HULLABALOO: BA (Hons) Illustration Fundraiser events

To contribute to the fundraising of our London Grad Show, I have joined the Fundraiser event committee. This has so far been a very rewarding and helpful experience to develop my team work and organisational skills. With alot of us being craft-based illustrators we have incorporated this into the decoration of the event location. In the previous event, I contributed to the decorations with paper cut 'photobooth' letters and various photobooth masks and props. This was great development for my paper engineering skills and working collaboratively with a team of other paper makers.

For the second event, much of the previous props were re-used. However as the theme changed slightly from Mardi Gras to Exotic. In the venue there is a large pillar in the middle of the dancefloor. Previously, it had only been decorated with feathers. I saw an opportunity to transform the pillar to make it much more in keeping with the event's theme and decided to decorate it with hand made card leaves, flowers, balloons and fairy lights so that it resembled a palm tree that made the event guests feel as if they were on holiday. This was the result...

I can identify from this experience that I am good at problem solving in group projects. Even though I think there is still room for improvement on finished anesthetics, I can feel that this is a career avenue I would like to pursue. This 'hands-on' approach definitely suits my personality and illustration practice!