16 January 2020 Artist Statement Reference my Architecture and Interiors backgroundwords - body, homeware, urban art - change the words, make them broader - cross reference the words with projects - (design, craft, art), (varying scale), (design issues?)reference writingmake image of ring clearer - new photo, good picture overallNote - how to incorporate the statement… Continue reading Portfolio tutorial with Alkesh
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Portfolio Tutorial with Gary
15 January 2020 Artist statement convey the human body, form, interaction that M&J entailsConvey items not for utilitarian value - texture, surface, design P04 Investigate Switch outcomes and processes sheetAfter 3 sheets - narrow down to larger sized images to show editorial conclusive approach for next projectText - intent - purposeful open ended exercise Narratives… Continue reading Portfolio Tutorial with Gary
Tutorial with Isabel
13 January 2020 As a product, what do users do with it?Crystals - hardy - encase in glass/resin - example white gold rim and glass casing - feeling of unreachability - elusive nature narrativeMark Dion - language of victorian museums - vitrines and cabinetsOutput needs to be clarified - practical? benefit as a product? grow… Continue reading Tutorial with Isabel
Tutorial with Isabel
03 December 2019 Discussion on MA Progression pathway: Metals and jewellery- a good fit, however need to look at relation of objects with bodyMA M&J: highly conceptual, not necessarily wearable more fine art based: SOAH body links art and designwith respect to avenues outside of course: try the ephermal and commercial in parallel: Gijs Bakker… Continue reading Tutorial with Isabel
Interim Crit
28 November 2019 Kyung Hwa - Precedents: Light through crystals - Stardust crystallized sugar lamp - Won Joon LeeFruit Battery Floor lamp - Jeehee Park - using electrolytes in fruits to conduct electricity for lighting - critique - waste of food Capri battery - Joseph Beuys - powerful statementHistorical references - take inspirationLygia Clark -… Continue reading Interim Crit
Tutorial with Alkesh
21 November 2019 Push the same materials furtherRelate the concept of corrosion to ideas in the brief -through 'B' approach of Speculative DesignWhat other objects can be subjected to wear? (Portobello Road market - antiques, metal objects - symbols and meanings) Metal Processes to look at: Electroforming Acid etching - precision and photo etching Powder… Continue reading Tutorial with Alkesh
Tutorial with Isabel
21 October 2019 Present piece as work in progress - critically evaluate issues and problems - through an evaluation in blog - for next prototype. Issues apparent initially: Sharp edgesHandlesPrecedents Sharp edges Iron out edges in next prototype Weld structure instead of wound wireConsider other materials for a potential product for market The Handbag Provenance… Continue reading Tutorial with Isabel
Meeting with Kyung Hwa
18 October 2019 Add dynamics within materialsWeave composition - too dullShadow - dynamic movement - morning - to - eveningintroduce harmonious relationship instead of repeating glass house, allow plants comfortable environment and space to growinclude plants in the development of the handbag, as opposed to weaving them on laterUsability? How can it be carried to… Continue reading Meeting with Kyung Hwa
Academic tutorial with Isabel
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
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
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