Bethany Hales

email: bethanyhales1@gmail.com instagram: @b3th.h

Currently a lot of my work is based around the topic of mental health. This piece is from a series called ‘Disconnected’ which focuses on disabilities such as Autism and ADHD. This series of work is based around the topic of being overwhelmed and overstimulated. I work with bright colours, different patterns, and shapes to achieve this, as well as using different mediums such as sculpture and acrylic carving to represent the feeling of being overwhelmed. Unlike this piece, I make a lot of my work to look overwhelming and chaotic so that the viewer has to look closer at the piece in order to see all the small details and understand what is going on within it. This is why the technique of acrylic carving plays a big part within my current work as it allows me to create a busy and dynamic piece as well as incorporating many colours together with a layered effect.

Dissertation Title

How has the portrayal of the relationship between art and mental health changed over time? Untitled rubber bands 40 x 50 cm

Jess Houliston

email: jess@houliston.co.uk instagram: @art_houliston

My current practise is incorporating useful, everyday mundane items, which then become worthless after they have served their short ‘real life’ purpose that they were manufactured for into artworks. I also explore how painting on nonconventional materials can change how we perceive the value of those materials.

Dissertation Title

How ordinary, everyday materials have been used to create art

Banana acrylic paint on crisp packet

22 x 17 cm