Foundation Art and Design - Swansea College of Art UWTSD

Tayah-May Owen

The theme ‘generate’ allowed me to have the freedom to bring something into existence and be creative.

For this, I have used pencil to capture detail – a family portrait within my siblings. This image implies emotions revealing their individual personal traits. I have applied colour to express the love and joy that runs through.

Amanda Oleanders work has inspired because of her focuses on the private moments with friends and family; those moments which are usually hidden from the public eye.

Siriol ap Rhys

For ‘generate’, I have decided to utilise works which engage with the art historical traditions of Christian imagery, especially that which is generated for modern churches. I hope that the works raise questions about the place of religion and religious culture in our modern society.

My practice encompasses a wide variety of mediums including ceramics, painting and printing. I have chosen to incorporate several small objects into a shrine-like arrangement.

My work has been influenced my many visits to churches and heritage sites - and the artists whose work I have seen there. This included Jacob Epstein and Eric Gill. The work also draws influence from the traditions of subverting Christian imagery in a fine art context, including the artists Ciprian Muresan, Max Ernst, and Claire Curneen.

Sian Jones

My work is generated from the concept of the imagery of oppression and how it is expressed. My aim is to engage the viewer and hope that they are intrigued enough to question what I am portraying.

Many artists use shoes or boots to tell stories of hardship, loss, absence or death such as Van Gogh, Francis Alÿs and Elina Chauvet.

In my pieces I have looked at oppression through aggression, pageant, invasion and bullying, seeking to question what has become the norm and highlighting its impact on society.

Runa Osborne

When given the theme ‘generate’ what immediately came to my mind was to generate ideas and creativity, as I had been working on Pagan research and art I was aiming to generate an idea based on Paganism, Norse Pagan to be exact.

As a previous fur-suit maker in the past, I had thought it a good idea to recreate Fenrir, the wolf, and create him into a fur-suit head with new meaning. originally I was going to make him into a scary, or intimidating style. However, I came up with the idea, what if Fenrir didn't have to be scary? So I made him more approachable rather than intimidating.

I had gotten a lot of inspiration from other fur-suit makers and artists, such as
Fleetwood, Jesterjingles, and pagans that I get inspired by such as Jacoub Toddson. They all have very different roles, Jacoub teaches all about the life and world of Paganism, while Jesterjingles and Fleetwood are fursuit makers and artists, whom I have followed for nearly 4 years.

Rene Dabrowska

Because no hope means hope

Loving without expectation is highly underrated. Many of us are living ‘fake’ lives, especially on social media. What if we remove transactional pressure allowing love to become an authentic experience? ‘Because no hope means hope’ includes 3D collage, paintings and inspirational quotes of Walter Benjamin to explore this idea.

The process of making including using materials of everyday life, like newspapers, fabrics and found objects, involving a process of transforming the mundane into new narrative.

Mira Serden

I am responding to the theme of ‘generate’ by exploring how ideas evolve through making, using fabric to express growth, change, and personal experience.

I am creating a garment that combines experimental stitching and layered textiles, allowing the piece to develop organically as I respond to materials and process.

My work is influenced by contemporary textile artists and designers who embrace imperfection and process, including Rei Kawakubo for Comme de Garcon as my own experiences, which shape the narrative and emotional direction of the piece.

May Colbert

I aspire to create sculpture that explores nature and its decline. Some of my interests come from exploring prehistoric objects such as the goddess and the concepts of why they were made, I am also interested in a wide range of artists and their work. By sculpting I wish to echo these ideas and symbolism by using natural materials, such as clay, plants and the occasional found object.

Mark Griffiths

For ‘generate’ I have focused on the power concept within politics and personal relations, its arbitrary impacts both globally and individually.

I have utilised various print making processes together with collage to explore the hypocrisy of war, political branding and relational narcissism.

I have been influenced by John Heartfield’s and Peter Kennard’s photomontage, and El Lissitzky and Mel Bochner’s graphic work.

Weronika Czyzewska

For ‘generate’, my aim has been to develop a range of experimental works that reflect me as an artist.

I enjoy working with both analogue and digital process, to make physical pieces and digital illustrations. For this project, I have combined textiles and acrylic, exploring tapestry, crafting with clay and making garments in textiles.

I took inspiration from a range of references - the game Psychopomp, my favourite childhood game Little Big Planet, and Luned Rhys Parris’s Work.