I make things.
21 November 2019 Inspired by Lee Trimming's drawing at the Speed of Thought exhibit, I came home and started doodling on my square pad. I drew this over 2-3 days, different moods and music (which might reflect in the curvature and lengths of strokes). This unplanned drawing exercise did help me think while making, something… Continue reading Speculative Drawing
Abstraction process - things to pick from 22 October 2019 Temperate house - largest surviving Victorian GlasshouseSun- warmth, light. Cage?Structural systemBotanical garden - founded - 1840World Heritage siteAims - Botanical research and educationSite started 1759Kew constabulary - police forceKew palace - previously royal country house - plants, animals, pets?Houses 90% of world's known plant speciesvenue… Continue reading Kew Gardens – Essence
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
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’
21 October 2019 Wassilly Kandinsky's artwork played a major role in Wendy Ramshaw's aesthetic compositionsAbstract shapes, repetition and composition on a surface Taking my weaving as a fresh start, I revisited Wendy Ramshaw's subtle abstraction of contextual elements to inform the aesthetics of the handbag. Architectural Projects: The Pilgrim Doors, Southwark Cathedral Millenium Building, London… Continue reading Revisiting Wendy Ramshaw’s abstraction process
17 October 2019 Weave - invention of a processUse weave as a new starting point(Dont take hot house reference too literally)Revisit Wendy Ramshaw's gates and her subtle abstraction process - develop aesthetics and functionalityDevelop weave as aesthetic goalFocus on completing handbag before other ideas (time piece, footwear, headgear)Living plants - intriguing idearesin - bad ideaDevelop… Continue reading Academic tutorial with Isabel
Based on Alkesh's intriguing reference of Rachna Gharodia's woven tapestries from waste materials, I decided to incorporate a number of found objects invoking the industrial and technological resource intensive 'jungle' humans have created for themselves.. Found wire, metal mesh, metal sheet, resistors - to invoke industrial cage Mockup of possible materials
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
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