Masterclasses

Lisa discussed her love of theatre design and how students will be incorporating the theme into the masterclass. She talked about how within sets they will often have a foreground, middle and background to create depth. The students used layers of glass to create a small installation, and were asked on the first panel to…

Within this masterclass students developed unique designs under the theme of “The natural world in the digital age” These were created from layers of mark-making, scanned images and photoshop.The designs were then printed onto squares of fabric- using Gower College’ state of the art fabric printer, to create finished samples. In the digital design session…

This class focused around developing skills in Life Drawing and Screenprinting. Participants initially begin the day by running the participants through various drawing exercises to loosen up.These exercises consisted of continuous line drawing, drawing with your non-dominant hand and sketching the figure with the paper covered.These activities are designed to get the students confident in…

Working alongside Swansea Bay University Health Board Capital Arts Manager Heather Parnell, and UWTSD we devised a bespoke workshop, which would produce outcomes for the newly refurbished Health Centre in Penclawdd. Considering health regulations we decided that the students would create enamel tiles- these were chosen for their ability to be cleaned and presented easily.…

I am very grateful to have had the opportunity, initially of participating in ‘Raising TheBar’ workshops which gave me the confidence to experiment within a variety of media, and thento work in the studio over the summer. It has been an invaluable experience which has allowedme to experiment freely on a larger scale and develop…

After graduating with a 1st Class honors in Fine Art in 2011, Philip now has a studio with Elysium Gallery in College Street and has shown work across the country as well as internationally. Philip’s work explores the graphic elements in everyday life and how they can be altered to skew our perception of the…

Criw Celf Secondary. Cath Brown is an Artist Maker & Lecturer on the Design Crafts and Glass Degrees at Swansea College of Art UWTSD. Colin Telford is a Technician/Demonstrator at Swansea College of Art. This masterclass utilises the facilities in the Glass Department on the Alex Road campus. The group are given a precut glass…

Criw Celf Primary 2019. Anna Lewis is an artist and designer maker based in Wales working in contemporary jewellery and fashion object. Anna also fuses her ideas with photography and film. Anna begins by showing examples of repeated materials to create a pattern, alongside pops of colour and upcycled objects as a starting point for designing jewellery. The students…

Portfolio 2018 The day began with a ‘silent disco’ that was hosted at the Foundation department, UWTSD in partnership with the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery. This activity was designed to loosen up drawing skills – by putting on headphones that were tuned in to a variety of different music channels, the students were encouraged to draw…