What Is Prose Poetry?

The name itself is surely a contradiction in terms — how can a poem be ‘prose’, when ‘prose’ is the very word used to…

Looking at adverts 17: Anti-ageing

In this article I’m looking at anti-ageing commodity adverts which…

Lesley Norman

Lesley distorts perspective in her drawings which allows the viewer access to areas…

Concept and colour

Looking for some colour inspiration, I have been recently looking at the early work of one of my favourite designers, Verner…

Collection review: Alexander McQueen Aw17

Last February I worked on the Autumn/Winter ’17 collection for Alexander McQueen…

Study visit: A trio of exhibitions

OCA photography tutor Derek Trillo looks at a varied trio of…

Photography Student: Li Ma

OCA tutor and assessor Wendy McMurdo looks at the work of photography…

Study visit: A Sense of Growth & Beyond Borders

Reading habits

I’m an avid reader and am also fascinated by other people’s reading habits. For the last fifteen years I’ve recorded the title and…