Anine Bosenberg

Anine Bosenberg has just graduated from illustration at ECA. Anine has that beautiful mid 20th century style      that is characterised by her limited colour silkscreen illustrations. The pictures here are Anine's development sketches and illustrations for her book 'The Lost Sock'. The windowed book and style remind me of Tove Jansson's work.

Alice Livingstone

Alice Livingstone has just graduated from ECA in illustration. Alice's book 'Allotment Story' is forged from memories and tireless research and development. Alice Livingstone's beautiful illustrations remind me of  Scottish illustrator Mairi Hedderwick in their delicate, poignant observation and detail.

Jodie Pankhurst

The strange thing that I have noticed so far about the degree shows in the Scottish Art Schools this year, is the sudden prevalence of ceramics across many departments. Just as the colleges have removed all ceramics degrees there is a resurgence of interest. It is hard to put back what has been lost, and I wonder at the judgement of those who removed the ceramic departments from Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow Schools of Art.

Jodie Pankhurst is an illustration graduate from ECA this year and she has been making illustrative ceramics, that support the two dimensional work she has been developing, but also stand as art in their own right.
"My degree show explores the theme of 'home' combining my deep-rooted interest with community demographics and an ever-growing fascination with material culture culminating in what I hope are a collection of sensitive and warm ceramic depictions of five international personalities I have been conversing with." Jodie Pankhurst

Maisie Shearring

I managed to get to the Edinburgh Degree Show briefly yesterday, and spent some time reading to Freya from 'Arthur' by Maisie Shearring a lovely, lovely story about being misunderstood and different, beautifully supported by the displays pictured above. 
Maisie Shearring is going on to do an MA at Cambridge and I look forward to seeing and buying her work in the future.