June 2011

MoDiP was pleased to receive the Worshipful Company of Horners' collection of some 400 items of horn on long term loan last year and are now able to announce that we have received a grant from the Museums Association to make the collection more effective. Horn is a themoplastic material which means...

The following is part of the response to the You can do it with plastics request by AUB staff and students. Isnaini Nash - BA (Hons) Fine Art, year 2 My research has led me to consider the macro / micro dichotomy of human existence on Earth in this century. Our known natural environment enlarges...

The following is part of the response to the You can do it with plastics request by AUB staff and students. Yves Findling - MA Illustration The series of characters are the result of years of observing and drawing people in places like cafes, the subway and other public spaces. Putting them into the...

The following is part of the response to the You can do it with plastics request by AUB staff and students. Julia Flatman - Senior Associate Lecturer, Fine Art Caister Men Never Turn Back, 2011 Julia’s current research explores the notion of ‘Material Thinking’. This is the physical exploration of...

The following is part of the response to the You can do it with plastics request by AUB staff and students. Fran Norton - MA Fine Art The Derma Series, 2008, polymer clay Literally drawing in, into and on the physical environment, my mark-making develops the interrelation of sculpture, found object...

The following is part of the response to the You can do it with plastics request by AUB staff and students. Fiona Lake - BA(Hons) Fine Art, part time year 3 Someone’s Breath It doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor, good or evil, we’re all fundamentally the same and we will all be forgotten – that’s...

The following is part of the response to the You can do it with plastics request by AUB staff and students. Yvonne Lockart - BA(Hons) Fine Art, part time year 4 Kitchen Reef, 2010 As my kitchen is my workshop, I started off there, with the humble manmade kitchen sponge. I set it free to be like its...

The following is part of the response to the You can do it with plastics request by AUB staff and students. Will Strange - Senior Lecturer, Modelmaking Untitled Architectural models have never been miniatures of their subject. Instead they are usually representations of the appearance of buildings...

The following is part of the response to the You can do it with plastics request by AUB staff and students. Elise Price - BA (Hons) Photography, year 3 Untitled Exploring the boundaries of the natural and man-made, and mans relationship with the land, I created this site-specific sculpture which...

The following is part of the response to the You can do it with plastics request by AUB staff and students. Harriet Thomas - BA (Hons) Fine Art, year 2 Untitled My practice is mainly craft based using traditional techniques with contemporary materials. Transforming the mundane into the extravagant...