David Orme

Planting Flowers, collage.

Beautiful work by David Orme at the Royal College of Art graduate show.

Eleanor Bolton

Neckpieces, cotton rope and yarn

Eleanor Bolton makes unusual sculptural jewellery, constructed from rope to wear or hang on the wall.

Marta Mattsson

Bow, calf skin, silver

Nest, goatskin, butterflies

Flowerbeetle, beetle, electoform copper, plastic, silver and laquer resin

Jewellery by Marta Mattsson

"I make jewellery for adults but with a touch of inspiration from my childhood. When I was a child I played with stuffed animals, slugs and other living animals. I have always been drawn to both biology and art and in my work I am trying to combine my interests. Nature is a great source of inspiration but so is Pokemon…"

Martha Todd

Head and arm, slip cast porcelain, transparent glaze and wire

Toy box, slip cast porcelain, transparent glaze, gold lustre, textile and metal box

Work by Martha Todd at the Royal College of Art graduate show

"My work is primarily conceptual. I make objects that represent my thoughts and findings in life. I enjoy dark humour and am particularly interested in the audience’s reaction to the unusual and absurd. This work is a continuation of the theme of my recent dissertation ‘Confronting the Abject’, exploring human reaction to the abject physical form. Man has always been fascinated by people and animals with physical peculiarities. Although visually we are drawn to the unusual and unknown, we are most comfortable when we view them from a ’safe’ distance."

Hanne Mannheimer

Seventy four threads of life (detail) porcelain, wood, cotton, thread, wool

Bird in cage, Found objects, transfer

Work by Hanne Mannheimer from this years graduate show at the Royal College of Art.

"More often than not, it begins with a found object, like the texture of a thread or the memory of a porcelain figurine. Sometimes the found can be a story, even a few words describing something or a feeling that needs to be made in a tactile and fragile material."

Royal College of Art

A selection of postcards from the Royal College of Art end of year show which continues until Sunday 6th June, 11am-8pm daily. Work from the Applied and Fine Art departments of Ceramics & Glass, Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery, Photography and Printmaking.

Flora Parrott

Flora Parrott is showing work at Portman Village Galleries 17, Seymour Place, London W1H 5BF until 1st August.

Ali Forbes

Hold Fast Bar Tape,

bicycle handlebar tape, printed cotton tape, adhesive back.

Steer Head Skull Brooch (from Interactive Jewellery Kit)

7x7cm, steel and enamel paint

Ali Forbes, Jeweller and Object Maker

"Living in Alabama, working as a bicycle messenger and my father’s Meccano and Airfix model kits, the nostalgic aesthetic of the Southern States of America combined with my practical interest in bicycles, mechanical objects, industrial materials and processes, form the basis of this collection of interactive jewellery kits and bicycle-related products."

Suzi Tibbetts

A Moment in Time from the Audio Book Series 2009

Suzi Tibbetts is an applied artist creating object interventions, audio related works and spatial installations. Suzi's work plays with content, form, functionality and material, where material stands to mean as much about what is heard as what is seen. Her work is concept driven, currently based on the theme of sound encountered in our everyday lives. Through her pieces Suzi hopes to show the difference between listening and hearing, and celebrate the small sounds surrounding us that are so often overlooked. Alongside this, Suzi is exploring silence, and a need for audio escapism within our society. She works reflectively, often on several pieces at once, developing each one gradually through experimentation and evaluation.

Giulia Resteghini

Display case with work by Giulia Resteghini at the Royal College of Art student show.

Aliki Stroumpouli

Tights and goggles necklace.
tights, goggles, silver, photo-etched bronze, eyelashes

Aliki Stroumpouli is an artist whose extraordinary work encompasses jewellery, sculpture, photography, and product design. Inspired by the surreal, she is currently exploring the agonising and extremely intense experience of being exposed and naked to the unknown gaze. Intrigued by the violation of intimate space and the insatiable appetite of the eye, she creates work that ranges from jewellery and installations to everyday objects. Have a look at Aliki's blog for more of her beautiful work.

Nick Mobbs

Folding Mattress, 2009 photo-etching 24x34cm

I loved these prints by Nick Mobbs from the end of year show at the Royal College of Art.

This latest work is from a series called Dens and Lairs in which Nick investigates the idea of children creating structures which may offer protection but can also harbour imagined horrors.

Lots more to see on his website.

Flora Parrott

Work by Flora Parrott. From her split image series. These are photographs that I took at her end of year show at the Royal College of Art, to see more of Flora's work, go to her website which is beautifully designed.

Helene Uffren

Underground 2009 glass. wood, metal, photography.

Helene Uffren is one of the students exhibiting at the Royal College of Art this week, she makes very beautiful work that suggests a world of alchemy and illusion. The pieces were all about looking and seeing.

"Visual experiences mediated by different optical devices are at the center of my research. I focus on surface depth, distortion and illusion, to create extra dimensions through cropped vision. I want the viewer to become part of the work, pulled in and transported by the act of viewing.
The brain sees through the eyes, editing and creating individual realities. My optical devices act as portals to parallel realities and question the way we see. The essential ideas behind my current work revolve around the hyper-visual, hyper-real and over exposed world we live in …"
"What we usually call reality is a montage" Nicolas Bourriaud

Royal College of Art

I went to see the end of year show at the Royal College of Art. Featuring work by students from the Fine Art departments of Painting, Photography, Printmaking and Applied Art. The show continues until Sunday 7 June.

Cornelia O'Donovan

It was great to see the work of Cornelia O'Donovan at the RCA, an artist I have got to know and admire through her blog and flickr site.

Gemma Anderson

(c) Gemma Anderson

I saw some wonderful work by Gemma Anderson at the Royal College of Art end of year shows last week.