This is a sketch of a contemporary house design using fine liners and Promarkers.

This skull drawing was inspired by the work of Paul Jackson. I used graphite and coloured pencil to create realism as much as I could whilst also portraying the abstract idea.

I folded 1000 of the traditional origami cranes and arranged them on a specially designed wire carcass that resembles the shape of an atomic mushroom cloud. This is symbolic of the attacks that occurred on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the cranes being a symbol of healing in Japanese culture. 1000 cranes symbolise good fortune and prosperity and choose to make them multicoloured to represent the diversity of the victims.

Here is another example of Origami that I have created. Though it is not my design, practised the complicated folds involved in making it.

This is a more modern take on the art of Origami and I got my inspiration from the artist Richard Sweeney. I used an old pen to score curved lines in the paper and then I pleated each interval to create this interesting shape.

As a child, I often made models of planes using basic materials such a white card and Sellotape. I fell that from this, I have developed good skill in crafting and manipulating card and paper into complex shapes. I also pay a lot of attention to detail in these models which can be intricate small objects such as the interior of the aircraft which includes the seats.

In year 12, I was involved in a design competition to design the new Milton Keynes University. I was in a team with three other people in my school where we collaborated on our ideas and we worked together on making the model. At the start, we were give a design brief to follow which had certain specifications that we kept to. we created CAD visuals, drawings and the two models; one of the Forum building and the other being a general site plan. We were awarded second place by the jury among the other entries.

This is a closer image of the main Forum building. The main themes we focused on were social permeability, sustainability and happiness. The statue in the middle represents Alan Turing who was one of the first people to create a computer. As this university will be dedicated to computing, we thought this would be an appropriate figure.

Inspired from the architect, Kengo Kuma, I created this small house house using match sticks and tracing paper. Kengo Kuma often uses natural materials such as wood in his buildings which is what I was trying to recreate here. I also find Japanese architecture and culture fascinating which is another source of inspiration.

This is another example a piece from the theme above.

I like to experiment with different techniques, even if it is something I am not used to because I want to see the quality of the outcome. I used coloured pencils and I experimented with oil paints to paint these images of apples which I took using a DSLR camera.

In 2017 I spent two weeks a David Lock Associates, an architects practice in Milton Keynes for work experience. Here, I was given the task to design a house, which involved doing research in to possible locations, materials and aesthetics. I made some sketches, plans and elevations of the house accompanied by a model. Some of the architects there showed me what they do and shared their experiences which I found informative.

I created this model of the house using thick card and acetate for the glass.

Many techniques were used to create this piece. It was created from many previous drawings that were influenced by the fragility of society, represented by paper. This piece portrays the themes of pain, guilt and truth related to the Chernobyl disaster. There are drawings of heroes, victims and perpetrators watching their city turn to turmoil. I photocopied my drawings onto acetate and I used acrylic paint to highlight their features. In this process, I also learnt the technique of marbling paper.

Here I was practising using fine liner to draw in great detail of a map of Tallinn. I focused on creating shadows as black areas and semi dark areas of the roofs of the buildings. I will use this map as part of my A level project to create interesting projections on to the Chernobyl based drawings. This could show that any city could have been affected by a disaster such as this one.

These are some pictures of some of the pages from the sketchbook of the GCSE exam project. Our title was 'Fragments', and I decided to do a project that reflects on how nature is made up of fragments and small details. I wanted to design a building and create a model of it that was inspired from this. Here I was doing some analysis on plants and how they can be used to on the facade of a building.

On this page I was focusing on the shape of the building which is a skyscraper. I looked at other shapes produced in nature such as volcanoes and stalagmites to inform my design.

This page was mostly on the mathematics of the building. When planning making the model, I needed to be precise about the size of each floor among other measurements. I got my inspiration from the parabolic shape on a graph.

On this page, I made my final decision on how I would put together the model and the design of the exterior cladding. I also did some research into how some existing buildings have been structured.

This was the final outcome. You can see the theme of fragments in the way that it has been cladded. The model was about 75 cm in height. I was pleased with the outcome because it shows the imperfections in nature in that every piece is unique and different.