Semester One Work

Vertical Sculpture

The brief was to construct a vertical sculpture primarily using clay and secondarily using wood or metal.  I love working with metal! so fun.  And i was surprised to really enjoy working with white clay. So many possibilities!  I wld like to make a cast before the end of the year for futher work..

The heart was made with a wooden bump mold and the space frame was lots of soldering.

Product/Lighting Design

Brief was to design a light using polypropline that could be flatpacked.

I decided I liked the asthetic of clean sharp geometric lines rather than the more organic round form the polypropline naturally took.  Althought the finished lamp looks reasonably simple, it took me 2 weeks of wrestling with the materials, scoring the plastic, experimenting with folding, measurements and bindings to get to this point.  I like it but I would like to secure the piece better to the base and originally I had the idea of geometric forms/ science/ maths.. which remotely stretches to relate to my theme of faith.. As at the start of the year I wanted a broad concept/ theme.. so was encompasing science, maths etc within what people have faith in.  This second semester I am refining that quite a bit to more religious/spiritual references.