Free Range Art & Design Show 2013: Middlesex University Jewellery Review

Wonderful work from Middlesex jewellery graduates, as always. I predict great things, especially for Sabina Johal, Katrine Standahl and Emma Aitchison.

I was gutted to discover that the Middlesex University Jewellery degree course will close down when the current first years have passed through the system, for I always look forward …

Art Car Boot Fair 2013 Review

The Art Car Boot Fair returned this June, with the usual madcap assortment of art and performance hosted in a car park behind the Truman Brewery.

This year’s Art Car Boot Fair was noticeably busier than the previous ones I have attended, despite the drabness of the day. A tipping point has been reached, and it’s …

Free Range Art & Design Show 2013: Middlesex University Illustration & Graphic Design Review

The cream of illustration and graphic design graduates showing at the Truman Brewery, including Alex Foster, Katie Glover-Price and Jennifer Schauerte.

I was only drawn to a handful of artists from the Middlesex University illustration degree course this year, and one stand out graphic designer. Unfortunately, despite their name, the Communication …

Jewellery Week 2013: Jewel East Review

I discovered some great jewellery designers at Jewel East, which takes place at Spitalfields Market between 7-9th June 2013.

My first experience of Jewellery Week 2013 was a trip to Jewel East in Spitalfields Market. Here a range of up and coming designers display their wares in a sheltered …

Free Range Art & Design Show 2013: Week One Review

The first week of Free Range kicked off with shows from Greenwich, Goldsmiths, Southampton Solent and Coventry. Here's my pick of graduating designers!

The graduate shows are upon us and that can only mean one thing… I’ll be heading down to the Truman Brewery on a weekly basis to discover the most inspiring …

An interview with Jonny Gordon-Farleigh, editor of STIR magazine

We find out more about the man behind STIR - an online and print magazine that questions our current status quo. Plus a special discount offer for all Amelia’s Magazine readers.

STIR Vol.1 cover by Bec Young.
New magazine STIR carries the strap line ANGER. ANALYSIS. ACTION. For anyone disillusioned with the current state of affairs it’s a must read collection of …

Nancy Elizabeth introduces the video for Simon Says Dance

The super talented Nancy Elizabeth returns with a new album and the single Simon Says Dance. Here she describes the making of the accompanying video.

Nancy Elizabeth by Simon McLaren.
Simon Says Dance is the second single to be taken from Nancy Elizabeth’s new album, Dancing, which was released on The Leaf Label in May 2013. …

The Purple Book: Sensuality & Symbolism in Contemporary Art & Illustration – Review

A selection of carefully curated contemporary illustrators explore sensuality and desire in this gorgeous book, published in June by Laurence King.

The latest offering from preeminent art publisher Laurence King is a huge purple and pink tome put together by two leading thinkers in the graphic design world. Angharad Lewis was …

Wood Festival 2013 Review

This year Wood Festival returned after a year's break: with another stella musical line up and plenty for the family to make and do. Wonderful!

Wood Festival by Ben Rothery Illustrator.
This year I was soooo looking forward to camping with our baby Snarfle at Wood Festival, my favourite family friendly small music festival in the …

Pinned it! Made it! Pinterest Party Review: Create a Mexican Day of the Dead Flower Crown

Why not get your craft on at a Pinterest Party? The Pinned it! Made it! ladies are on hand to guide you through your crafting dreams, once a month at Hackney Downs Studios.

If like me, you are a Pinterest fan, you no doubt spend more happy hours avidly collecting crafting ideas than actually creating them. Which is why the concept of Pinterest …

Arts University College of Bournemouth: Feral Show 2012 Illustration Review

A very belated look at my top finds from AUCB illustration graduates in 2012, including D&AD award winner Natasha Durley.

Students from the Arts University College of Bournemouth habitually show in the last week or so of Free Range, with creative graduates from a number of disciplines (fine art, illustration …

Camberwell College of Arts: Mixed Special Illustration Graduate Show 2012 Review

As the new crop of creative design graduates gear up for their shows I take a look back at some of the best from Camberwell visual arts degree in 2012. Plus a round up of what the best are doing now.

Painting by Charlotte Mei.
This year’s graduate shows are nearly upon us so what better way to kick off the new season than with a reminder of some of the brilliant …

An interview with singer songwriter Phildel

Phildel collaborates with ethical designer Henrietta Ludgate to create a choreographed Maypole dance set to her music that will be performed at her upcoming Bush Hall gig.

Phildel by Laura Hickman.
Singer songwriter Phildel celebrates the imminent launch of her debut album The Disappearance of a Girl with the launch of a special remix of her song Union …

Uniqlo UT Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat T-shirts fashion illustration competition: Winner Revealed!

Drum roll please.... as we reveal the winner of our Uniqlo UT t-shirt fashion illustration competition. Congratulations! And thanks to everyone who entered: you can see all the wonderful images that were created below...

Uniqlo by Rebecca Higgins of Rebecca May Illustration.
We had some wonderful entries for our Uniqlo fashion illustration competition to celebrate the launch of their new range of Keith Haring and …

New for 2013: Amelia’s Award will launch the career of a talented Graduate Designer Maker

I have teamed up with Secret Emporium to bring you the inaugural Amelia's Award, which offers a spot worth £495 in the Secret Emporium tent at Wilderness Festival this summer, plus loads of promotion for your new brand!

Calling all soon to be design graduates: read on to find out about my new collaboration with the brilliant Secret Emporium, a curatorial umbrella which supports and promotes independent creators …

Middlesex University Graduate Fashion Designers 2013: Preview Part Two

More amazing talent from graduating Middlesex fashion and fashion textiles graduates. Read on to meet some of the stars of the future.

Sarah Kathryn Grantham by Rebecca May Higgins.
You’ve met my first pick of the 2013 graduating Middlesex University fashion and fashion textiles students: now meet the rest.

A tailored trio of …

Middlesex University Graduate Fashion Designers 2013: Preview Part One

On Thursday 25th April Middlesex graduate fashion and fashion textile students showed their final collections in the Atrium, giving friends, family and industry insiders a chance to see their wonderful ideas on the catwalk.

Annest Gwynedd by Gaarte.
Last week fashion students at Middlesex University held their 2013 internal fashion show, featuring work from over 100 graduating students. Some of them were then chosen by …

Introducing Tiny Dancer: Who Am I?

There's a new pop star on the scene: Kate Bush has been rebooted for the 21st century in the form of Sheffield's Tiny Dancer. Step this way...

Tiny Dancer by Jo Ley.
It’s not often that I get over-excited about a music artist on the basis of one video, but that is exactly what happened after hearing the …

Liberate Tate presents All Rise at Tate Modern

The latest Liberate Tate intervention focused on the trial of BP over the Deepwater Horizon disaster that happened in the Gulf of Mexico back in 2010.

Last week Liberate Tate presented their latest performance All Rise at Tate Modern. Each day three performers entered the galleries to whisper the official transcript of the current BP trial …

An interview with Georgia Ruth and review of debut album Week of Pines

An interview with Welsh singer-songwriter and harpist Georgia Ruth, on returning to Wales and feeling at home.

Georgia Ruth by Gemma Cotterell.
Week of Pines is the beautiful long playing debut album by Welsh singer-songwriter and harpist Georgia Ruth, it’s creation prompted by a return to Wales. Love …