Degree Show 2025

Alice Rohrwacher’s 2023 film La Chimera was another film I referenced in the Extending Design course. I use this film to illustrate the point that there is still hope for the future and how attitudes towards the progression of society will look back through history to inform the future, we will place a larger emphasis on traditions. Therefore, I chose etching as my process for the poster, a process that dates back to the 1500s looking at Etruscan statues to see how faces are sculpted and allowing that to inform my final etching of Josh O’connor. I envisioned what his bust might look like. Half ancient relic, half dreamed memory. I was enthralled by the immense care and detail of each mark made by etching masters, I loved how you can see where the artist placed the line and how that small, intentional mark influences the shape and tone of the overall illustration.

The final poster is (50 x 80cm) and I blew the etching up and screen printed to create a shiny coppery effect, incorporating a delicate cursive font to present the title and elude the string motif in the film.