A day in the studio as a Graphic Design student

Follow Ella as she spends a day in the Graphic Design studio. Get an exclusive look at our vibrant design spaces, printmaking facilities, and the on-campus art shop - all as she gears up for her final year project hand-in.

Join me, a second year Graphics student on the day in the studio.

So, after making some coffee with my friend and flatmate, it's time to head down through the lovely sunny gardens to the Fox Cafe and to the studio.

I grab some breakfast and we get all set up before the morning debrief with our lecturers.

After the morning debrief it's time to head off to the Falmouth art shop on campus and have a browse around to try and find some paper for screen printing. This is really helpful, especially in the middle of projects, when you're just missing something and you're like "Oh my God I need that thing."

So once I found the paper, thankfully, it's back off to the studio, past the Students’ Union and Employability, and this lovely bit here is the atrium and the MA course are currently setting up an exhibition so I can't wait to see what they put in here.

Because it's our deadline week, we're heading back to the studio quickly to drop off my paper. As you can see, everyone is really busy racing towards their deadlines, trying to get everything done.

And then it's back out of the studio for me and off towards the screen-printing studio. It's such a lovely sunny day so quite happy to be back out in the fresh air.

As I get to the top of the hill, I spot this lovely little fella so it must be my lucky day to encounter one of the many Falmouth Campus cats. I get a little stroke and a pet, and then it's back on to my project.

At the print studios I'm able to get the help I need to sort out my project. I've been inducted on all the machinery here and it's really wonderful to come use it as you need throughout your project.

Another quick break on my way back down to the studio, staring at the Rosehill Gardens - absolutely stunning. And then on my way back I spot this little thing.

Back in the studio, I get to work painting a layout for my zine. This is one of the later parts of the process so there's a lot that comes before this but we're in the home stretch now, so I've got my paper ready for the screen printing and the final copies to be made.

Then it's off to lunch for me. There are many options to choose from at Falmouth. I could have got something from the Fox Cafe but I figured I'd eat my leftovers from last night's dinner so it's off to the microwave for me.

Before heading back to the studio, I check out my friend's exhibit in the Treetops. This space is available to be booked out and is used widely across lots of courses in Falmouth so really nice to see some of my friend's work knowing that I got to partake in one of her workshops. So it's nice to see her work finally on display.