Ashlea Schur received one of the Sydney Adventist Hospital Acquisitive Awards, worth $1000, during the launch of Creative Collective. She also received a request from the hospital for commissioned work in the future. Her concise and stylish cookbook design caught the eye of many guests. “What I like most about graphic design is how quickly you can turn an idea into an effective and interesting design,” she says. “Creating something from nothing is such a satisfying experience.” Credit: Kirsten Bolinger.

Catherine Johnson’s All That Glitters exhibit is impressive. Any one of her paintings could stand alone in an exhibit but together they create a window into who Catherine is and what her art is about. Catherine admits this textured compilation of paintings “contains pieces” of her. Credit: Ann Stafford.

The . . . And so it began. exhibit is a unique display of design capabilities. Brittany Kent took her designs away from the lab and into the kitchen with a complete tea set, from pot to plates. The fun and delicate designs play nicely with the layout of her exhibit, with her tea pot suspended “mid-pour” from the ceiling. “It’s exciting when you first start a project because there is always the question, ‘Where is this design going to end?’” Credit: Kirsten Bolinger.

We all use calendars, they are part of our everyday lives, but Emmaline Castle has turned this ordinary object into a fun and creative object by using colour and texture. Each month in Emmaline’s calendar is stitched into the paper with thread, adding another element to the simplistic look. Credit: Ann Stafford.

When you first see Paul Praestiin’s exhibit, you may wonder why there are dirty bottles hanging from the ceiling, but as you take a closer look, you start to see a story unravel, “a tall tale set in the 17th century of a sailor’s voyage as he writes about his experiences on the seven seas.” Credit: Ann Stafford.

Shelley Poole’s work—from large canvases to the Jacaranda yearbook—has colour as its prominent theme. She also received one of the Sydney Adventist Hospital Acquisitive Awards for this piece, called Manna. Caption: Kirsten Bolinger.

Exploring her ability in ceramics, Krissie Hopkins has put emotions into clay. For part of her exhibition at Creative Collective, Krissie created a dozen faces, each displaying a different emotion. “It astonishes me how there are millions of people on earth and not one of them is the same,” she says. More photographs from the annual exhibition by final-year visual arts and visual communication students and a list of award winners on page three. Credit: Ann Stafford.