# Project Description

A Retrospective on Hampstead Heath

Rebecca Dein

Summary

Final work

College School of Pre-Degree Studies

Course UAL Foundation Diploma in Art and Design

Graduation year 2025

This project reflects my relationship with Hampstead Heath, which has been a constant throughout my life. It’s where so many of my first experiences happened, and it has always felt like an extension of home. Now that I’m moving away, the memories feel tainted. The Heath isn’t my back garden anymore and I am no longer a child. I have used printmaking methods to explore my memories and conserve them.

Final work

Drypoint Poster Series : Figure in Landscape I

Drypoint of me and my best friend laughing together in Hampstead Heath, collaged onto a photograph of Hampstead Heath. Poster size slightly smaller than A1.

Drypoint Poster Series : Figure in Landscape II

Drypoint of me relaxing in Hampstead Heath, collaged onto a photograph of Hampstead Heath. Poster size slightly smaller than A1.

Drypoint Poster Series : Figure in Landscape III

Drypoint of me walking to school through Hampstead Heath, collaged onto a photograph of Hampstead Heath. Poster size 36cm x 66cm.

Manic Palace

Screen print series inspired by the original 1920’s advertisements for Hampstead Heath commissioned by London Transport. The poster depicts a personal memory in Hampstead Heath. Size A2

Research and process

Untitled (Memory I)

Red screen print on A2 paper. This poster depicts four memories that took place in Hampstead Heath - My 15th birthday before I was sectioned, my first time getting drunk, listening to sad music at night, my dog stealing a homeless man’s sandwich.

Untitled (Memory II)

Dark purple screen print on A2 paper. This poster depicts four memories that took place in Hampstead Heath - My first kiss, peeing in public, being dragged through a field by a big dog, climbing a tree.

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This project reflects my relationship with Hampstead Heath, which has been a constant throughout my life. It’s where so many of my first experiences happened, and it has always felt like an extension of home. Now that I’m moving away, the memories feel tainted. The Heath...

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