I make things.
14 November 2019 For our Pathway trip for the Investigate Project, we met at the Design museum to seek inspiration and possibly identify a contemporary practitioner for our ADAS essay. Since I had seen the Designer Maker User exhibit on my previous visit to the museum, I decided to visit the Beazley Designs of the… Continue reading Pathway Trip: Art, Design, Drawing and Sensory experience
12 November 2019 I had been curious about Julian's Subtraction cutting process, and finally managed to catch a demonstration and workshop, pairing with Summer in the creation of our own subtraction cutting garment. Julian's process, as I had observed from his presentation during the project launch, is quite organic and speculative, and relies on some… Continue reading Subtraction cutting workshop with Julian
Project 2: Navigators: A Dérive into Product Design The project encompassed an investigative exploration of London, and execution of a collaborative design response for a selected site and its stakeholders. Studying inspiring urban installations, especially Liesbet Bussche’s Jewels in the City[1] re-ignited my interest in public art. Moreover, observing artefacts and illustrations (Fig.1) at the… Continue reading Navigators Reflection
25 October 2019 Surface Generation: Wires Steel Wire: Keeps form when wrapped tightWrapping is hard even with pliersLoses shape in 3 dimensional wrappingExtremely useful for replacing hardware - wire wrapped lid pivoting along thicker copper wire forms a hinge Silver wire: Useful for filling in smaller areas where wrapping steel wire isnt possibleExpensiveAdds interesting shine… Continue reading Material Catalogue: Artefact project
20 October 2019 Trying to work on the structure of the handbag till I can develop a vocabulary for the aesthetic for the weave.. Wrapping found (and borrowed) wire and rods towards the structure is a complex and time consuming process, I should probably weld metal rods for next time, as they would not only… Continue reading Handbag Structure, more vines
17 October 2019 With the hand being the main point of contact, and the element defining ergonomic success, I tried looking at possible options for the handles for the hothouse handbag. My initial choice was a blue spiral invoking Chihuly's blown glass, resonating the temperate house at Kew Gardens. The spirals of varying lengths and… Continue reading Handle options
Materials and experiments initial sketches of time pieceinitial sketches of time piecewire and clay prototype watch movement gears - to be submerged shape acquired by clay ball in loose fist grip I hope to cast the 'submerged water' in coloured gel wax, with a cavity for the movement gears, taking the fist grip form as… Continue reading Lost-time piece
07 October 2019 Preparatory Research Notes: 1 Minute Critical Review of Wendy Ramshaw’s Neckpiece for ‘Portrait of a Woman’ Structure: Contextualize artefact-10sIntroduction, initial thoughts, background-10sPersonal thoughts why I chose it, like/dislike it-10sSecondary Research-15sTakeaway (Primary research)-15s Style: Vlog – my interaction with the piece, subsequent enquiry into jewellery design, artistic process Notes Context: Part of her… Continue reading Preparatory Research Notes: 1 min critical review
27 September 2019 Our Friday session started with an introduction to 'Group Material', and their approach to curating, as 'The People's Choice', through crowd sourced exhibitions by the same title, organized by them. They questioned the origins and users of culture, creating products to empower people to define their own culture, instead of having it… Continue reading Curating a collection: Friday Session
26 September 2019 After collecting object images from the V&A, I set about analyzing why I was drawn to certain objects, and why I liked some and disliked others. At the debriefing session with Scott and my Pathway peers, I discussed my objects and hoped to get some insight for future steps. I chose to… Continue reading V&A Debriefing
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