I make things.
Hot House Handbag Chihuly - at the Temperate House Concept: 2. Lost time piece Concept: Lost time piece 3. Creeping at your feet - foot wear Concept: Creeping footwear 4. Headgear/viewing glasses Distortion Concept: Recurring Theme: Parasitic Invasions Nature taking overHindering resource intensive human invasionAnti function?Ruin, destructionAggression / confrontation from nature
02 October 2019 Natural and derived: waterlilySapphire star - placed beauifully against greens and sky Curly hair? accentuate? hairpiece? Collected shapes, elements and ideas: Collected shapes: Waterlily HouseSpiral Staircase - Temperate HouseCollected objects, Hive installation, questions with technologyDrawing from Space: Kew Gardens Identified beautiful contrasts - structural and organic elementsChihuly exhibit - forms derived from… Continue reading Kew Gardens: Drawing from Space-2
01 October 2019 I tried to develop aesthetic form and abstract representation of some photographs of emotional value. I realized that I was interested in abstracting from spaces representing a contrast of natural and human made elements and structures. I decided to explore Kew Gardens as a possible source of inspiration and abstraction.
01 October 2019 ADAPTATION STRATEGIES Towards sustainability- built environment- biggest culprit for waste generationConversion of existing buildings and models to new and distinctive (traces of history, richer) ones with diff. usesemotional value - sense of human use - previous lifeWhat was once there + what is new - intersection of 2 momentsadditionupcycling / superuse (smart… Continue reading Pathway session: Concept sheets
17 Sept 2019 Some questions I am trying to answer through my butterfly prototype: Example product: Ladybird Ring (Donna Jewel's Instagram account) The ladybird ring mechanism made me curious about levers and complex movement mechanisms. Prototype based on lever? mechanisms: https://youtu.be/JVpQcG6ER7A Aesthetics Precedent: deeper study of Bristol Whales: Aesthetic study: making sculpture from trash Based… Continue reading Prototypes and Precedents
15 September 2019 User Interface: thoughts Interactive interfaces for the installation Support Prop structures: Models Tripod at baseTripod at top Aesthetics: Precedent - Bristol Whales Sculpture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sKgXfPcd1M Flapping and constraint mechanism: Reading - Making Simple Automata, Robert Race Muttering Bird - Mechanics studyCamshaft Historical precedents of 'Automata'Quote - Basics of interactive objects Everyday example: Gym… Continue reading Simple Mechanics Study
11 September 2019 Prototype 5: PVC Fabric stretched across wire frame Prototype 6: Based on found materials and inspiring objects at the site: Participatory trash collection?Using Chicken mesh for structure: Casting and moulding induction with Anna
10 Aug 2019 My recent site visit inspired me to create an engaging kinetic (or mechanical?) installation on the green patch between the unnamed road coming from Brick Lane, and the tunnel leading to the Nomadic Community Gardens. I realized that despite a number of children visiting the area, the swing pole was inaccessible and… Continue reading Materials and motion
06 September 2019 I found this Jacob's Ladder toy at the V&A Museum of Childhood on our way to the site from Bethnal Greens station. I was quite intrigued at seeing the object, and wasn't quite sure what one was supposed to do with it.. But the clever arrangement of ribbons connecting wooden slats, such… Continue reading Material exploration
04 September 2019 Kinetic Sculptures https://youtu.be/vVHtCaoPbMI Interactive Toys Jacob's Ladder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgIyPDSxa3c Kyung Hwa's example of Chinese Opera and changing masks as objects of engagement https://www.facebook.com/InTheKnowCreativebyAOL/videos/2051114428302577?sfns=1
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