Events And Exhibitions

The Biennial 2012 (22/09/2012 - 24/11/2012)

Hotel Indigo

The Monro

Copperas Hill

Work In Progress - (06/11/2012 - 13/11/2012)

Sunlight On Water

2012

​Kathryn Booth

Acrylic on Canvas

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"This painting was developed following an earlier project based around sunlight through trees. I decided to look into other effects that sunlight has within different landscapes. This particular painting is of the sunset reflecting on the sea, just off the coast of north Cyprus. I wanted to look at the way the light changed the colours and textures on the surface of the water."

You Are What You Eat

Angharad Owen

2012

Photographs

420mm x 297mm

"The concept of this project was rather simple, experimentations with food to capture the running theme of ‘You Are What You Eat’. These images includes fruits placed on a plain face masks to give a form of identity, fruits meaning a healthier lifestyle, possibly a more desired outlook giving a brighter, more attractive look, which in effect to people, enhances their skin and diet. The projects experiments included working with food deemed as ‘unhealthy’ and photographed again on the mask, which captured the typical unhealthy outlook of the foods used."

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Nikita Kripalani

2012

Pencil on Paper

6 pieces 29.7cm x 21cm

4 pieces 21cm x 14.8 cm

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"I have always had an interest in the city when it comes to drawing. My first year university project touched upon this, focusing mainly on different buildings. I used various drawing techniques which resulted in a series of drawings. The techniques included pencil, pen, color, dripped paint, cutting bits of the image, and I experimented with combining two of these techniques together. I chose a collection of drawings to show for this exhibition. Six are on A4 drawing paper and four on A5 drawing paper."


Modernist Architecture

mark Aston

2012

Canon Digital Photo RAW File Printed on Photographic Paper.

59cm x 84cm

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"This Photograph was inspired by research for the Revisiting Utopia Exhibition Hosted by 'In Certain Places'. The exhibition was focused on modernist architecture in the post-regenerate city of Preston.

The style of the photography is intended to reflect the mood and emotion of modernist architecture and how it can be perceived  in a contemporary context."

Mechanical Abstraction

James Bamford

2012

acetate images in clip frames

42cm x 29.7cm

"My work consists of a variety of techniques using line, collage and layers. The work itself is based around a collection of images which I created on Photoshop to make my line drawings from. I cropped certain areas from these images to make them more interesting and appear abstract. I then used black permanent markers on acetate to trace the lines, leaving only lines and negative spaces. I then layered them up. I allowed the multiple traced images to fall to the ground freely and fit into place by chance. I then moved the pieces to fit within he clip frames."

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​Natalie Hughes

2012

Insulation Tape

Photograph

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"My work is based around colorful installations which are made from everyday modern materials. This example is bright colored insulation tape, which I have used to create patterns. The tape, an everyday object which is applied in continuous lines has a capacity to transform the space. This changes the atmosphere in the space giving it more energy creating movement within the piece without it moving at all."

Search for completeness

Yagmur Bayhanli

2012

17 cm x 12.5 cm

Series of Photographs

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"People are always lonely individually. Whatever happens, there is a search for something inside that no one can fill. As a woman, they pursue this incompleteness. Sometimes they feel happy, thinking that they have found it; and sometimes sad, feeling they lost it. However the search always continues…

Once they take their child, a part of their body, on their lap, they instinctively feel that the real meaning of life has filled the vacuum inside and touched their soul. The yellow colour that life has suddenly changed. All colours and odours are in their hands now."

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Emily Atherden

2012

​Pen on paper

30cm x 30cm

"My work is based on natural structures. I spend a lot of time outdoors and have become fascinated and inspired by the beauty in nature, in things such as feathers, leaves, shells and seeds. I am particularly interested in trees and leaves, and it is this which I have decided to centre my project around. My drawings focus on leaves. I have worked from photographs which I have taken, using black pen to create my drawings, taking away the colour from the object, leaving the detail in the form as the main focal point of the piece, as it is the detail in the leaves that interests me most."

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​Ellis Broadley

2012

Oil on canvas

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"I started looking at the idea of changes in the body and then linked this towards different illnesses that caused these changes. I experimented with color through looking at different body scans such as the MRI scan. I transferred the contrasting colors from the MRI scan to a painting of the female form. I used the different colors to show varying signs of illness and health in the painting."

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Pete Flanagan

2012

Film

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"As an artist, my primary interests are in sculpture, film and animation. In my current project I am aiming towards combining these elements together to create a body of work. To create this video, I have taken a series of photographs that show the construction of a clay model and compiled them together to make a stop frame animation. This brings ‘life’ to an inanimate object. I aim to give my work the same quirkiness that I am drawn to and inspired by from other artists such as David Shrigley, Claes Oldenburg and Vik Muniz."

Capturing a memory

Gloria Burton

2012

Acrylics on tracing paper

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"This piece is based on Identity, capturing a memory all in one of these individual people.Placing these portraits on tracing paper creates a emptiness, you cannot define who these people really are or my relationship with them. I do not open up any personal connections in this painting, this would take away from the idea I am trying to portray. You never really know what is going behind closed doors. Even though these people may not be blood related to you, they are family.

The paint may appear tense but really is that what the purpose is?"

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The Royal Standard : Drawing Project (Camp and Furnace)

Motor Cups - (cups with small motors on top and pens attached, the motors would vibrate the cups forcing them to move and vibrate creating an uncontrolled automatic drawing effect on the paper.)

My artwork that I created while listening to various sounds and music and my Interpretation of this in the form of drawing.

(Play - 14/11/2012-20/11/2012)

This was another university collaborative exhibition run by Rosanna Jones, Jasmine Lancaster, Elisabeth Forbes, Benjamin Davis, Kate Johnson, Lauren Hayley, Amelia Harvey, Hollie Buckley,Caroline Hirst and Demi Hennan. This exhibition was really professional and well planned.

Bob Levene - Measure Of Land (07/01/13- 05/02/2013)

Yet another exhibition that myself, Ruth warman, Angharad Owen, Rosanna Jones, Roberta Cialfi and a few other people worked on with/ for the artist Bob Levene.

Stop motion Movies

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James Bamford

2011

stop motion movie

This was a quick experiment which i did when focusing on altering light in the window through an old ink vial.

My attempt at stop motion movies.

Mr & Mrs M

James Bamford

2009

stop motion movie

This was a movie that I created in 2009, it was created with my webcam and a couple of mannequins, the duration of this took 3 months to create. the low quality added to the effect compared to a professional stop motion video making it look more surreal and created an unusual atmosphere which I liked.

Life is art

Life Is Art (A Personal Philosophy) 

In everyone's life there is a massive canvas that each of us has

it cannot be seen physically but mentally

its bigger than anything you have ever seen an you spend your entire life creating it to perfection

each person you meet adds a contribution to your painting

as you do to theirs

leaving a mark on it

its a very beautiful thing that is created on the canvas

sometimes people fall out and wish to forget about that person

so they use paint remover to erase that persons mark

so there is space for someone else to leave their mark in the future

this sort of painting is considered priceless

its the best thing you have ever seen

the biggest achievement you will ever make

there are different ways in which people create their art

some attack the canvas madly

others add detail to everything

some choose to destroy the canvas (suicide)

others pierce the canvas

some change the colors with dye

some burn parts of the canvas

some apply lots of memories into a massive collage

what do you think?

The Coffee Shop

In most lives today, most people have their special place, for some its a nightclub, a restaurant or pub, mine is a coffee shop that I have visited since the beginning of last September when I started my fine art Ba (honors) undergraduates degree in Fine art, I was living nearby in student accommodation, owned by the university, up the road from a certain coffee on a street corner. I decided to write about this place as it means a lot to me and has a great impact on my life, its been a source of inspiration for my art, its my place to relax from everyday lives, and from what I feel personally, its the best place in Preston to go to.

The coffee shop is located on Friargate Mill Lane, Preston near to the University of central Lancashire. This is very accessible to students in general as myself being one I can understand this, it is just opposite the Lamb and Packet pub, when I first walked in through the door I knew that this place was very welcoming and homely, the place is easily recognizable with the large red sign with green and white writing and a coffee bean logo above the shop windows, this is also on the cups and menus too which instantly shows that the business has been well thought about. the large windows let in a lot of light which makes people feel more free and comfortable inside. The only downside which I can think of about this is the large roundabout producing a lot of traffic, but overall this is nothing to do with the coffee shop.

I remember my first experience of coming here, it was a very sunny day and I was wandering about handing out C.Vs to apply for jobs, this place being one of the places that I stopped by in. Unfortunately they had no job vacancies at the time as they were fully staffed however they did help me understand a bit about what was needed to start up my own business in which I wanted to start up a coffee shop gallery after I finish uni (this dream still goes on) they were very helpful and very supportive of my queries. the place was spotless, not a speck of dust anywhere as they were constantly cleaning and wiping the surfaces which I was impressed with, which shows that the building is well looked after.

I watched the staff sometimes and they are very welcoming of their customers, very patient and hard working people which I find truly admirable, I myself have become very in depth in some conversations when I go in there, the tables are numbered clearly, the music that is played doesn't repeat itself like some cheap restaurant that puts their songs on a loop, the music is liked by the customers of all different kinds. Some outside reviews that I have asked people have always replied that they like one of two things, the staff, the service or what they sell all with good feedback, they would definitely go back there another day, I myself feel the same and became a regular, something what i have noticed myself is that the staff are not pushy or attempt to rush you to clear the tables like in some restaurants or cafes I have visited. I will tell you why this is as it has many different reasons.

The coffee itself comes in a variety of different blends from different flavored syrups and different styles such as the Americano, Frappe, Latte and cappuccino etc. I don't drink much of a coffee drinker myself, but from here I don't mind a hazelnut cappuccino or a hot chocolate with marshmallows in a large mug, it's one of very few places that I will drink coffee. the coffee shop does not only sell coffee, they sell tea too, regular and also green tea which I have experimented with and have grown to like, my favorite being the earl grey or the Assam, I like them for their rich and strong tastes, even just recently I discovered that they make milkshakes,   I was fascinated at how they prepared this from scratch, no cheap milkshake powders, the staff prepare it in front of you using traditional methods of ice and milk etc, If you don't want a hot drink they also sell cold drinks in bottles such as coke and juice, when buying Dr. Pepper for example the staff that work there ask if you would like it in a glass with ice if sitting in which i find to be really good customer service, i also find that it is really considerate that you can keep your cold drink chilled which means you can stay there for longer, they also sell bottled water.

So far I have talked about the service and the drinks but there is one or two things left on my list to talk about which i'm sure is the best topic to talk about which is the food. The coffee shop sells a variety of different type of pastries and cakes such as shortbread, biscuits, chocolate cake, lemon cake, muffins, Pain au chocolat, Croissants and carrot cake which is made by the staff of the Coffee Shop, this happens to be my favorite thing to eat here as the cream is very light and fluffy, the cakes themselves taste soft and have some spring to them with, you get a fair amount of cake slices for what you pay. If still you don't want any pastry to eat they sell a selection of different fruits to satisfy everybody. The coffee shop sells hot paninis as a meal, you can choose your toppings and cheese types to go on top, and again they prepare this in front of the customer, from time to time they have a special soup which i have been told has been very tasty.
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Hot Chocolate and Chocolate cake

This is the menu of the Coffee shop to show the reasonable prices for what they sell. 

Overall this very honest, friendly business that is loved by many in Preston, and considered by myself to be one of the best places to be to meet up, to relax, enjoy the surroundings and make it affordable, Is somewhere definitely worth visiting when in Preston to experience for yourselves what you think, and one day you will grow to love this place as much as I do.

This is the link to their facebook page if you are interested in visiting or more information https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Coffee-Shop-Preston/151821974830281?fref=ts&rf=105153179627458