I went to the Howard Gardens summer show yesterday and found my favourite work from a ceramicist called Lauren Butcher:
She kept all the post-it notes and messages sent to her by her parents whilst she's been at college, and used them to inform and inspire her degree show piece.
I love text when it's used naturally in this way, and the fine paper-like quality of the ceramic is so lovely. A really personal work that caught my eye and made me smile.
I always look forward to the painting department but was generally uninspired by the work this year. Someone had used paint suspended in a gel substance within a glass box that was quite innovative, but as ever, the fine artists on this degree don't attend to marketing and networking very well, so no card to take with me. I couldn't remember the artist's name when I got home, so can't blog him as I wouldn't be able to credit the work.
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