'Where Art Meets Science' ~ Exhibition Event

I can't believe how quickly today has gone!

Today I attended my first exhibition event for the 'Where Art Meets Science' competition I entered last month. I went along with my dad we were both given finalist & guest badges and directed to a room upstairs for photographs of finalists with their work. After that we went into a conference room which was a sea of which round tables, coffee cups and ornamental glass center piece. Just being there made me excited for the event ahead. Me and my dad got a coffee before we sat at a table with the only other finalist from my uni - she was lovely and just genuinely happy to be there and share her work with other like minded people, which is why I was all the more happier to see her go onto be one of the top 3 winners!

I didn't win anything myself but I was just so pleased to have made it to the finals I was just as happy as the winners themselves when we were walking around viewing all the entries, chatting and eating canapés - I could get used to this! haha ;)

I really enjoyed the whole event and everyone came away with a specially designed certificate which had and image of your work as well as a congratulatory message about being a finalist, which will definitely be going on my CV!! And being the only first year finalist amongst all the 3rd years made me all the more determined to keep challenging myself with these competitions!

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Quick update on competiton entry!

Remember that screen-print I entered into a competition a few weeks back?
WELL! I've just heard back from the organisers who have invited me down to attend the exhibition event and awards evening!!!

Must not get too excited, must not get too excited...

After all the email I received didn't say that I had won any awards but my work was featured in this year’s montage for the event! AND they asked for my tutor's email to invite him along to the event. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... Still must not get too excited - well... maybe just a little ;)

Sorry for the quality - it's an enlargement of a quick pic before I missed post!

I'll be attending the exhibition and awards event on the 1st of March so I’ll be sure to get a follow up post on what this was all about :)

I'll keep you posted!

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Nearly done!

My entry for the 'Where Art Meets Science' competition is nearly complete!!

I spent all day today in the print room doing my final screen prints so didn't have time to take any photo's of the process along the way.  I also woke up with swollen tonsils this morning :/ so had to make a quick trip to the doctors which ate up some of my print time!! The doctor couldn't do anything for me there and then so told me to come back on Monday to see how things had developed :s

I guess my sore throat didn't effect my ability to make prints - but was a right pain - literally!!

By 4pm I had printed my last print and was all packed up to decide ofn a final when I got in. After covering my floor and staring at them all for a good 15 mins my flat mate Sophie walked in and saw me debating between two prints, one on black card and the other on white. She suggested white, and she was right! It looked perfect in the black frame and the mood of the print became a lot more positive and light.

So! All that's let to do now is write these 250 words about my work and get it in the post! :D

First graphics competition entry - done and dusted ;)

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