Gradwatch 2021: Hunk Williams, Cardiff School of Art & Design

Pop culture and queer identity are the threads that tie Hunk Williams’ fascinating array of work together. The illustration graduate draws inspiration from folk artists and country musicians such as Johnny Cash, along with filmmaker John Waters and his obsession with deviance, in order to create his aesthetically striking, multidisciplinary artworks. These artworks take the form of traditional mediums such...

Gradwatch 2021: Animator Naomi Saungsomboon, UCA Farnham

Animator Naomi Saungsomboon specialises in stop-motion puppetry and themes that peel back the lid on the human condition – from physical intimacy to the afterlife – and the relationships we have with ourselves and each other. Saungsomboon’s evocative model-making and deft use of motion combine to capture the minute facial expressions that contain so many of our feelings. Her claymation short...

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Gradwatch 2021: Animator Naomi Saungsomboon, UCA Farnham

Animator Naomi Saungsomboon specialises in stop-motion puppetry and themes that peel back the lid on the human condition – from physical intimacy to the afterlife – and the relationships we have with ourselves and each other. Saungsomboon’s evocative model-making and deft use of motion combine to capture the minute facial expressions that contain so many of our feelings. Her claymation short...

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Gradwatch 2021: Designer Clémence Bahout, Loughborough University

After a visit to Prague, designer Clémence Bahout became fascinated by the work of Austrian architect Adolf Loos, and how architecture can “dictate how people live without them realising”. In the midst of a degree in graphic design and visual communication, Bahout began wondering how she could incorporate something similar in her own work, and developed an interest in wayfinding....