10 January 2020 Jewellery Lorenzo pepe https://www.instagram.com/p/B7MR9o9CkR1/ Ceramic and oxidation processes used for Carlier Makigawa Stanley Lechtzin https://www.instagram.com/p/B6qRRk0Cxdf/ Mabel Pena Joyas https://www.instagram.com/p/BosAac6F4Rp/
Author: sahgalsurabhi
SoAH Open Day
15 January 2020 Inspiring context- fine art, contemporary art practice, soon fashion and textiles Urgency of the arts lecture series Application- contact registry to iron out issues move to correct course Folio- not slick, emphasis on individual expression, how you perceive the world - personal and interesting - transformative experience - varied backgrounds encouraged. What… Continue reading SoAH Open Day
Portfolio Tutorial with Gary
15 January 2020 Artist statement convey the human body, form, interaction that M&J entailsConvey items not for utilitarian value - texture, surface, design P04 Investigate Switch outcomes and processes sheetAfter 3 sheets - narrow down to larger sized images to show editorial conclusive approach for next projectText - intent - purposeful open ended exercise Narratives… Continue reading Portfolio Tutorial with Gary
Bio-engineering
23 November 2019 Tom Dixon: Underwater Furniture Farming Introduction of frameworks supporting the growth of corals in the ocean - to yield a harvest of furniture in a couple of years.. not much talk about it at present. (Find out more) Sigalit Landau: Salt Bride Coral Outplanting https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/crystal-skulls-instagram-artist/?pn=dd Tyler Thrasher Art https://www.tokujin.com/works/2008-second-nature/?l=en Design and The… Continue reading Bio-engineering
Week 2 – Testing absorbents
15 January 2020 Following the success of the acrylic butterfly, where i coated an electroformed laser cut butterfly object with sawdust, to allow absorptive crystallization and colours from copper corrosion, I decided to flip the materials inside out - using absorbents as base for electroforming and patination, to allow for patination on electroformed surfaces.. I… Continue reading Week 2 – Testing absorbents
Tutorial with Isabel
13 January 2020 As a product, what do users do with it?Crystals - hardy - encase in glass/resin - example white gold rim and glass casing - feeling of unreachability - elusive nature narrativeMark Dion - language of victorian museums - vitrines and cabinetsOutput needs to be clarified - practical? benefit as a product? grow… Continue reading Tutorial with Isabel
Crystals and Crystallization Reading
14 December 2019 History, nature, nhm, existing documentation, synthetic growth, my direction - dendrites? internship bookmarks on crystal reading Crystal & gem / written by Dr R.F.Symes and Dr R.R.Harding. https://sciencing.com/create-synthetic-rubies-6788778.html http://www.madehow.com/Volume-4/Synthetic-Ruby.html https://www.gemsociety.org/article/understanding-gem-synthetics-treatments-imitations-part-4-synthetic-gemstone-guide/ Crystal growers make use of certain fundamental aspects of natural laws; these laws govern the states of matter and the interactions of… Continue reading Crystals and Crystallization Reading
Further Experiments: scale, light, nature, organics
12 January 2020 Outcomes: Colours and shapes of recovered crystalsHardier blue crystalsAcrylic butterfly - light fixture?Absrption from flowers?Salt screenSalt screen against lightCopper crystal ringAJ wearing Copper crystal ringPotential dynamic screen - growth and interactionScaling up stirring stick sculpture - absorption and evaporation in the outdoorsCopper sulphate crystallization on a found twig Processes: Plating a Laser… Continue reading Further Experiments: scale, light, nature, organics
Elevator Pitch Feedback
19 December 2019 Thanks everyone who wrote feedback for my elevator pitch! SUBJECT AREAS: Context / historical / political / geographic / site 1. Growth? Constraint? Change? Use? The first comment seems to question my intention to apply narratives of growth and transience into my final work, as mentioned in my elevator pitch. I enjoyed… Continue reading Elevator Pitch Feedback
Speculative Everything
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






