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Reading Notes This potential to use the language of design to pose questions, provoke and inspire is conceptual design's defining feature. (beyod the limits of reality)They (conceptual designs) celebrate their unreality and take full advantage of being made from ideas. Rather than waiting for commissions from industry or seeking out market gaps for new products,… Continue reading Speculative Everything
19 December 2019 PROJECT PROPOSAL SECTION 1: Background - Project 4 Reflection: P04: Reflection Processes: Contrast: growth & decay; old & new; constraint & complianceCircular processes: crystallization & sheddingElectrical conduction - all solutions and materialsNatural processes vs. industrial / technological interventions - contrasting effects and narrativesCoating, eating away, growth, accumulation, shedding Outcomes: Organic FormsColours &… Continue reading P05 Statement of Intent
15 December 2019 Role of experimentation in my design practice Experimental approaches - how?How has Practical research - challenged & expanded techniques, materials, form and use - through experimentation and riskHow have I - Gathered, changed, dismantled, changed, rescaled, arranged, rearranged, tested outIntellectual processes involved in my work How P04 helped Situate and Contextualize my… Continue reading P04 Investigate Reflection
10 December 2019 Dead Sea, Jordan Valley High salinity levels combined with no outlets for water leave the dead sea with transient salt formations, their shapes depending on the kinds of minerals in the water and environmental factors. Photo: https://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/09/strange-salt-formations-in-dead-sea.html Delicate, slow accumulation, transient Naica Caves, Chihuahua, Mexico Enormous crystals of the mineral gypsum (hydrated… Continue reading Natural Crystal Formations
10 December 2019 This science experiment is the first I have come across, depicting the mechanism of formation of cauliflower/fern shaped salt crystals. It uses ammonia and water combined with a colloidal bluing suspension, to cause capillarity, evaporation and crystal deposition, in shapes closest to my salt crystals. (I'm not sure exposing kids to ammonia… Continue reading Cauliflower/Fern Crystals
04 December 2019 I was keen on visiting this exhibit to look at Lukas Wegwerth's crystal accented ceramics works, made by applying crystal growing chemical solution on unglazed portions of his vases.
07 December 2019 Submerging electroformed plastic drawing in copper sulphate solution - to crop crystals at strategic points 2. Suspending my electroformed plastic drawing over salt vinegar solution, introducing wood sticks with wound copper sheets between the copper and salt solution for absorption and deposition of crystals near surface of copper drawing.. 3. Hollow Brass… Continue reading Potential Applications: combining materials and forms
04 December 2019 I was glad that I got to speak with Annie about the Salt crystals, since she suggested some exciting ideas I could try with my discovery. Can I somehow remove crystals from the wooden sticks and place them elsewhere?Look at Salt Bride: A bio Engineered wedding dress from crystallization of salt from… Continue reading Experiment: scaling up, narrowing down
08 December 2019 Paintbrush with green dye (Experiment 2) 2. Copper Strip closely wound on wooden stirring stick with white salt and white vinegar (Experiment 4) 3. Used copper strip from electroplating (Experiment 19) 4. Copper sheet + crystallization attempt (Experiment 15)
08 December 2019 BISMUTH: At the RCA Fete, I was intriguied by Sara Chyan's holographic Bismuth jewellery, which was based on the concepts of melting and crystallization, and further oxidation of bismuth metal, the processes giving it geometric shapes and holographic colours respectively. This video helped me visualize the process in detail. I think that… Continue reading Crystal Precedents: other materials, properties and narratives
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