by Kelly | 08 Dec 2010 | 5AA001: Design Discourse and its Critique, 5AA004: Understanding Skills and Materials, Creating in the Workshops
I spent today drawing with paint in a very expressive way partly as a response to Laura Higgins Palmer’s work as mentioned earlier but also to continue my own work in developing movement in imagery. I had a tube with a fine nozzle filled with black paint mixed...
by Kelly | 07 Dec 2010 | 5AA001: Design Discourse and its Critique, 5AA002: Integrating Practice and Materials, 5AA004: Understanding Skills and Materials, Assessment Deadlines, Creating in the Workshops
Things seem to be slowing down now work-wise. I have a lot to do with my sketchbooks so I have been taking photos of my work to put in and make notes on. I put a kiln on this afternoon too with my two coloured glass cylinders and decals on them to fire on. This is one...
by Kelly | 03 Dec 2010 | 5AA004: Understanding Skills and Materials, Creating in the Workshops
I finally got back in the metal workshop and managed to solder all the metal silhouette dancers to the ring I had made. Together these form the base for the table lamp I designed and am making. The shades are glass cylinders and although not currently finished, look...
by Kelly | 30 Nov 2010 | 5AA004: Understanding Skills and Materials, Creating in the Workshops, Exploring Different Materials
I have always wanted to try out the process of slip casting and as this module calls for multiples, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to proceed with this technique. Last week Pete from ceramics helped to teach me how to slip cast and this week using the...
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....
