Art And Design Personal Statement

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There is no limit to what you can achieve with a creative heart and mind. Colour has the power to change and shape the world we live in, to change our moods and emotions. Being able to express cultural difference and similarities has always fascinated me. Art and design work that reflects cultural and traditional themes has always interests me. My inspiration and for arts and design is deeply influenced by ancient traditions such as Asian traditions. Contrasting cultural traditions with modern designs to create different emotions and opinions is what inspires me to be creative. I want to focus and extend my knowledge and understanding of historical arts and design’s and how they are interpreted in modern designs and arts.

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The idea of using new technology to create structures that are touchable, which is why I want to ---------------. My ideas/designs and sketches most reflects my passion for ancient traditional art such as artistic traditional understanding of the environment and its behaviour. Studying (3D structures) furniture and design at a degree level at your highly top rated university will give me the opportunity to develop a personal own style, sustain skills in an area of my confidence and the chance to makes this into a …show more content…
A welcoming person with a great understanding of people who are different from me, this includes cultures, different family backgrounds and religions. Which gives me the ability to link and connect my work with the right audience. I enjoy learning about other cultures, especial ancient traditions; this also inspires some of my projects and sketches. From example, my EPQ project (based on comparing ancient Egyptian women and modern (women) included using ancient Egyptian art techniques and materials. The EPQ project gave me university experience of how to run a self-managed project. In preparation for this course, I have done (current studying) artistic courses such as fine arts and photography. In high school, art and design classes interested me. For A-levels I took photography and art and design to build up confidence and skills. I have a great understanding of visual skills, such as how colour is important when complementing the structure or message of an object and visual language skills. I am a self-driven student, who enjoys particle lessons. As an art student I am a quick decision maker, highly self-motived, independent,. I set my self-high stand of punctuality. These include photographic skills, visual communication skills, evaluation of art work and an understanding of space and structure. Work experience in a retail shop enabled to work multi-task in a busy environment. I also do volunteer work at a local animal

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