PortfolioBillie-Jane Daisy Bayer-Crier

UCAS ID: 127-104-0700

This is a self-portrait I did during the summer, inspired by a painting from the

National Portrait Gallery. The idea was to complete a self portrait based on the style

of an artist found at the gallery who we admired. The artist I chose was Sir Cedric Morris, a British artist. This process took

multiple tries, and each time I completed a painting I would identify areas to improve

and solve the problem in the following painting. Drawing my self portrait through a

mirror has developed my observational skills, increased my confidence in this area, and been a positive learning experience.

Welcome to my portfolio. The pieces that I have included range from drawing to

painting to sculpture to product design to graphics. I pride myself in being versatile

when it comes to creative subjects and the knowledge that I have received from

primary research and travelling, which reflects in my work.

This is my final piece for my GCSE Art & Design exam which had the theme of ‘Apart and/or Together’. The path I took within this theme was animals and nature due to the strong connection that relays between the two, and my

particular interest in organic forms and the body. Inspired prominently by Robert Bateman, the collection of animals at the Natural History Museum, pictures of lions I had taken myself on a safari in Africa and Jeff Koons, I created a chicken wire sculpture of a Lioness, which I covered with real leaves from my back garden. The idea was to show

how, together, they demonstrate the strong bond between nature and animals and all their similarities.

These are 6 cards and a packaging I created for a brief about the Tate Modern in London. The brief was to create 6 alphabet cards which each stood for a word, which described a piece of artwork. We then had to design a unique

packaging for a specific target audience. I chose the teenager category because I believed since I am myself a teenager I would be able to make the packaging suitable for my age group. Each card had a detailed analysis of the painting it described, which would allow a student to learn about an artist and piece. Opposite each card was also a

large photograph of a particular environment or scene, with a fact which related to the word on the card.

This sculpture is the piece I came up with for a Kew Gardens project we did in AS Art & Design. The brief was to design a sculpture for the site to represent the relationship between nature and man-made. I experimented with a

with range of materials for this project, which has developed my skills in the workshop and with Photoshop.

These are from an after college life drawing course I did in which I learned a lot about structuring the body according to the anatomy of the human form. This has helped me develop drawing and observational skills, as well as taught me how to draw the body from a structural point of view. I used a range of materials such as ink, charcoal and pencil.

This is a toolbox I designed a made as part of a 3D design project. I went through a vigorous design process to come up with this final design for a Lego point of sale display. The point of sale display is intended to promote the brand

Lego through an exciting display design. I generated this design through brainstorming the connotations of the brand Lego, and decided a tool box is a great way of representing sets of Lego (which you use to build various

things). This project tested my ability to operate heavy machinery and create a faultless finish.

In my spare time I enjoy doing some of my own personal projects. This is a picture of one of the walls in my room where I have drawn some of my favourite bands in black marker using utensils such as masking tape and a ruler.

I made this life-size human sculpture as part of a project based around the British Museum, where my brief was to create a piece of art that responds to the artefacts found inside the museum. I chose the Inca, Easter Island, Ancient Egypt and Greece sectors

from the museum because they interested me most. So I worked on combining elements, having done a contextual study alongside

to support my creative decisions with concrete research. I also used Photoshop skills to place the picture in the museum.

This is a table mosaic pattern which I design and made on the outdoor table I have at home. With help from my father, I used specialist tools I had never used before to break up pieces of tiles and create this mosaic design. My

inspiration was Moroccan mosaic patterns, since some of the tiles I had at my disposal were brought back from Morocco.

Part of the Kew project was also to design and create a surface design. Further research into Kew Gardens and their products convinced me to design a homeware item, so I chose a cushion. I mixed two techniques I was quite

new to – screen printing and tie-dye. The tie-dye created the organic background pattern, onto which I screen printed a more structural pattern. This represented the idea of humans building on top of the natural. I currently

use this cushion at home!