Foundation Art and Design - Swansea College of Art UWTSD

Foundation Art and Design - Swansea College of Art UWTSD This is the Official page from Foundation Art and Design, welcoming past, present and potential students, along with a network of friends and followers!

Cert HE Art and Design Foundation is part of Swansea College Of Art, University of Wales Trinity St Davids based at ALEX Alexander Rd Swansea. Staff on the course include:
Bella Kerr, Katherine Clewett, Anthony Arrowsmith, Anna Lewis, Shellie Holden, Tim Stokes and Terri Saunders. The course is diagnostic in nature and enables students to find their own potential and their own preference for spec

ialist areas of study. Students experiment with a range of materials and methods and are introduced to four main areas of study. Fine Art
Visual Communication
Fashion Textiles
3D Studies

There is an active, supported element of the course that aids the student building a portfolio of work to take on to further education or opportunities. Students progressive study options can then include, to list only a few for example:

Crafts
Fashion
Furniture Design
Animation
Games Design
Video
Graphics
Illustration
Interior
Jewellery Design
Photography
Printmaking
Theatre Design
Textiles
Surface Pattern

Students have an end of year exhibition around the end of May, we'll post up information on our site near this time. Throughout the academic year there are opportunities to come and visit, we advertise Open Days and interactive Workshops at various stages, to find out more please email:

[email protected]

For further information, click our website link

The Foundation street window has had a spruce up too! Or maybe is it a place to put the plinths while we are not using t...
04/09/2026

The Foundation street window has had a spruce up too! Or maybe is it a place to put the plinths while we are not using them šŸ˜¬ any other ideas of what to do with them while they are here let us know. Best answer winsā€¦..

Almost ready!!! šŸ˜Š Weā€™re looking forward to welcome the new students in a couple of weeks. The studios are almost ready t...
03/09/2026

Almost ready!!! šŸ˜Š Weā€™re looking forward to welcome the new students in a couple of weeks. The studios are almost ready to go, watch this space šŸŽØšŸ“·āœļø

Tayah-May OwenThe theme ā€˜generateā€™ allowed me to have the freedom to bring something into existence and be creative.For ...
08/07/2026

Tayah-May Owen

The theme ā€˜generateā€™ allowed me to have the freedom to bring something into existence and be creative.

For this, I have used pencil to capture detail ā€“ a family portrait within my siblings. This image implies emotions revealing their individual personal traits. I have applied colour to express the love and joy that runs through.

Amanda Oleanders work has inspired because of her focuses on the private moments with friends and family; those moments which are usually hidden from the public eye.

Siriol ap Rhys For ā€˜generateā€™, I have decided to utilise works which engage with the art historical traditions of Christ...
07/07/2026

Siriol ap Rhys

For ā€˜generateā€™, I have decided to utilise works which engage with the art historical traditions of Christian imagery, especially that which is generated for modern churches. I hope that the works raise questions about the place of religion and religious culture in our modern society.

My practice encompasses a wide variety of mediums including ceramics, painting and printing. I have chosen to incorporate several small objects into a shrine-like arrangement.

My work has been influenced my many visits to churches and heritage sites - and the artists whose work I have seen there. This included Jacob Epstein and Eric Gill. The work also draws influence from the traditions of subverting Christian imagery in a fine art context, including the artists Ciprian Muresan, Max Ernst, and Claire Curneen.

Sian JonesMy work is generated from the concept of the imagery of oppression and how it is expressed. My aim is to engag...
06/07/2026

Sian Jones

My work is generated from the concept of the imagery of oppression and how it is expressed. My aim is to engage the viewer and hope that they are intrigued enough to question what I am portraying.

Many artists use shoes or boots to tell stories of hardship, loss, absence or death such as Van Gogh, Francis AlĆæs and Elina Chauvet.

In my pieces I have looked at oppression through aggression, pageant, invasion and bullying, seeking to question what has become the norm and highlighting its impact on society.

Runa OsborneWhen given the theme ā€˜generateā€™ what immediately came to my mind was to generate ideas and creativity, as I ...
05/07/2026

Runa Osborne

When given the theme ā€˜generateā€™ what immediately came to my mind was to generate ideas and creativity, as I had been working on Pagan research and art I was aiming to generate an idea based on Paganism, Norse Pagan to be exact.

As a previous fur-suit maker in the past, I had thought it a good idea to recreate Fenrir, the wolf, and create him into a fur-suit head with new meaning. originally I was going to make him into a scary, or intimidating style. However, I came up with the idea, what if Fenrir didn't have to be scary? So I made him more approachable rather than intimidating.

I had gotten a lot of inspiration from other fur-suit makers and artists, such as
Fleetwood, Jesterjingles, and pagans that I get inspired by such as Jacoub Toddson. They all have very different roles, Jacoub teaches all about the life and world of Paganism, while Jesterjingles and Fleetwood are fursuit makers and artists, whom I have followed for nearly 4 years.

Rene Dabrowska Because no hope means hope Loving without expectation is highly underrated. Many of us are living ā€˜fakeā€™...
04/07/2026

Rene Dabrowska

Because no hope means hope

Loving without expectation is highly underrated. Many of us are living ā€˜fakeā€™ lives, especially on social media. What if we remove transactional pressure allowing love to become an authentic experience? ā€˜Because no hope means hopeā€™ includes 3D collage, paintings and inspirational quotes of Walter Benjamin to explore this idea.

The process of making including using materials of everyday life, like newspapers, fabrics and found objects, involving a process of transforming the mundane into new narrative.

Mira SerdenI am responding to the theme of ā€˜generateā€™ by exploring how ideas evolve through making, using fabric to expr...
03/07/2026

Mira Serden

I am responding to the theme of ā€˜generateā€™ by exploring how ideas evolve through making, using fabric to express growth, change, and personal experience.

I am creating a garment that combines experimental stitching and layered textiles, allowing the piece to develop organically as I respond to materials and process.

My work is influenced by contemporary textile artists and designers who embrace imperfection and process, including Rei Kawakubo for Comme de Garcon as my own experiences, which shape the narrative and emotional direction of the piece.

02/07/2026

Joshua J Meyrick

For ā€˜generateā€™, I am focusing on the gesture of grabbing the stomach repeatedly, using film as a medium to create cinematic atmosphere, capturing up close and intimate detail, whilst slowing down the image.

The aim was to attract the viewers full attention so that they are focused and attentive provoking a sense of uneasiness, curiosity, and voyeurism in the viewer.

I was inspired by Tony Blancā€™s use of self-portrait photography, captured in black and white film, and Andy Warholā€™s ā€˜8-hour long Film Empire State buildingā€™.

May ColbertI aspire to create sculpture that explores nature and its decline. Some of my interests come from exploring p...
02/07/2026

May Colbert

I aspire to create sculpture that explores nature and its decline. Some of my interests come from exploring prehistoric objects such as the goddess and the concepts of why they were made, I am also interested in a wide range of artists and their work. By sculpting I wish to echo these ideas and symbolism by using natural materials, such as clay, plants and the occasional found object.

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