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I included every picture I took of my display, including pictures of the details, in different lighting, pictures where I played with the hue to make it look unnatural, and pictures of the whole display.

I like how this GIF turned out as it feels like a slideshow that shows all the different elements of the display.

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I like how these GIFs look together as I like how they’re both flashing different colours at the same time. I think this reflects a sense of chaos and fun (like that Peter Anton exhibition where he made viewers go on a rollercoaster ride, just more stationary).

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Experimenting with changing the colour, by changing the hue.

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These were took with the flash of the camera. They remind me of pictures that would have ben taken during my childhood, maybe taken by parents on a 2000s digital camera. I quite like how they're not technically good pictures because of this.

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I used sweets, rhinestones and googly eyes, as well as paper flowers to make my sculptures cohesive. The display reminds me of a children’s birthday party, which emphasises the child-like nature of my work, as well as the fun I try to include.

I then took pictures of the display in a few different lightings - using purple gels, the flash of the camera, a phone torch to create shadow, and the natural lighting of the room.

Then, I put them into Photoshop and edited the hue, saturation and exposure to experiment with different effects.

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Finished picnic sculpture

; made from faux grass, a plastic basket, fabric, felt, foam, cardboard, paper maché, love heart sweets, cotton wool, coloured pencil and more

I think this might be my favourite out of the four sculptures I did for this project due to all the little details making it so whimsical. There is a sense of optimism as the clown finally looks relaxed, symbolising the light at the end of the tunnel. :-)

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Finished laptop sculpture. This represents zoom calls during lockdown and how draining it can be to be remote from your place of education.

Cardboard, paint, coloured pencil, fine-liner

* keyboard made up of emojis - not being able to communicate properly

* pop-ups all over the screen, referencing things like best friends, online shopping and consumerism, being lonely, announcements from the government

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☆ presentation skills

> What could affect a presentation?

* the size of the group

* the room layout

* the resources available - projector, laptop etc

* the audience

* the length of the session

* the purpose of the session

> Content

* follow the brief and the template

* keep it relevant

* don’t waffle or pad it out/put in too much info

* think about timing

* the more you practice the easier it is

* have a pdf backup

* check spelling!

* not too much text

* large images

* be confident

* be early

* use notes (instead of a script)

* eye contact

* be able to answer questions

* reflect on how it went - how would you improve or change? did you achieve the objective? - be honest with yourself

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Today I did a photography workshop with Luke Pickering, where I learnt the basics of setting up a camera, lighting and a tripod to take pictures of my work. I then took these pictures of my hamster-cage-bedroom. I used lighting to make it look isolated by making the background completely dark. I also experimented with aperture and focus to highlight certain details of the work.

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☆ Kate Brinkworth

inspired by films - hitchcock / sherlock holmes etc

still lives - handheld spotlight at night - collecting objects (ebay)

playing cards

working with polaroids

thick tracing paper

work from multiple photographs

use reflections

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Life Drawing with Michela Reghellin

Michela Reghellin is a performer (among other things) who uses a hula hoop as a prop in her dances.

These are some life drawings I did inspired by her performance in today's workshop.

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This is the finished hamster-cage-bedroom sculpture.

Some of the details I included;

* sad faces on the flowers

* cotton wool clouds as the 'carpet'

* cake with googly eyes that is attracting ants

* empty packets of McDonalds food and Amazon products

* references to pop culture through CD cases - music has helped me get through lockdown and I think it has helped a lot of other people

* diary with 'what day is it?" written on the pages

* clown laptop that will be made into a life size sculpture to link both of the sculptures together

* picnic rug which will also be made into its own sculpture

* cup that's been knocked over, mysterious liquid on the desk thats attracting ants