Academic tutorial with Alkesh Parmar

Engage with human body dimensions and behaviour, triggershand-point of contact for handbag and timepiece- experiment with interactionsPolymorph - capture - hand, griptactile element - experiment with texturesSharp, uncomfortable materials against the skin/body Further research: Amber CordialBernard Shorbinger - Swedish designer - living jewellery David Roux Foullet - function Bubble jewellery - steel wire necklace -… Continue reading Academic tutorial with Alkesh Parmar

Material Study -II

11 September 2019 Prototype 5: PVC Fabric stretched across wire frame Prototype 6: Based on found materials and inspiring objects at the site: Participatory trash collection?Using Chicken mesh for structure: Casting and moulding induction with Anna

Site Visit – thoughts, feelings, views, observation and conversation

07 September 2019 1:46 pm. Laughing people • leaves rustling • chirping of birds • bicycle passing • airplane above • a skateboard "Woo Hoo!" Yet, a sense of quiet. I could sit here forever. (Except, I need to go to the bathroom, but the one inside the gardens might be filthy.. should I give it a… Continue reading Site Visit – thoughts, feelings, views, observation and conversation

Material exploration

06 September 2019 I found this Jacob's Ladder toy at the V&A Museum of Childhood on our way to the site from Bethnal Greens station. I was quite intrigued at seeing the object, and wasn't quite sure what one was supposed to do with it.. But the clever arrangement of ribbons connecting wooden slats, such… Continue reading Material exploration

Notes from today’s ‘drift’ in Granada..

29 Aug 2019 Planned journey-from London to Granada - a contrast from the adventure of walking/riding through cobblestone streets of the historic Moorish town. Housed in a beautiful Moroccan villa with views to the alhambra monument and the beautiful Carrera del Darro street below.City planned at the time of Moorish rule in Spain, complete with… Continue reading Notes from today’s ‘drift’ in Granada..