Global Creative Graduate Showcase '24: Vote for Sophie Ferrier

For the second year in succession HCA is represented in the fine art / photography / craft / jewelry shortlist.

You only have a few days' left to vote for Sophie Ferrier, and her brilliant collection Urns of Restoration which repurpose a non-native, invasive plant species to produce a series of vessels that comment on the circular nature of materials and the importance of native biodiversity.

The urns in Sophie's collection are bound together with biodegradable binders, resulting in a material that exhibits the adaptability of clay when wet and the durability of wood when dry, and the plant material used (Himalayan Balsam / Impatiens glandulifera) is a species that needs to be removed from our local environment. As such the process underlying this practice is inherently ecologically restorative.

Sophie follows BA(hons) Artist Blacksmithing graduate Rowan Lickerish who was shortlisted in last year's showcase for his collection of sculptural forged metalwork Brutalist Sound. 

This year the competition, which is run in collaboration with coloro and WGSN, received more than 5000 entrants from across 450 institutions making it the biggest online graduate showcase of of creatives anywhere in the world.

Winners will be determined by public vote, and by a panel which includes judges from the likes of the World Craft Council, Freize Studios, FAD Magazine and Google.

You can vote for Sophie here - just follow the link and click or tap Vote for this project -  or watch the video below to find out more about her project.

For more about our BA(hons) Contemporary Crafts course, visit our course page here.