Emily

So yesterday was ridiculously sunny here in essex, and although an overwhelming amount of uni work is still technically at the top of my to-do list, I couldn't resist taking a short train journey to London for the day. So instead of surrounding myself with the contents of my art collection, trying intensively to rack my brain for some inspiration, I threw caution to the wind, and unsurprisingly I stumbled across a lot of cool stuff throughout the day.  Like this for example, on Brick lane:  I guess it's sort of a form of cubism? I especially like how they have mixed real human features with block colour. Surreal. I think it has something to do with raising awareness of homelessness. Which is of course a very serious topic, and what better way to promote an important issue than to plaster it onto an outside wall on a busy street for all to see? Clever advertising!  his eyes look sad. Brick Lane/Shoreditch is definitely one of my favourite...

I haven't posted in a while, due to being incredibly busy with a building amount of uni work, and returning home to essex for easter.   So heres a brief catch up on some of the stuff I've been working on for the last few weeks!  My project has come to a point where I am finalising ideas and bringing my creative thoughts together. My favourite part of a project! For this project it has been slightly frustrating because I had a good idea of where I wanted to go with it from the beginning. But obviously a great deal of research and planning had to be done before I could dive straight in.  My brief, based around tea of course, initially got me thinking about the origins of tea, which happens to be china. So why does Britain hold such a common stereotype for 'the home of tea'? Well, this is all down to tea consumption in our little country. Believe it or not, us Brits are drinking an average of  165 million cups daily, thats 60.2 billion per year! So no wonder we...