Full collection here at my picasa account.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
15 pairs!
After recovering from this mornings late bedtime and even later rising I spent the afternoon making earrings to hopefully sell on SCA's open day this Saturday.
Full collection here at my picasa account.
Full collection here at my picasa account.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Glass concepts: Casting into light
My Larria lamp
Deb's three little Birds
Nadine's Box light
Katie's twisting tower
Deb's three little Birds
Nadine's Box light
Katie's twisting tower
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Casting into light model making
I've tried stickytape and sculpey...now i'm on to a jasmine scented candle to make my model with..i think the model will be more representational than accurate..I'll leave the drawings to do that.
Any hoo back to it.
Any hoo back to it.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Hot shop practice and Object theory.
Jon and I made some monstrous things today..oversized, warped and unbalanced objects. It was fun though.
At lunch time a Joori, Katie and I made our moulds for our lost wax cup things. A little late, still eating part of my lunch I entered into Object theory (sorry Clare).
After Clare's class Anna, Joori, Katie and I went in to the mould room to either steam our moulds start making them or finishing them off.
We got booted out at 5 by teachers wanting to go home (fair enough). Lying on our desks were the details for part one of our hot shop project "Sensibility shift".
I am now eating Green & Blacks butterscotch chocolate wondering how I am going to fit this all in.
At lunch time a Joori, Katie and I made our moulds for our lost wax cup things. A little late, still eating part of my lunch I entered into Object theory (sorry Clare).
After Clare's class Anna, Joori, Katie and I went in to the mould room to either steam our moulds start making them or finishing them off.
We got booted out at 5 by teachers wanting to go home (fair enough). Lying on our desks were the details for part one of our hot shop project "Sensibility shift".
I am now eating Green & Blacks butterscotch chocolate wondering how I am going to fit this all in.
Object theory
the questions are "WHY is there such a division between art and craft. Why is craft so material and process driven? HOW did we get to think like this? Should we? Can we change? Do we want to? etc.
Augustus Pugin and John Ruskin had ideas in common that espoused the idea of honesty in design.
Augustus Pugin and John Ruskin had ideas in common that espoused the idea of honesty in design.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Computer drawing
Bring a portrait photograph with an interesting background, the person should take up about a third of the picture.
Nick demonstrated the lessons task's by giving his brother horns, pointy ears, enlarged glassy eyes then texturing him like a photocopy. Some how I didn't feel that Dougie would appreciate the same treatment. At one point I found a tool that made his nose bigger..it was an accident!
I had a little giggle then pressed delete.
So a picture taken of Dougie on my birthday in a cafe on a sunny morning in may. Background was given a palette knife effect and the table on which there was coffee and chai was swirled and distorted.
Nick demonstrated the lessons task's by giving his brother horns, pointy ears, enlarged glassy eyes then texturing him like a photocopy. Some how I didn't feel that Dougie would appreciate the same treatment. At one point I found a tool that made his nose bigger..it was an accident!
I had a little giggle then pressed delete.
So a picture taken of Dougie on my birthday in a cafe on a sunny morning in may. Background was given a palette knife effect and the table on which there was coffee and chai was swirled and distorted.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Lighting design
Radiolarian pics from all over. Aren't they amazing.
Radiolaria interesting links
http://www.viewsfromscience.com/documents/webpages/methods_p3.html
http://www.radiolaria.org/
http://www.zenarchy.net/gallery_3d_micro.html
http://www.archicentral.com/radiolaria-pavilion-a-free-form-structure-produced-using-the-worlds-largest-3d-printer-20520/
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/radiolaria.html
http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/radio/
http://www.d-shape.com/pg2.htm
http://oceanlink.island.net/biodiversity/radiolaria/radiolaria.html
Radiolaria interesting links
http://www.viewsfromscience.com/documents/webpages/methods_p3.html
http://www.radiolaria.org/
http://www.zenarchy.net/gallery_3d_micro.html
http://www.archicentral.com/radiolaria-pavilion-a-free-form-structure-produced-using-the-worlds-largest-3d-printer-20520/
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/radiolaria.html
http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/radio/
http://www.d-shape.com/pg2.htm
http://oceanlink.island.net/biodiversity/radiolaria/radiolaria.html
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Hot shop practice and wax casting
After I lit the hotshop I made another cup mould.
the step by step photo's are here on my picasa page
I partnered with Mel this morning. I made another larger spotty jug and a little flower vase intended for Kelly. Mel practiced bubbles and made one tumbler though unfortunately the bottom fell out..it was a good shape though for a first tumbler.
After cooling down I poured some wax shells and sheets which I then gently carried on the bus back home to fashion into something for Friday's practical class with Marina.
the step by step photo's are here on my picasa page
I partnered with Mel this morning. I made another larger spotty jug and a little flower vase intended for Kelly. Mel practiced bubbles and made one tumbler though unfortunately the bottom fell out..it was a good shape though for a first tumbler.
After cooling down I poured some wax shells and sheets which I then gently carried on the bus back home to fashion into something for Friday's practical class with Marina.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Saturday, August 8, 2009
The finished beanie!
At last! A little big..I now know that Dougie's head isn't actually THAT big and the moss stitch decrease worked out in the end too.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Hot shop practice
Jon and I partnered up in the hotshop between 9am and 1pm. I will have another spotty milk jug hopefully with a slightly less daliesqe handle. Uri came by to give a demo and instruction on handles. My co ordination is somewhat lacking at the moment but hopefully it will click in soon. Jon made a lovely vase with red swirls and amazing bubbles (bicarb and pineapple marver). Afterward I helped and hindered Uri with making some cane.
Object theory THAP 1212
Craft guilds of the late middle ages and the industrial revolution: Craft is a changing.
What do we associate with the labels Craft, Art & Design? If we were to think in cliches..
Craft: domestic, practical, functional, recreational, traditional, technique / skill, carving, textiles, jewelery, ceramics, glass.
Art: expressive, conceptual painting, sculpture, drawing, representational, abstract, museum, gallery, unique, looked at and thought about.
Design: commercial, functional, reproduction, advertising,
Our idea of craft now is quite different to how it was used previous to the industrial revolution. In the time of the craft guilds in the mid to late middle ages there was no distinction between craft, art and design. The craft guilds and the merchant classes were products of the population decrease after the 'black death (1348-1350)'.
Artists and artisan's worked collectively and apart from some very rare cases individual names where never known.
Guilds introduced many benefits for their members, even if to our eye today the rules and regulations seem rather restrictive and stifling. Compared to the option of being some feudal lord's serf a guild suddenly looks quite good. The guilds entered another level in the feudal system. Standards & prices were set, morals upheld, insurance for members and families, job security and protection! As in the feudal system they worked within guilds had a hierarchical structure. Masters at the top with journeyman in between the apprentices at the bottom.
Eventually the masters became corrupt. Nobility came to the guild for loans often to fund a holy war or suchlike. Guild families and nobility often intermarried..a desire for either money or titles.
To be continued...
The guild for environmental protesters
What do we associate with the labels Craft, Art & Design? If we were to think in cliches..
Craft: domestic, practical, functional, recreational, traditional, technique / skill, carving, textiles, jewelery, ceramics, glass.
Art: expressive, conceptual painting, sculpture, drawing, representational, abstract, museum, gallery, unique, looked at and thought about.
Design: commercial, functional, reproduction, advertising,
Our idea of craft now is quite different to how it was used previous to the industrial revolution. In the time of the craft guilds in the mid to late middle ages there was no distinction between craft, art and design. The craft guilds and the merchant classes were products of the population decrease after the 'black death (1348-1350)'.
Artists and artisan's worked collectively and apart from some very rare cases individual names where never known.
Guilds introduced many benefits for their members, even if to our eye today the rules and regulations seem rather restrictive and stifling. Compared to the option of being some feudal lord's serf a guild suddenly looks quite good. The guilds entered another level in the feudal system. Standards & prices were set, morals upheld, insurance for members and families, job security and protection! As in the feudal system they worked within guilds had a hierarchical structure. Masters at the top with journeyman in between the apprentices at the bottom.
Eventually the masters became corrupt. Nobility came to the guild for loans often to fund a holy war or suchlike. Guild families and nobility often intermarried..a desire for either money or titles.
To be continued...
The guild for environmental protesters
Monday, August 3, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Tractus making
Once we finally got out of bed we strolled off to the strand cafe in Croydon. Quite a nice walk, the warmth of the sun this winters day had a fair bit of summer in it's rays. The cafe serves breakfast all day (a trend I'm quite fond of) lucky for us! We sat outside in the courtyard and enjoyed our breakfast around a perfectly placed table, sun for Dougie and shade for me.
Not all the curb cuts between Croydon and Ashfield have a smooth surface some being quite deceivingly bumpy. It was over one of these bumpy ones that I managed to 'bump' my love right out of the wheelchair and on to the ground. Yikes! thanks to a passerby Dougie was only floor side for a few minutes. The remainder of the walk was sunnily uneventful.
The rest of the day I have experimented with ripped up paper, blended paper, flour glue, baloons, clingwrap, jugs whilst trying to make my Concepts "Tractus". it's proving harder than I thought to use recycled materials. Wax would be easier..I think. I took a break to use the kitchen and implements for actually making food (victoria sponge cake).
Dougie is writing and listening to BBC 4.
Not all the curb cuts between Croydon and Ashfield have a smooth surface some being quite deceivingly bumpy. It was over one of these bumpy ones that I managed to 'bump' my love right out of the wheelchair and on to the ground. Yikes! thanks to a passerby Dougie was only floor side for a few minutes. The remainder of the walk was sunnily uneventful.
The rest of the day I have experimented with ripped up paper, blended paper, flour glue, baloons, clingwrap, jugs whilst trying to make my Concepts "Tractus". it's proving harder than I thought to use recycled materials. Wax would be easier..I think. I took a break to use the kitchen and implements for actually making food (victoria sponge cake).
Dougie is writing and listening to BBC 4.
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