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Clear plastic tubing is coiled and tangled across a white surface. Black ink marks, including small stars and curved strokes, are scattered around and over the loops.

Is that a Saveloy? The glossy set design of Gemma Tickle

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Date
6 June 2012

Gemma Tickle (let’s get this over with, it’s the best name ever) is a set designer, but it was only when I saw an eyeball floating on a pyramid of flour that I realised Gemma is a little different to the set designers we’ve seen before. Working from London, Gemma’s eye for strategically arranging glossy and bizarre items has been picked up and used by clients such as British Airways and VIEWPOINT magazine. This is hardly the most exciting bit though, Gemma’s rare expertise at being able to beautifully prop a Flump marshmallow against a surface has attracted some of the world’s most prolific still-life photographers to work with her, including Carl Kleiner, Kate Jackling and Jenny Van Sommers.

A pyramid of white powder sits on a reflective black surface. A single prosthetic eyeball rests on the peak of the pyramid.
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Gemma Tickle: Viewpoint

A 3D render of a red candy wrapper tied at both ends. A glossy yellow ribbon spirals around the centre, with the ends curling away.
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Gemma Tickle: No Nose

A sculpture of a giant twisted marshmallow, rendered in pale yellow, pink and white. It leans vertically against the corner of two plain white walls.
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Gemma Tickle: No Nose

A sculpture of black hair styled into a vertical stack of shapes. It features a smooth sphere at the top and bottom, with thick, braided sections in the middle.
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Gemma Tickle: Viewpoint

Seven smooth, oval stones in different colours are scattered across a flat green surface. The stones are red, blue, yellow, white, pink, black and green.
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Gemma Tickle: No Nose

A clear plastic bottle filled halfway with bright blue liquid holds a delicate, dried flower. The bottle is reflected on a polished surface against a plain, light grey background.
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Gemma Tickle: Polynating

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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