Mary Evans – Materials Lab Lecture, RCA Kensington

30 January 2020 Original work - painting, offset printing with stencils Experience of racism in Amsterdam shattered her sense of place, made her question her identity, rootsImages as pictograms of African Men and Women, repeated in varying sizes for perspective, hand cut from kraft paperReferences silhouettes of architectural elements in some worksAdopted kraft paper used… Continue reading Mary Evans – Materials Lab Lecture, RCA Kensington

Riveting

28 November 2019 After the crit, I learnt how to rivet with 1 mm copper and 1.5 mm brass wires. (Thanks Alkesh!) Basic process: Flatten out metal sheets with a mallet and heavy weights after cutting to shapeDrill out just a little bigger dia holes than the dia of the wire into metal sheet (i… Continue reading Riveting

Subtraction cutting workshop with Julian

12 November 2019 I had been curious about Julian's Subtraction cutting process, and finally managed to catch a demonstration and workshop, pairing with Summer in the creation of our own subtraction cutting garment. Julian's process, as I had observed from his presentation during the project launch, is quite organic and speculative, and relies on some… Continue reading Subtraction cutting workshop with Julian