My design so far has been a vessel for my own personal experiences; whether that inspiration is gained from the people I love most, the community I grew up in or the aggravation of everyday prejudices. My work is a reaction to my own environment, and an effort to encourage deeper human relationships to things that are personal to myself and to others.
Projects this year which highlight this include a typographic memorial for my late Papa Shug and a short film inspired by a quote by Margaret Atwood centred around the male gaze out-with film. Furthermore, I worked on an extended essay titled ‘The Dictatorship of Background: Why the Scottish Working-class are Alienated from Higher Education’. This idea materialised through my own experience coming through the higher education system as an individual who grew up in a working-class area which was further inspired by the education I received in the widening participation scheme - which I later became a tutor for.
As I continue to develop as a creative, I find it important to seek an understanding of others and differing life experiences. In future I expect to use my love for people, community, culture and equality to further flourish my portfolio through my key interests of film-making and lettering design but not limited to.
Projects this year which highlight this include a typographic memorial for my late Papa Shug and a short film inspired by a quote by Margaret Atwood centred around the male gaze out-with film. Furthermore, I worked on an extended essay titled ‘The Dictatorship of Background: Why the Scottish Working-class are Alienated from Higher Education’. This idea materialised through my own experience coming through the higher education system as an individual who grew up in a working-class area which was further inspired by the education I received in the widening participation scheme - which I later became a tutor for.
As I continue to develop as a creative, I find it important to seek an understanding of others and differing life experiences. In future I expect to use my love for people, community, culture and equality to further flourish my portfolio through my key interests of film-making and lettering design but not limited to.
