Only 5 days left to pay our degree show a visit and meet our enthusiastic graduates who are happy to have a chat and explain the process behind their work. You’ll be able to find us on the 4th floor of Evolution House. In the next 3 blogposts we will be introducing all 25 graduates; please click …
Our degree show 2016 is in full swing! Here are some images of last week’s private viewing where we were delighted to meet our students’ families and friends and catch up with graduates from previous years. The degree show will be running until 5th June, 11-5pm with late night openings on Wednesday 1st June and Thursday 2nd …
Alfie Onion is here! Launched last week at the Edinburgh Bookshop, this is one of the many books of children’s fiction and adventure written by our very own Vivian French. We would like to congratulate her and wish Alfie all the best! We are extremely lucky to have Viv as a writing tutor at ECA, where …
Stage 3 Illustration students of Edinburgh College of Art with the support of James Hutcheson, Creative Director at Birlinn/Polygon and lecturer Harvey Dingwall have created a series of double page spreads for James Hogg’s novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, first published in 1824. James has an ongoing fascination with with …
On Saturday students and staff of Illustration travelled to Glasgow to attended this year’s Picture Hooks Conference at the Centre of Contemporary Arts. Now in its third year, the conference gives illustrators the opportunity to hear from leading experts from the world of children’s publishing. There was an excellent range of speakers involved in both the making and …
First year illustration students have recently completed their final project of the year. The title of the project was ‘Long Story Short’ and spanned five weeks, with the students experiencing a different form of storytelling each week and visually communicating their responses to these stories. Week one involved a fantastic session of Scottish tales told …
Today a slightly different kind of life drawing has taken place in the Illustration department. Our studios have been cleared in preparation for the degree show, providing us with lots of space to organise a rather unusual drawing experience for our students. Our special guests and life models today were Edward the european eagle owl, Bonnie the …
Armed with a zero-pound budget and a ferocious imagination, 6 illustrators recently planned and set off on a drawing trip to the Moon. Wearing artisanal, one-of-a-kind space suits and equipped with an abundance of materials, these third year students sketched and photographed their arduous hike across the rocky surface. Last night they opened a new exhibition …
A wonderful screen print here from Molly Soar. http://www.mollysoar.com/ Apr 19, 2016
Another quick peak here at some work from our upcoming degree show: humorous and vibrant work from Celeste Woodham-Clark. The Edinburgh College of Art degree show opens to the public 28th May. Come on down to see some amazing work from fresh painters, sculptors, performers, architects, fashion & costume designers, product designers, graphic designers, photographers and, of …
