Projects
- The Vase Lamp In a bid to lend a resurrecting hand to multifaceted design and to play to the contemporary yearnings for minimalistic and functional products a project was undertaken. In order to create a hybrid object, three commonplace domestic accessories where selected: the lamp, the flower vase and visual/graphical art. Ceramics being the material of choice gave clear grounds for design, a form capable of holding flowers in the traditional manner, providing a surface to act as the canvas for personality and a mechanical twist that would allow a transition between being more than just a decorative vase but a lamp also.
Work history
Event Coordinator
- Full Time
A general role involving coordinating our end of year show at New Designers. Overseeing a group of 41 people, delegating tasks to those people and insureing deadlines are met. managing finances and paperwork for the event and various other things, such as, van hire, set up materials, scheduling and floor plan/aesthetics for the show.
Freelance Design Assistant
- Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6BB, UKFreelance
'The Royal Shakespeare Company has commissioned artist, designer and maker Steven Follen to produce the largest permanent artwork to date for its Stratfoprd-upon-Avon theatres. The work, entitled 'For all time' will be the major focus for the interior public spaces of the refurbished Swan Wing and will be revealed to the public on 23rd April 2016 as part of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. The project is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Drawing on the theme of 'Time', given in the commission brief, 'For all time' takes the form of a 3m tall human face, made of 2,000 stainless steel stars suspended from the ceiling by fine steel wires. The three dimensional artwork will have an ethereal quality to it, reflecting light and moving gently in the air. It will be visible to visitors from both the ground floor and first floor balconies, enabling them to experience the artwork from many different perspectives. The face will be surrounded by further metal stars, positioned to loosely reflect the position of the constellations on Shakespeares's birthday.
Shakespeare's writings are filled with numerous references to stars, destiny and the passing of time. 'For all time' is inspired in particular from Romeo & Juliet Act III Scene II, where Juliet speaks of her star-cross'd lover Romeo,
"When he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars, and he will make the face of heaven so fine...."
Skills
- Ceramics
- Plastic Working
- Complexity/problem Solving
- Project Coordinator
- 3D Creative
- Spacial Design
Education
BA(Hons) 3D Design & Craft
Brighton, United Kingdom
This highly respected course covers a comprehensive range of three-dimensional practices, exploring the exciting creative and professional opportunities that exist in the realisation of the objects, products and artefacts that form our made world.
It is taught by acclaimed designers, artists and makers whose research and professional experience puts students at the cutting edge of contemporary creative industry.
At Brighton, you will be in a critical and creative environment that encourages experimentation, innovation and the development of individual working methods.
Professional practice is a key aspect of the course, enabling you to place your work within a range of professional contexts. Our graduates deploy their skills across a range of industries and professions including ceramics, jewellery, furniture, product design, architecture and interiors, sustainable design, lighting, advertising, branding, packaging, media, film and television, museum and exhibition design, journalism and teaching.
Awards
Anna-Maria Desogus Memorial Award
The 'Anna-Maria Desogus Memorial Award' was initiated by Jehane Boden Spiers in memory of Anna-Maria Desogus who lost her fight with cancer on 9 February 2008 (born 2 December 1968)In collaboration with Anna-Maria's family, two prizes are awarded annually to:
* a second year student on the Brighton University 3-D Materials Practise BA (Hons)
* a third year student on the Brighton University 3-D Materials Practise BA (Hons) or student on M (Des)
The criteria for the ‘Anna-Maria Desogus Memorial Award’ are intended to reflect her qualities: visual, courageous, socially-aware, humorous, intelligent, straight-talking, independent, and demanding. The prize is awarded to the student whose work best satisfies one or more of the following design criteria:
- Makes a strong visual statement
- Innovative and creative consideration of materials, subject matter or form
- Thinking ‘outside the box’
- Shows humour and / or awareness of social/ political issues
- Presenting / exhibiting the work in a novel way