CAMBERWELL COLLEGE OF ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON

COURSE LEADER, MA DESIGNER MAKER OSCAR LESSING

Specialist

ABIGAIL BURT

FOUNDRY CHELSEA COLLEGE OF

GENESIS ADEWOLE New Life

‘This medal is an ode to nature, through the process of creating life. The first side is made from cuts and splashes of metal pressed into clay to create the natural earth-like texture. A small hole leads to the other side, which reveals a root-like pattern growing from the hole, which mimics the germination process of seeds, the process of new life. The edges have small glimpses of fractal patterns, resembling roots or lightning, outside forces.’

HAORAN BIE Unity

‘I came across a picture of Pangea and I am very interested in it. Pangea existed as a supercontinent hundreds of millions of years ago. With the movement of the earth’s crust and the drift of continents, seven were slowly formed. The outline of Pangea closely resembles the curled-up state of a human baby in the womb. I used the similarity of shapes to express how we may also become whole like the land, abandon barriers and accept differences.’

HUGO DE VICENTE The Mind’s Windmills

‘This bronze medal is inspired by the novel “Don Quixote” by Cervantes. On one side two windmills stand atop a mountain, while on the other, a fogged head pictures a windmill in its mind. This represents the delusions and struggles faced by Don Quixote, while the delicate clouds on the reverse symbolize the mental fog and confusion that can accompany mental illness, reminding us that what we perceive as giants may be something else entirely.’

HODA EZZEDDINE The Greed to Reach

‘The idea of the medal is the power vs normal people, the rectangular shape representing paper money. One side has hands trying to reach blocks of money; these continue to the other side to show three extended hands which are people with power, linked to a large government building that also looks like a tank. I come from Lebanon and wanted to reflect on this problem.’

DAIRU HAN Melting

‘The concept of this medal is based on the death of a polar bear as a result of the melting of the Arctic glaciers due to global warming. Through this medal I wanted to raise awareness of the damage global warming is doing to the Arctic ecosystem. I designed the edge of the medal as a very thin and melting irregular glacier, with the dead polar bear surrounded by smoke from a nuclear power plant.’ This medal received a Merit.

ZHICHENG LIU Imprint

‘The design of my medal is my logo for everything, for example my webpage, my YouTube channel etc. The upper half is my id name, which means deep but not learning. It is an artificial intelligent joke for training neural network AI models. The square figure is the stamp of my name, which was made by my calligraphy teacher when I was 5 years old. It opened the door to art for me when I was very young.’

NOL NETPROM Save Koalas

‘The medal represents a koala that was hurt or killed in Australia’s wildfires from 2019 to 2020. The obverse shows a happy koala enjoying his eucalyptus in the forest. In contrast, the reverse depicts how they were exploited by people’s carelessness, fired in a tree. I used ferric oxide when patinating to make a hint of flame and fire on the reverse, while the obverse is shiny and happy.’ This medal received a Merit.

JINGNYU WANG Weed and Wheat

‘The parable of the weeds and wheat. “While his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat... lest in gathering the weeds you root up wheat along with them, let both grow together until the harvest...and then gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.” So, the positive and the negative are shown by weeds and wheat, and the green spring, and yellow the autumn.’

YEJIN WANG Whales Falls

‘My topic for this medal is Whale Fall. The theme was inspired by news about whales stranded and dying as a result of ocean pollution. Not only whales but many other marine animals have been stranded. Through research, I discovered that when a whale dies a normal death its body can support thousands of sea creatures. People call this selfless and gentle way of dying a whale fall. I wanted to present this beautiful rebirth in a narrative way that would make people rethink the meaning of death and life.’