Working through the mountain..

..of postcards, leaflets, flyers, and business cards! I've junked a whole bin's worth already and am slowly working my way through the next! Having collected an awful lot this past year through visits to Collect, New Designers, NTU Degree Shows and the MA Expo, I've not spent anytime evaluating what I wanted to keep!? So here I am with a few days to go before starting back and considering my own work again! As I work through, here are my favourite finds:

Continuing my Journey by Lexi Mac

Isobel Thackray

Janet Wooton: eco resin, black bamboo and jute

Christina Barnard Illustration

Kyle Hands, Painting No.56

Canadian artist Martin Messier brings this unusual orchestra in which all the sounds are made by sewing machines made in the 1940s, amplified and processed by computers. A complex network of strange rhythmic patterns which create all sorts of mental associations among the audience, thanks to the evocative power of these small industrial marvels.

All up for assesment!

Today is the end of term 1!  Phew! that all went a bit quick!? I presented my work to Kathy and Daniel yesterday, which went 'alright', though I did feel a bit gabbly!!

here's my space set up for assesment

mouldmaking examples, sketchbooks, technical file + artist research

my monoprint series of bikes - which turned out quite well in the end!

and I finally made good out of all those bits of broken resin!

Now it's off for 4 weeks and back in Janurary - lets hope for some snow!!!

Mould-making and Resin

Today was the final day of our mould making project. Frustratingly what I wanted to make didn't exactly work out but at least I now know how to make a silicone mould and that twisting resin as it's drying is a definate no-no!

Here's my sketchbook journey...

initial ideas...looking at the surface structure of a pineapple and orange and contemplating the shape of twisted peel

documenting the mould making process (also see CastingAbout)

research (with images of work by Geoffery Mann and Ron Arad)

creating my mould!

resin casting samples (+dirty glove!)

research (with work by Anthony Clume)

Gel Coat resin and casting samples

the disaster that was broken peel + what to do next!? (think...Cornelia Parker!)

drilled peel!

amazing Birzi Table Lamp + full orange and skin mould casts

final abstract sculptured lighting design

Next time I use resin, I think I'll be looking to make things like this:

beautiful brooches from Tiffini at EBSQarts