Petra Blaisse (Born 1955, London) is a dutch designer who works primarily as an architect, interior designer, with textiles and landscapes. She studied Art in London and Groningen and after leaving school began to work with photographers and illustrators before moving to work for a museum. While working as a freelance designer, Petra became interested... Continue Reading →

I Imagine the threshold between sleep and wake to be a crossing of worlds. When we sleep, our mind is free to wander as far and wide as it can and the numerous dreams we experience each night, to me, are each worlds of their own. In my A2 drawing I portrayed this using coloured... Continue Reading →

James Turrell (born 1943) is an American artist who works with light and space. He creates artwork that engages the viewer and explores the limits and wonder of human perception. As a pilot he considers the sky to be his studio, material and canvas. He was trained in perceptual psychology and was always fascinated with... Continue Reading →

Foam board, Cellophane, Thread.

Eileen Gray (1878-1976) is an Irish born designer who is known for her modernist interiors, house design, lush furnishings, her skills using lacquer and also collaborations with other designers such as le Corbusier. After growing up in London, she was one of the first women to be admitted into the Slade school of Art where... Continue Reading →

This week we moved onto developing our A2 drawing into models. We were given just a few minutes to create a model, coming up with 6 which drew from aspects of our A2 piece. It was difficult to create different models that related to the original work, especially under the time pressure. In the end... Continue Reading →

The first thing to rouse me out of my dreams is touch. I know then that it’s sometime between 6-7 and eventually I’ll have to be getting up. I keep dreaming a bit longer happy in the knowledge that at least I’m not the first person who has to leave the house. One of my... Continue Reading →

For our first class we were given the challenge of making several drawings both with our eyes closed and open. We were given a concept to work from and we could come up with whatever we related to that term. The terms were light/dark, movement/stasis (both done with eyes closed) and opening/closing, horizontal/vertical (both with... Continue Reading →