Ellie May

Degree Show 2025 Ellie May BA Art and Design ‘The Viewing Room’ explores surveillance, voyeurism and media consumption, inviting viewers to reflect on their roles as both watchers and the watched. Using familiar interfaces of TV, CDs and social media, it reframes everyday passive acts as ethically ambiguous, highlighting human desires, power dynamics and society’s …

Alexandra Rosenthal

Degree Show 2025 Alexandra Rosenthal BA Art and Design Beyond the Façade is a multidisciplinary body of work exploring the relationship between architecture, identity, and emotional space. Through carefully constructed miniatures, it contrasts Brutalist exteriors with detailed interiors, encouraging viewers to consider how personal expression and individuality exist within structured environments, and how physical space …

Alice Lee

Degree Show 2025 Alice Lee BA Art and Design I am a realist artist and designer based in Derbyshire, working primarily with paint mediums. My practice focuses on commissioned work, landscapes, human form and portraiture. Further works available to view on Instagram: @art_byalicelee. My degree show project explores the relationship between narrative and image, drawing …

Lily Orme

Degree Show 2025 Lily Orme BA Art and Design ‘Form follows feeling’ explores how emotional care can be embedded into physical form. It subverts minimalist design by inviting adults to rediscover childhood comforts. Through tactile, playful forms, it creates a safe space designed to reduce anxiety and promote emotional wellness through instinctive engagement. handshakeConnect with …

Diyi Wang

Degree Show 2025 Diyi Wang BA Art and Design I explore the overlooked relationship between the nature and human being through tea, petals, and pattern. Using delicate materials and botanical imagery, the work invites slow, mindful observation of the natural world we often aestheticise but fail to truly see. handshakeConnect with An overview, “The Forgotten …

Cecilia Martin

Degree Show 2025 Cecilia Martin BA Art and Design I have a curiosity for experimenting with textiles as a medium.My most recent work explores the tension between chaos and control. Using weaving, knotting, and reclaimed materials, my work embraces imperfection, emotional expression, and material transformation. I aim to evoke a sensory response and reflect on …

Lily Matthews

Degree Show 2025 Lily Matthews BA Art and Design This piece centres on the act of making a memory – drawing together neurological processes and personal experience to form an immersive installation. The final work, ‘Suspended Memories’, takes the form of a large-scale suspended mobile. handshakeConnect with This suspended mobile explores memory as fluid and …