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Fantastic plastic' monsters unleashed in Brighton

13 March 2008

Illustration students from City College Brighton and Hove have been out and about in Brighton unleashing a weird and wacky collection of mutant monsters that they have made for a College project entitled 'Fantastic Plastic'. Using items from local charity shops, the students set about disassembling plastic toys and dolls and then creating something new and unusual. After making observational drawings, the students then had to go into Brighton and take photographs of their creations in locations across the city. The photographs were then used to tell a story about differents phobias such as pteromerhanophobia (fear of flying) and autophobia (fear of being alone).

Tutor Ceri Amphlett says:

'We were really impressed with how the students responded to the project. They re-built old toys to create new, striking and unusual characters which were then used to inspire a piece of narrative work.'

About City College Brighton and Hove: Founded over 100 years ago, City College Brighton and Hove has become an international centre of excellence. Every year over 2,000 full-time and 10,000 part time students as well as many international and European students choose City College as their education provider. The College provides training to over 2,000 businesses and has a 'City Business Skills' department which focuses on employers' needs. Offering over 700 courses from basic level to pre-University level, City College is working with its partners to develop the workforce of the future.