I make things.
02 December 2019 Essay Plan: Structure 3 (Key works merged with paradigms as debate paragraphs) Introduction: Olafur Eliasson, Interdisciplinary experiential designer/artistReason - material driven, nature inspired designMy experience – “In Real Life” at TATE Modern – overlap of nature, technology, human experienceMy current exploration of emotional design as opposed to functional design, overall interest in… Continue reading ADAS Essay Plan
19 November 2019 9. I finally decided to use ammonia and see how it changed the appearance of the patinas in brass and copper. For this experiment, I decided to sand a piece each of copper and brass, while scratching another set of samples with steel wool, to see the effects of corrosion based on… Continue reading Patinas and Crystals
04 November 2019 Creative economySpeculative designDutch Designcontemporary participatory design precedents (David Roux Foullet - gun setting by clients,)Industry standard software (and its application as a tool in process, visualization, consumption)Finish Unexpected PleasuresRead - Speculative everythingRead Research methods for product designRead emotional designVisit exhibitions and analyse annotations and artist work descriptions- for my own portfolio writingStudy… Continue reading Topics to look up/read/think about
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
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
20 October 2019 Trying to work on the structure of the handbag till I can develop a vocabulary for the aesthetic for the weave.. Wrapping found (and borrowed) wire and rods towards the structure is a complex and time consuming process, I should probably weld metal rods for next time, as they would not only… Continue reading Handbag Structure, more vines
Materials and experiments initial sketches of time pieceinitial sketches of time piecewire and clay prototype watch movement gears - to be submerged shape acquired by clay ball in loose fist grip I hope to cast the 'submerged water' in coloured gel wax, with a cavity for the movement gears, taking the fist grip form as… Continue reading Lost-time piece
07 October 2019 Preparatory Research Notes: 1 Minute Critical Review of Wendy Ramshaw’s Neckpiece for ‘Portrait of a Woman’ Structure: Contextualize artefact-10sIntroduction, initial thoughts, background-10sPersonal thoughts why I chose it, like/dislike it-10sSecondary Research-15sTakeaway (Primary research)-15s Style: Vlog – my interaction with the piece, subsequent enquiry into jewellery design, artistic process Notes Context: Part of her… Continue reading Preparatory Research Notes: 1 min critical review
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
01 October 2019 I tried to develop aesthetic form and abstract representation of some photographs of emotional value. I realized that I was interested in abstracting from spaces representing a contrast of natural and human made elements and structures. I decided to explore Kew Gardens as a possible source of inspiration and abstraction.
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