3D - London Metropolitan University

3D Studio 01: Oomph!

Will Smith (Studio Lead), Cathy Stack, Peter Marigold

We now need ‘Oomph‘ to create amazing outcomes and the year we have planned will give all students an opportunity to do this... However this takes guts and perseverance whether you work from pure instinct or critical theory (and anything in between) we ask you to add your heart and soul.

layers of blue and yellow checked fabric with red stitching

3D Studio 02: Mind and Matter

James Hunting (Studio Lead), Gina Pierce, Sam Wingate, Claire Whelan

Everything will mark a moment in your development, another steppingstone to your creative realisation. Our resources will include the French student led art movement of ’68, the punk approaches to art, political making, some lovely textiles from history, the processes and gestures of the maker and the tactile qualities of what we use. Being a member of this studio requires thought, adventure and a willingness to understand who we are.

Collage of Diana Vreeland with multiple arms in middle of large flower with crimson background

3D Studio 03: The Eye Has To Travel

Karen Coughlan (Studio Lead), Gina Pierce, Claire Whelan, Sam Wingate

"The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it." – Diana Vreeland The Eye Has To Travel will be the textile studio with a dash of fashion, fuelled by the ingenious spirit of the late great Diana Vreeland. Her personality and influence will shape our world, changing ordinary things into glamorous and exotic inspirations.

3D Studio 04: Rattling the Cage

Marianne Forrest, Simone ten Hompel

Social, personal and local histories – objects to object to – jewellery as message and reliquaries for protest and maybe simply for simple ideas. Whether by circumstance or by design we shape our futures and the jewels we create communicate our constraint as well as our freedom. We choose and yet we succumb to expectation. Why? This studio encompasses our past experiences and rattles the chains that bind us.

1940s black and white film still of female lion-tamer and 4 snarling lions

3D Studio 05: Freaks

Steph Aman, Roisin Dunne, Karen Coughlan, Jolanta Cerniauskiene, Theresa Hewlett

Are you a freak? What is normal? Is there such thing? Within each one us, is lurking an inner “freak”, and now is the time to let it out, burst free and don’t hold back! Throughout history, those who moved against the norm have been referred to as “freaks”, they made their own rules, they embraced and used their imagination, they saw and embraced things others are often afraid to. Often misunderstood, or ahead of their times. Step out of your comfort zone and explore a new perspective.

Victorian sepia photo of man's head looking through early 3D viewing device

3D Studio 06: Geeks