Realize Crit

06 February 2020 Ownership of process - connect process with audience - metaphysical stories and narratives - Pick oneExample idea: Narrative - Jim - fixing, repair, kintsugi - growth - Material mataphorical IdentityHair - differentiate - personalized - potentialPrecedent - process: Wooley headler limestone depositsmaterial identity - provenance of copper, salt, vinegar, symbolism, identity, history,… Continue reading Realize Crit

Interim Crit

23 January 2020 Material exploration, experimentation, innovation can be a final outcomeDont have to push for a final productDocument findings from material experiments - all salts crystallized, failed crystallization, research on synthetic crystallography - imp outcome for M&J courseRefer Lee Simmons, Juli Legaut - amino labFine art perspective - let material tell a story -… Continue reading Interim Crit

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

P04 Investigate Reflection

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

Navigators Reflection

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

Artefact Final Crit and Reflection

25 October 2019 Sparked by a Wendy Ramshaw neckpiece at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the project is an ongoing enquiry into aesthetic identity. Questioning my role as a designer, artist, crafter, maker or interdisciplinary practitioner, I began drawing from space and writing my thoughts while exposing myself to landscapes, art, design and architecture. The… Continue reading Artefact Final Crit and Reflection

1 min Critical Review of Wendy Ramshaw’s Neck piece for ‘Portrait of a Woman’

27 October 2019 https://youtu.be/MzrqMRfJuSs Critique video for Wendy Ramshaw's Neckpiece for 'Portrait of a Woman' My Critical reflection on the object: The object I would like to talk about is a Wendy Ramshaw neckpiece that I came across at the Jewellery Gallery at the V&A. I was initially drawn to the object for its interesting… Continue reading 1 min Critical Review of Wendy Ramshaw’s Neck piece for ‘Portrait of a Woman’