My Art & Design: May 2012

Monday, 14 May 2012

Overall I am pleased with the outcome of this project, I am pleased with the look of the piece and I am happy with my end presentation of it. I feel that I have been successful in producing a piece of sculpture taking influence from tribal jewellery and the idea of restricting movement or function. I am pleased with my material choice also which I feel works well with the simple design of the piece. The material choice also allowed for the use of a range of colours and the rigid material fits well with the idea of restriction.
I decided to present the piece on the wall as I felt that it was secure and allowed the viewer to interact with the piece. The reason I displayed the piece with no reference really of the body was maybe to allow people to read the piece as they see fit.
Although I am pleased with my outcome I would have liked to try out more things with the finished piece, I would have like to photograph the piece on body as well as maybe try and create a short stop motion showing the movement of the piece as I feel that is another interesting aspect of it, but those are things that I still plan on doing following assessment.

Artist Statement

Although we have to write proposals for our negotiated programme and I have been told to keep redefining what I'm doing and why, I found the prospect of writing an artist statement difficult so I looked online to see what an artist statement sholud include as a starting point. Here is my my first attempt at trying to write at an artist statement;

I am influenced by fashion, tribal adornment and jewellery in general, as well as the idea that restriction and discomfort are elements accepted within most cultures when it comes to dress and adornment. I like the use of simple shape and form repetetively and am also drawn to the use of acylic and how the use of the laser cutter can give interesting and precise outcomes. As a tactile person I try to create work that encourages touch (or at least the desire to do so). My piece is a sculpture inspired by the idea of restrictive adornment however it also can be worn.

Potential For Future Ideas

diff fixings layouts ways to put things togetther etc like dem and jo said other ways of realising or finishing project

Tutorial 01.05.2012

At this point I had produced a more detailed working drawing of the piece i wanted to create with measurements and how the mechanism would work, I had also perfected the drawings on 2-D design that I needed for the laser cutter and had laser cut test pieces from both mount board and acrylic. We discussed the finishing off of the piece as well as the fact I should look at alternative outcomes and potential for future ideas and present them on my blog.

These are pictures of the test pieces, I was satisfied with the shape etc and so my drawings were finalised. I had decided to use a 6mm rod to act as the pivot so that the pieces could still open and close but would still be secure, I also wanted to cut out small spacers to put in between each of the layers.

Jewellers

Anna Calvert

Mainly works with silver using traditional techniques and makes all of her pieces by hand. She uses soft leather and manipulates it to capture organic forms and partly encase them with silver. Her aim is to create fresh pieces that have a soft and sensuous tactile element that will enhances the interaction of the piece for the wearer to enjoy.

Stephanie Hamer

Stephanie is an emerging contemporary jewellery artist, based in Manchester. Working mainly in plastics, and exploring the use of colour, shape and pattern, Stephanie strives to create jewellery that is striking, modern and fun.
Stephanie's work takes inspiration from everyday scenes that are usually passed by without really being noticed. Sights such as a radiator grills, electrical wires and spilt paint can capture her imagination. After photographing these scenes, Stephanie digitally manipulates the images to create a series of repetitive patterns which she then uses within her work.

Stephanie Bates

Stephanie Bates' current collection of wearable pieces have been inspired by architecture and its constant change through destruction and development over the years. Gloucester Docks and Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, both of which are currently seeing great change through regeneration projects, have been a focus of hers. Other urban buildings in Birmingham include old, graffitied warehouses in Digbeth, blocks of flats in Perry Barr under demolition exposing their history, and the newly built, angular steel structures alongside these, that have offered interesting contrasts for her to study. She combines mixed materials including precious metals, concrete, wallpaper, enamel and spray paint with traditional skills and modern design technology, to create jewellery & objects.

These are three jewellers who's work I really like, I like that Anna Calvert's pieces combine both rigid and soft materials, I feel as though Stephanie Hamer's pieces have elements similar to some of my own work (simplicity, repetition and her use of plastics), I like the structural element of Stephanie Bates work as well as the simplicity of her pieces.

Sunday, 13 May 2012

tutorial 24.04.2012

At this tutorial I explained that hadn't managed to get much work done over Easter, however I did take in some sketch ideas for my final piece. I wanted it to be made up of repetitive layers encompassing parts of the head, neck and or waist and I was told;

i needed much more rigour,
my ideas/ sketches needed to be more detailed as they were not readable the mechanism I had in mind was not apparent from my sketches dem suggested the idea of it being able to move with the/ a model
i needed to make scaled models and acrylic prototypes
i need to consider the presentation as i intended on presenting the piece by itself/ jo suggested photographing it on a naked body with v static
time needed to be planned to ensure everything was finished on time etc.

Looking at my drawings I realised I needed to make my design ideas clearer and much more concise so they were readable to others, I also began trying to perfect my drawings on 2-d design ready test on the laser cutter.

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