters are essentially puppets and I make them in 3d using various materials. I then photograph the puppets and add more detail digitally, often going on to bring them to life through simple stop motion animations.”

If you didn’t already have a reason to love our student artwork, just look at some of Rachael’s images below. Who wouldn’t appreciate a giraffe to look at while studying in the learning centre?

Birth of a cell or death of a star?

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Claire Ridall

What does this remind you of?

That is part of the beauty of Alicia Gledhill’s ‘Trilogy’ collection.

Alicia has recently completed her MArt in Creative Art Practice, and we’re pleased to say that her work will be in the new exhibition at Collegiate.

Alicia has given us some insights into her work, and more details will be on display alongside the collection – we loved this paragraph in particular:

“I explore how everyday media can be worked into textile imagery, such as Blu Tac. While not a textile, the ways it falls when manipulated has a fabric nature. When size, scale and colour are withdrawn from Blu Tac it becomes a completely different material. There are similarities between the very small on earth and the very large of the universe: the birth of a cell looks very similar to the death of a star. When these are made into an image the perception of size is lost. This effects how the viewer sees things: when the size of the image is lost then the mind becomes open to different options. But the mind will always try to find something in the work that it recognises. People often say ‘you know what this reminds me of’ in relation to my work…”

Hands up for art at Collegiate!

Gallery

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Claire Ridall

This gallery contains 3 photos.

While we are working behind the scenes to bring student art to Collegiate Learning Centre, take a look at what is already there! We talked to a couple of colleagues who shared their views and experiences of the bronzed hand sculptures … Continue reading →

Art in the Library

Showcasing student artwork in the SHU learning centres

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