Trees of bronze.
Posted: November 15, 2013 Filed under: Skills, Subject. | Tags: art, bronze, casting, doorknob., hot., metal, pen, sculpture, skills, tree, work Leave a commentFinally poured our bronze last week! It was very exciting taking part in the pour and am very happy with the outcomes. Now onto finishing and polishing, watch this space!
Tess and the Big Big Mess.
Posted: December 1, 2012 Filed under: Contextual, Creative Strategies, Subject. | Tags: Artist, creative thinking, creative workplace., Designer, Desk, doorknob., Maker., mess, mushroom fairy lights, personal workspace Leave a commentWow! Didn’t realise how much of a mess my desk is. Going to have to have a big sort out and stick some images up so I can get making!
Also got my mushroom fairy lights fixed, very happy!
Drawing my knob.
Posted: November 24, 2012 Filed under: Creative Strategies, Drawing, Subject. | Tags: Artist, Designer, doorknob., Drawing, experimentation., Maker. Leave a commentProgressing in my project by experimenting with drawing and mark making. Before starting each drawing I set a time limit, some drawings squeezing into half a minute to some of them stretch out over half an hour. Overall, I tried to suggest a life within the objects without giving them human attributes and features. I think they are successful but what do you think?
Twisting and shaking.
Posted: November 13, 2012 Filed under: Creative Strategies, Skills, Subject. | Tags: Artist, ceramics, Clay, Designer, doorknob., experiment., Maker., stitch Leave a commentRecently I’ve been trying to experiment with the movement an object undergoes while carrying out its function. I’ve done this through, stitch, fabric, clay, plastic, metal and paper. Just trying out how each material responds and captures the movement. Below are a few examples (bare in mind how raw they are as they are just initial experiments!) hope you like.
My first 3D print.
Posted: November 12, 2012 Filed under: Skills, Subject., Technical, Technology | Tags: 3D print, Artist, Designer, doorknob., Maker. Leave a commentFriday, I had my first encounter with our artist designer:maker-bot. I printed out a large scale doorknob which I previously modelled in the CAD software – Rhino. Sadly the top didn’t print out but this left the form open for manipulation. The aesthetic of the print plastic would contrast well with a soft material such as a textile or paper. My main aim when combining these material and using the 3D print as a base to work on top of, would be to give the objects, in this case the doorknob, personality and history through the aesthetic, presentation and context of the object. I will be experimenting this week, and I’ll keep you posted with images of this progress.
Maker:Tess 