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Collecting gin bottles and a few other alcoholic bottles allows me to see what's on the market and physically look and feel the bottles. I can get a sense of the shape, weight, texture and embossing of the glass that I would not get from just an image of the bottle. The more I can collect the more I get a sense of how I can make my design stand out from the crowd whilst also using inspiration to make my design obviously recognisable as a bottle of gin.

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My mood board behind my desk allows me to look for inspiration, especially if I'm stuck. Having different people's work around the room gives me inspiration for my designs, even if it's just an image that leads to a thought which leads to another thought that leads to an idea etc. My mood board will bring all my different ideas and thoughts together to highlight an idea I may not have seen from each individual image on its own.

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'Arts' = Creativity and Culture

They can fund big organisations or an individual artist/practitioner

Funded by national lottery and government taxes

Funding can be used to develop your creative project - for a small business or individuals

You can apply for up to £30,000 or over £30,000

You can use the money to trial an idea even if you are unsure whether it will work


- your proposal should factor this time and money for trial and error to be involved within your work

- this allows the option for you to explore


Key things they mentioned

- Make sure you read the full brief and guidance

- a-a guidelines

- information on paying yourself properly

- fresh out of uni may be different from once you have built up a career

- Ask if there is access to more - it's worth trying

- Download easy-read versions of docs first to get a base knowledge of it

- You need to be able to show you can deliver on time and within budget

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