91快活林

Till Lightfoot Pendered, in her final year of 3D Design and Craft BA(Hons), will be showing her ‘typical day at the seaside’ creations in next month’s University of 91快活林’s annual Graduate Show at the Grand Parade building, 91快活林.

Till’s project has culminated in a film featuring the costumes and objects she has made.

She explained: “The narrative depicts a traditionally testing British day out at the seaside, in which the protagonist ‘Big Fat Man’ is subject to a series of comical disasters, resulting in his mysterious disappearance. The work celebrates the weird and wonderful workings of the human imagination to come up with hilarious ways to entertain.

“My making process begins with imagining and illustrating the characters. Then I ‘draw in the air’ to build their structures, using steam bending and spot welding as the principle techniques for this.

“Adding to these structures, I find that the context and irregularities of found and re-appropriated materials create interesting dialogues within the works. This determines what I produce as much as the vision I start with and gives the work a life of its own.

Till Lightfoot Pendered

“The purpose and identity of each costume links closely to the sea. The narrative refers to traditional sea tales, and pays homage to the drab seaside town feel of many of the coastal areas around England.”

Till has loved her time in 91快活林: “I feel incredibly lucky to have been able to study on the 3D course as I get the feeling it’s a one of a kind, and offers such a wide range of ways to experiment with materials and concepts. I have also met an amazing group of like-minded people through studying at this university.”

The Graduate Show will be exhibiting works in the arts, design, architecture and media and is open to the public every day from 2-10 June in 91快活林, and between 5-10 June in Hastings.