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Rouge

Inspired by a summer of French lessons in the Swiss alps my acrylics came out... I'm currently producing a range of these in different colours for a commission.

School of Saatchi

BBC2 Mondays 21.30

Charles Saatchi has selected six unknown artists to put through their paces to ultimately select one artist to join his next major exhibition in St Petersburg.

I am intrigued by the strange and controversial world of contemporary art and was thoroughly tickled during the first episode when Tracey Emin asked one of the artists - 'are you sure that's art?' A good watch.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p4gq5/School_of_Saatchi_Episode_1/

Tjantings

A couple of years ago I was really in to painting with melted wax, mixing it with acrylic paints, sand, pencil sharpenings and inks using old bed clothes as canvases.

I've recently rediscovered my tjantings and started painting again. I love flitting between the liquidity and freedom of this art and working to grids on indesign and illustrator.

Help for Heroes

My mother's a very talented quilter, this weekend her and her friends organised an exhibition of all their best quilts to raise money for Help for Heroes. Over £600 was made. It was refreshing to experience some textiles and embroidery after all the Graphics I'm absorbed in at University.

http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/

Swarowski meet Jelly Baby

A summer trip to London led me to Mauro Peruccetti - I had to pause only to debate whether to bite off the head or the feet first...

A unique use of resin to create glowing, meticulously crafted Jelly Babies symbolises the disposability of todays consumer society.

A roll of toilet paper coverer entirely by Swarowski crystals - a metaphor for useless, senseless and perhaps injurious luxury.

Peruccetti's work may be innocent and welcoming to the touch, but it is also eloquent of violence and destruction describing a world in which superficial appearance is used to cover up and prettify economical recession, war and dereliction. He engages with themes such as war, cloning, police brutality, fashion, addictive consumerism, drugs and media, I particularly enjoy how he represents this through the use of resin and crystals - exuberantly visual and sensuously tactile...