It’s Degree Show Diamonds time! Dundee art college, the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art will be opening its doors for their 2019 Degree Show on Saturday 18th May. A celebration of their creative and talented students who have worked exceptionally hard. and now get to exhibit their artistic and design ideas to the public. Over the years, The Red Door Gallery has collected a very lovely line-up of DJCAD artists and illustrators who have continually contributed wonderful prints and products to our shop that you love! Here’s a wee round up of our Red Door Gallery artists who started their design dreams in Dundee!
Freya Cumming studied Illustration and Printmaking in Dundee, graduating in 2001. After graduating she completed a Masters in Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking in Bristol and co-founded a Printmakers co-operative and gallery in Bristol’s City Centre. Freya has recently returned to Scotland and to the village where she grew up in rural Perthshire, continuing to produce Screen Prints for exhibitions in galleries throughout the UK. Lovely Freya is also very happy for visitors to her home studio too ‘if you just so happen to be in deepest darkest Perthshire’! We have been selling Freya’s beautifully delicate, limited edition screenprints for many years now – this ‘Sweet Dreams’ screenprint is a delightful example of her artistic style.
Lucy Caster is a textile designer based in Edinburgh with a deep interest in ethical and sustainable textile production. Graduating from Dundee in 2018, her products are made from 100% linen which soften over time and combine a love of illustrative drawing and expressive mark making, Her strong passion for sustainable practices and design activism inspires her to explore the possibilities of textile design. Her current patterns derive from her 2018 Degree Show collection and her products are produced with the help of local Edinburgh businesses including BeFab fabric printers. This ‘Skyscraper print Coin Purse’ by Lucy Caster is a very stylish and sophisticated piece of sustainable, textile design.
Lauren Morsley featured in this week’s #Meet The Maker blog which is well worth a read! As is her ‘Music Practice Zine’ which is a beautiful little collection of Morsley’s fun loving, fun having illustrations! Morsley graduated from DJAD in 2018 and is currently based in fabulous Fife, producing beautifully, quirky illustrations and ceramics too! We can’t wait for Lauren Morsley’s ceramic collection to arrive at The Red Door Gallery soon!
Ruth Mae Martin, is a Glasgow based illustrator, ceramicist, and designer. who recently graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design with a First Class BDes Honours in Illustration. She works mainly with printmaking methods such as Risograph and Screenprinting but she also makes a large amount of her work using ceramic and porcelain. Her main aim is to make interesting and vibrant pieces to convey her unique, curious and sparkling narratives and ideas. This is her ‘Big Cat A3 Risograph Print’ – a four layer Risograph printed at the DCA Print Studio in Dundee!
The Duncan Jordanstone College of Art Degree Show kicks off this weekend and we recommend a visit! The illustration course produces pure quality year after year, yielding students with keen knowledge and skills in ceramics, textiles, print-making and book binding galore. Show your support for these young artists stepping out into the art and design world – we’ll certainly be there looking for new recruits too! 🙂