by Kelly | 20 Apr 2011 | 5AA003 Creative Applications, 5AA005: Specialist Practice in Applied Arts, Creating in the Workshops, Research
Well, I had a very busy and organised day today! I have finally looked out from University to the world of industry for my work. I visited The Glassworks in Birmingham to get them to laminate two sheets of float glass (which I have screen printed my dance sketches...
by Kelly | 06 Apr 2011 | 5AA003 Creative Applications, Creating in the Workshops, Exploring Different Materials, Initial Ideas
Following my tutorial yesterday with Rebecca Gouldson, I spent this morning in the metal jewellery workshop. I took my screen printed mirrored sample and used it as a template to recreate the drawing in copper wire. Unfortunately to get the image I want, I have to...
by Kelly | 05 Apr 2011 | 5AA001: Design Discourse and its Critique, Assessment Deadlines, Creating in the Workshops, Exploring Different Materials, Initial Ideas
I have enlarged a section of map showing Wolverhampton City Centre for the plan of my game and printed it out at the scale required for my board. I had cut out the pieces last night (until really late!) and placed them around the printout where I had planned the...
by Kelly | 05 Apr 2011 | 5AA005: Specialist Practice in Applied Arts, Creating in the Workshops, Exploring Different Materials
Today has been successful for me. Last night I had put three sheets of sandblasted test pieces in the kiln to tack fuse together to see how they would react. They are still at a fairly high temperature so I couldn’t get them out, but I decided after the problems...
by Kelly | 05 Apr 2011 | 5AA001: Design Discourse and its Critique, 5AA003 Creative Applications, 5AA005: Specialist Practice in Applied Arts, Additional Lectures, Exploring Different Materials, Initial Ideas, Research
I attended a lecture by Rebecca Gouldson today with most of the first year applied art students and brought a fair few second year and a couple of third year students too. It was really worthwhile actually and I got a lot out of it. She described her journey from...
by Kelly | 04 Apr 2011 | 5AA001: Design Discourse and its Critique, Initial Ideas
I have completed my design for the board layout. I am basing it around a section of Wolverhampton’s city centre. I don’t want a board game that makes you bored moving in a predictable way around the edge. I have had to make the board bigger as i want it to...
