The natural world, and our connection to it, is the subject for Ken Bambury whose interest in Dighty Water has provided both subject matter and physical material for his show. His exquisitely rendered watercolour studies of the wildlife inhabiting Dighty are disrupted from any sentimentality by the realist inclusion of disposed plastic bottles lurking beneath Read More
On touring the Interior and Environmental Design display at his year’s Degree Show, one is immediately struck not only by the quality of the exhibits, but by the skill and forethought which has gone into their arrangement. Instead of the table-top models which we are used to seeing, the students have been challenged to produce Read More
Amber Edmond’s work is inspired by the rugged landscapes of the Scottish Highlands. Sounds of the forest, wind and water fill the room, forming an evocative backdrop. Amber explores her relationship with nature; her photographs document her time spent in rugged locations, collecting objects she has found there. A series of abstract monoprints represent Read More
The Duncan of Jordanstone Fine Art degree show is a great opportunity to find out what artists do at art school. The answer to this is always a delightful surprise and this year is no exception. The General Course studios in the Crawford building have been filled with an array of interesting works. Moving through Read More
It has been said that you know good art when you want to spend time with it. Plan to spend a great deal of time at the Crawford Building’s Sixth Floor; it has amazing art. Several themes run through the floor: life, death, and the organic cycle of this repetition. A love of nature and Read More
Crawford Building, Level 2 DJCAD’s annual degree show always attracts an astounding volume of foot-traffic; students and professionals, young and old alike all attend to peruse the latest offerings of Perth Road’s cabinet of curiosities. Yet as diverse and wondrous as the college’s sprawling exhibition may be, from the intricate designs of the jewellers to Read More
An invitation into the spaces of the sixth-floor architecture studios in DJCAD allows us to re-imagine the urban forms that shape our cities. The final year students in both the MArch and the MArch + Urban Planning programmes have put together a brilliant show structured around four research projects around Scotland. These students take us Read More
This year’s Illustration show is a colourful affair of books and prints interspersed with quirky objects making the discipline difficult to define. Each of this year’s graduates has created diverse portfolios showcasing a variety of skills from bookbinding and screen printing to digital drawing and ceramics. A traditional interpretation of illustration is that the artist Read More
Do you hate Mary Berry? Hate: The Game is the concept of Graphic Designer Samuel Packham. The brief, by Hasbro Games, was to ‘invent and design a party game for young adults that takes them away from the screen’. Samuel’s card game does just that by using edgy humour to bring 16-26 year olds together. Read More
This is the work of a life cut short. Ian Abbot died in a 1989 road accident, the year after his debut collection Avoiding the Gods was published. He was only 42. Finishing the Picture, in the words of editor Richie McCaffery, is an attempt to secure the reputation of a poet whose work has, Read More