The Yorkshire Sculpture Park 2015
The AL students from Fine Art, Graphics and Photography
spent a busy day at the beautiful Yorkshire Sculpture Park on Friday, 16th
October. We were all feeling hopeful toward the weather as it was a sunny start
but it soon turned cold and rainy. However, the enthused students braved the
weather in order to gather a variety of photographs and drawings of the amazing
artwork on show. They were an absolute credit to the college as their behavior was impeccable and they certainly made the most of their day.
As you may know, currently at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
there is a ceramic poppy display named Wave,
created by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper. These breath-taking sculptures were originally conceived at the
key dramatic sculptural elements in the installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas
of Red, at the Tower of London. Each of the ceramic poppies were planted at the
Tower of London by a volunteer in memory of the life of a British and Colonial
soldier lost during the First World War. The installation is located in YSP’s
historic Lower Lake. Nearby surroundings include sculptures by world-class
artists Anthony Caro, Antony Gormley and Julian Ope, alongside heritage
features such as Bretton Estate’s grand mansion house and the historic Cascade
Bridge. The artist Bill Viola was also allocated in the main indoor exhibition,
which seemed to really inspire the students as his work was exciting and
alternative to what they have seen before. All of the students produced a
number of sketches and drawings from many sources around the park and have
produced some beautiful work for their sketchbooks. The photography students
have also produced some stunning photographs, and really utilized the skills
they have learnt from the course.
To see the work of such internationally acclaimed artists is
of great benefit to our younger, aspiring artists. Feedback from student was
incredibly positive, even though the weather was not the best! However,
everyone knuckled down and made the most of the educational trip. Well done to
all of the students for being so pro-active.
At TRC I studied Media Studies, English Language and Art.
But by far my favourite was art, I achieved an A* in Art a B in Media studies
and a C in English Language. I really wanted to move onto graphics because of
my love of art so I started to look for a graphic design apprenticeships, it
was actually Sarah who found an opportunity with Voca Voca, a provider of
Graphic Design apprenticeships! So I went ahead and applied after making a
portfolio of all of my artwork from art and also the magazine I had created in
Media Studies using InDesign and Photoshop.
I went for an
interview and out of all the applicants I was chosen for the job! I work at the
Foundry Studio in Sheffield for SoundBytes Media and I started on the 1st
July. The main things that I do every day is create graphics for social media,
but I have lately been working on projects with the record labels artists and
one of the designs I created for an artist’s album will be going live on iTunes
next February! I have designed two album artworks so far and there is upcoming
work that includes creating new websites for artists. I control what goes up on
Instagram and for December I have created loads of typography pieces on
Illustrator of song lyrics to go up closer to Christmas for the Christmas
campaign this year.
