The start of the academic year saw the ten new First Year students take a drawing trip to the Water of Leith. It was a chilly day, so drawing eventually turned to collecting of objects to save students’ fingers from turning an unhealthy shade of blue. Over the following three weeks, the students combined those …
Chloe Cheese visits ECA Illustration
Illustrator, painter and printmaker Chloe Cheese will be talking about her work as part of our ongoing Professional Practice lecture series this Friday, October 4th 2013. Chloe’s excellent work spans several decades and she is currently represented by St. Judes in London. . Oct 3, 2013
InResidence
InResidence is an exhibition produced by the Artists in Residence from the Design School at Edinburgh College of Art. The exhibition runs from 22-28 June 2013 in Evolution House. The exhibition draws together practitioners from Film&TV, Glass, Illustration, Jewellery and Product Design to present a selection of works undertaken during their Residency. Astrid Jaekel Mark …
Degree Show 2013
Maisie Shearring The Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show opened with a bang for another year on Friday. The Illustration Department is delighted to be showing off creations from 20 Undergraduate designers and 8 Postgraduates from our MFA Programme. Thomas Kindley Sophie Cunningham Hannah Foley Sophie Bryant Representatives from the industry and the press …
Success in Macmillan Prize
Congratulations to Holly Sterling for her success in the Macmillan Prize! We are delighted that her work has been selected as Highly Commended after the Macmillan Prize Judging Day this week. Holly’s original artwork will now be exhibited in a week-long exhibition at the Foyles Bookshop Gallery, opening with a private view on Saturday 25 May …
Collaborative Drawing Project
The Second year illustration students were set the challenge this Semester of constructing and delivering a COLLABORATIVE DRAWING PROJECT or EVENT. In groups of 3 or 4 they rose to the challenge and the results were as varied as they were interesting. The task also got us thinking more about what collaboration is, and whether …
School MEals
Second year Illustration students have been working hard this Semester on a collaboration with Dalmeny Primary School, Edinburgh. Students from ECA visited the students at the primary school and spent time devising a recipe for each other made up of things such as their likes and dislikes, what they would be if they were an …
You’re all just jealous of my jetpack!
Visiting Lecturer Tom Gauld We were delighted to welcome our final Friday visitor of the year last week when Tom Gauld came to town. Tom graduated from Edinburgh College of Art and went on to graduate from the Royal College of Art in 2001. He is well known within the industry for sharp humour and …
Oedipus Offstage
Another illustration by David Jones in second year published for Relief Theatre Apr 29, 2013
Tom Gauld Lecture
We are delighted that Tom Gauld is visiting the department this Friday to meet with students and give a talk about his practice as an Illustrator. Friday 26th April 2pm Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre Apr 23, 2013
