LAMIA

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NPTC WORKSHOP PRESENTATION

Here are some of the final designs by the students after their 2.5 hour workshop. A great mix of quickly realized designs.

NPTC WORKSHOP

Today I was taking a workshop at NPTC in Wales, the class was an eager mix from the Neath and Afan campuses of NPTC students studying on the Year one, Level 3 Extended Diploma in Art and Design. I was surprised by the sheer amount of knowledge these students had. All of them had a very good understanding of materials, brilliant 3D and making skills and they were not afraid to tackle the task of the 3Dimensional illustration project which I had set them. Their tutor Carolyn Gammon was a very pro-active initiator. From a quick Email I sent back in January through to getting me in to take the class yesterday.

There were some students who took lead to ask questions and showed initiative of leading in their groups, but on the whole the class was a level ground of fast thinking problem solvers. This being the first situation where I was teaching a class at a further education level, I was very impressed by how everyone was so open minded towards new way's of working and being creative. Their group dynamics were formed best when they were mixed between students from 2 campuses Neath and Affan and most of these had not met each other before so it really was like working in the real world of creativity.

I was also very pleased with the diversity of the projects that the NPTC students created, some were fashion, headpieces, props, conceptual installations, iconic animal sculptures. I also had the chance to meet some of the other members of staff at NPTC and had a look around the now cutting edge facilities, G5 Mac Suites, photographic dark rooms, also the fine art drawing and painting rooms and the intricate textile rooms amassed with sketchbooks flooded with beautiful imagery. It really was a different world from the college I knew back in 2000.

The students already had a good approach to recycled materials and were very open to working with materials in this way and transforming the old into the new. With any luck we will see a vibrant generation of fast thinking problem solving eco conscious creatives!

This workshop was made possible by Carolyn Gammon, Lesley Blower and the Reaching wider initiative.

For more information on Neath Portalbot College please visit the link below.

http://www.nptc.ac.uk

CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGERS BEDROOM

REVIEW OF 2010 : EMILIA ZIEBA

Hi guys I'm Emily and I would like to tell u a bit how I became Alun's assistant. One day I accidentally came to an Art Direction page surfing in the internet. What I've saw there interested me so much that I decided take a risk and write an email with my portfolio to mysterious Mr Alun Davies. That's how I started my adventure with London and this local, international artistic world. After few hours of traveling and got lost few times I landed in really strange place full of ruined, deserted buildings. I felt horror breeze and thought how come anyone can be here for more that 5 minutes and create such a wonderful things like Alun's, impossible. Especially that no one was there the time I came. After a while when I get myself together I called the number which I found on the internet page. Few signals and nice, male voice welcomed me warmly and invited for a cup of coffee. I felt suprised so much especially with my permanent fear from talking on the phone with lisping English people, I could totally misunderstood and catch something like not 'pop in for a coffee but for example "put in fold in coffin haha ;P Short massage from Alun with direction assured me that I should take my bump and go to his place what I've obviously did. There met me another surprise because the door was opened by a young, handsome man not old and bald with a moustache and big belly, like I supposed. :P We've had nice, quite long conversation about work he already did and my experience as well.

The following day I've been invited to hist studio. Except basic intern duties like to give, to fetch, to sweep Alun was asking me to sort out his stuff and make simple props and accessories for the shoots, films and music clips among set for Glass Magazine, the feathers accessories for SHOW studio, Boudoir set for OFFICE Magazine, Painted backdrops for ANOTHER Magazine and Costumes for Samuel Chase. Cutting, gluing and painting, mostly how to do fab things reallysimply and shortly and get amazing final effect and make zajebisty (I couldn't use other than polish expression ;) climate in photos, movie or music clip to effect what I had in mind. Fantastic experience indeed! To be in the center of artistic world, among many different professions. To watch a team of make up artists, stylists, models, photographs and by building a set to become an author of a background for beautiful costumes, events, shoots and young debut stars music clips. Hours of hunting feathers in neighboring parks and cemetery ... How many my emotions and filings accursed in those places, how many steps in miles walked through, sat in the tube during journey to the studio or shoot places, on the way to meet new adventures, to build new fantastic world full of magic, artists performance, later admired for people which bought the freshly printed glossy magazines. The difference is that I took a part in this whole history which was given to me. From a big mess of many different things thrown away on the floor to ready made sets to rebuild later on, and placing props back in boxes, cases, packages. That is how I'll feel after I come back to my polish reality.. like an empty studio waiting for the new set will keep waiting for the new challenge this time with totally different people in absolutely different place in the world.


















































Above are images of two models made as an answer for "human against civilization" sentence inspired by Jean-Paul Chrles Aymard Sartre philosophy.

I graduated Poznan Academy of Fine Arts in 2009 with a Bachelor’s degree in Stage and Costume design. I am on my second part of the studies at the moment. I have already been working as an assistant and trainee in several theatres in Poland during my studies.

Despite the fact that my education and work experience has prepared me for the position of stage and costume designer, I am also interested in interior, exhibition and set design. Last term of my studies I spent abroad and courses which I chose during my studies at Lithuanian Dajles Academija was completely connected with interior and exhibition design. After that I started to think about work in this field seriously.

Some inspiration

Machine-A & Charlie LeMindu

Last Friday we made an installation set for Charlie LeMindu's night of Horror's with styling by Anna Trevelyan at Machine-A store and gallery. Also featuring some whorish legs that have been around in my work quite a bit.





























































































Special thanks to my assistants Rosie Knowles and Amy Simmons. And Season, Tree and Arianne for great performances.
Photography by Amy Simmons
Illustrations by Stefan Scwartzman

SUPERREFRACTION

We are off to the SUPERREFRACTION show tonight at Vulpes Vulpes gallery. I was sent this invite by up and coming artist Alex Chinneck I have seen some of his work before and it is astounding so I am excited to see what these new pieces will be like. Also showing is David Murphy who's work I am less familiar with however I have see his work in progress at LAF and it is quite exciting.

Happy St Davids Day!

Dydd Gwŷl Dewi Sant hapus!

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