by Kelly | 17 Nov 2010 | 5AA004: Understanding Skills and Materials, Creating in the Workshops
I was at uni on the flat-bed grinder beginning the polishing process to flatten the top and bottom of my coloured glass cylinders. On the third cylinder (my favourite!), the orange one, I was on the second side and the flat-bed caught the piece and dragged it out of...
by Kelly | 16 Nov 2010 | 5AA001: Design Discourse and its Critique, 5AA004: Understanding Skills and Materials, Creating in the Workshops, Exploring Different Materials
This afternoon I began making two-part moulds of two light bulbs for my Friday module. My aim is to slip cast them and as the module is all about multiples, slip casting is a great was of doing this. I have never tried slip casting before so it should be interesting....
by Kelly | 15 Nov 2010 | 5AA004: Understanding Skills and Materials, Creating in the Workshops, Exploring Different Materials, Initial Ideas
There are a few people having issues as well as myself with the Friday module and the way it is being run. As the University has changed the course since we began, there are some people who joined onto a specialist course and are being force to use other materials...
by Kelly | 15 Nov 2010 | 5AA001: Design Discourse and its Critique, 5AA002: Integrating Practice and Materials, Exploring Different Materials, Initial Ideas, Research
Finally all my sketchbooks are now on the way! It took ages for me to start my Wednesday module sketchbook although I had been making samples and test pieces. I also finally used the images and information I had printed out ages ago for my Tuesday sketchbook and...
by Kelly | 06 Nov 2010 | 5AA004: Understanding Skills and Materials, Creating in the Workshops, Exploring Different Materials
On Friday I finished cutting out all my brass silhouettes finally! They look great. I now need to file the edges and there are six of them!! Still it will be totally worth it when they’re done. They look great already. Next week I will start putting together the...
by Kelly | 03 Nov 2010 | 5AA004: Understanding Skills and Materials, Creating in the Workshops, Exploring Different Materials
On Friday last week, I started the rotation into metals from glass and so Marcus has become my tutor for this module for the next four weeks I think. I showed him my sketchbook and in this module I have been trying to bring graffiti, stencils and silhouettes into my...
