I make things.
20 February 2020 During our editorial meeting, Francesca and I discussed the possibility of collaborating on the further development of our respective realize projects. Francesca had proposed a branching light fixture in her community food library, suspended above a branching meal table. I wondered if I could plate and crystallize one of the branching structures,… Continue reading Realize Further Development
20 February 2020 Based on an example spread in Clare's presentation, I wanted to create a layout with all our objects 'speaking to one another' in one space/plane, for a potential contents page. Since we did not manage to experiment with our materials together in the studio, I tried to select images from all our… Continue reading Contents page trial
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
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
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
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
10 December 2019 This science experiment is the first I have come across, depicting the mechanism of formation of cauliflower/fern shaped salt crystals. It uses ammonia and water combined with a colloidal bluing suspension, to cause capillarity, evaporation and crystal deposition, in shapes closest to my salt crystals. (I'm not sure exposing kids to ammonia… Continue reading Cauliflower/Fern Crystals
08 December 2019 Paintbrush with green dye (Experiment 2) 2. Copper Strip closely wound on wooden stirring stick with white salt and white vinegar (Experiment 4) 3. Used copper strip from electroplating (Experiment 19) 4. Copper sheet + crystallization attempt (Experiment 15)
08 December 2019 BISMUTH: At the RCA Fete, I was intriguied by Sara Chyan's holographic Bismuth jewellery, which was based on the concepts of melting and crystallization, and further oxidation of bismuth metal, the processes giving it geometric shapes and holographic colours respectively. This video helped me visualize the process in detail. I think that… Continue reading Crystal Precedents: other materials, properties and narratives
06 December 2019 I have been slow at looking at potential applications and precedents for my experiments so far, but my current state of mind willed an idea based on the concept of wedding bands as 'cuffs' forcefully bonding two people in an agreement, and the effect of age, wear, time and experience on this… Continue reading Embodied Thought: Idea for a final piece
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