Researching

After discussing my chair made from recycled clothing, I developed the idea  – taking singular items which we wear and manipulating them to look like chairs. I looked at some works, which look at replicating objects.

Cathy Miles - The Tool Shed

Tree-Trunk Bench - Jengen Bey - DROOG Furniture

Hella Jongerius - Office Pets

 

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Object: Wear A Chair

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                        Looking at the different ways the chair can be depicted.

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                  Annika Schmidt’s chairs

Thinking about the concept ‘Wear a Chair’, I considered flipping the idea on its head, and developing a chair made of ware. Due to my previous research my ideas were going along the lines of a chair that still held all its characteristics, but was made from recycled clothing.

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Photography Without The Camera

 Photograms are made placing objects/type/image directly onto photo paper and exposing it to light.



These are a few of the Monograms I produced during the day workshop. Working with images from magazines, marker pens, found objects and the different methods of using the developing chemicals.

       

 

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Casting A Pear

Grasping a hammer was the only way to free my wax pear from the cast.

  

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Exploring Surroundings

To become acquainted with the field guide, our new surroundings and the students which populate, we were tested with a two-day project:

‘A small print on a mailbox becomes something precious when you remove all the noise around it and isolate it from it’s setting.’ (Merel Karhof, Project two). Explore familiar or alien surroundings  by isolating, documenting and displaying anything you think will create a new awareness of the landscape.

Exploring Bournville, taking a strong interest with the Cadbury Factory and it’s Quaker history. This quaint village, built to provide a clean healthy environment for Cadbury’s employees, has a significant sense of confinement. I choose to focus on the fencing, locks, and wire surrounding the factory.

Isolating these items the characteristics of restriction and boundary are diminished. They appear precious, completely removed from the purpose they were made for. I then developed them using very thin wire, which could be developed more using the shapes to create a jewelry piece.

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