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Bridgette Ashton
Lecturer in BA (Hons) Illustration
<p dir="ltr">Bridgette Ashton is an interdisciplinary artist and part-time lecturer on the BA (Hons) Illustration programme at Arts University Plymouth. She works across sculpture, printmaking, drawing & publications, exploring collecting, collections and the interplay between the real and the artificial. Research, making & interpretation underpin her practice</p>
<p dir="ltr">Her work often responds to specific sites, objects, and archives, engaging with their histories, narratives, and networks. She has exhibited in both solo and group shows across galleries and museums in the UK and Europe.<br /></p>
<p dir="ltr">Drawing, interpretation, and the processes of creation and revision; responses to sites, objects, and archives, engaging with their histories, narratives, and networks.<br /></p>
<p>2025 ARTIFICIALIA</p>
<p>A practice-led exploration of mineral collections, reinterpreting historical artefacts through sculpture, print, and objects to examine authenticity, heritage, and contemporary display practices. <br /></p>
<p>2025 THINKING THROUGH MAKING: EXPLORING GLOBAL CHALLENGES THROUGH CREATIVE PRACTICE INTRODUCING CURIOSITY, PLAY AND IMAGINATION</p>
<p>Journal article co-written with Associate Professor Mel Brown. A case study of teaching practice seeking to harness the potential of curiosity, play and imagination as a means to approach and conceptualise global challenges.<br /></p>
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