I make things.
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
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
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
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
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