3D Design 10/02/2011

Date/Time: 13/02, 15:34

In the lesson I did a little sketchbook work and
also made some more 3D models this time with
card.

I had a talk with Matt and dicussed what I need
to do next. I told him I need to do start doing some
CAD designs. Matt sugested I also start to make
some 3D models out of other material.
I will continue to make the models in my next lesson
and will probabaly be using MDF and acrylic.

3D Design 07/02/2011

Date/Time: 08/02, 10:15

In the lesson I decided that I should work with
3D. I also continued with the clay work I started
last week.

The glass piece I had left for fusing last work was
done.

At first you couldn't see through it as there was plaster
stuck to the back. After I cleaned it off if became visible
the glass melted well and the colours changed as
expected.

I then continued to make the mold for the glass
bending.
I made a mixture of plaster and molocite and
poured this onto the clay mold. It took about an
hour or so to set.


This will be put into the kiln and the glass will melt
into the shape of the mold.

Kate made us do a quick make session where we
had to make something in 3D with the materials
provided and connected to our project.

It's just something totally random. lol

After that I made some 3D objects with some metal
mesh. These designs ideas were developed from
the long exposure photography (light painting) I did
ealier on.

I will continue to develop small 3D models and also
developing my ideas using CAD software, including
SketchUp.

3D Design 17/01/2011

Date/Time: 18/01, 10:33

In the lesson I continued with my sketch book
work and research.

I had another "one to one" with Kate and told
her what I had done so far. She really liked
the idea of me using long exposure photography,
light painting, to create ideas for a piece of
architecture.
She showed me some of her work which she
had done at university. It also included light
painting. It was really cool.

In my own time I will finish off the research and
update my sketch book.
Hopefully on Thurday's lesson I will start
experimenting with light.

3D Design 13/01/2011

Date/Time: 14/01, 23:18

In the lesson I continued to do some research and
also worked on my sketch book.

I also had a talk with Matt about what I am doing.
He told me about some artists who use refelection
in their artwork and also told me to look at some
architecture within Birmingham.
I researched more into the artists he told me about.

Well...seems like I need to continue with my research and
sketchbook and then start experimenting.

3D Design 10/01/2011

Date/Time: 10/01, 23:57

Today was our first lesson back to college and also
our first lesson of the Pathway Stage. In this stage
we are to start working on our own and make our own
lesson plans & objectives.
I gathered my ideas and then ha a talk with Kate about
what I'd like to do.


As I would like to become an architect, I am looking at
architecture for my project. I am looking at
"architecture & light".
From my Photography project I did last term I am taking
the idea I had, "Darkness should not be feared, it should
be overcome". Basically light is there to overcome
darkness, whether metaphorically or physically.
Kate said this could be like using light to create life &
structure

I would like to look at:
- how light enters the building
- how light within the building effects it's surroundings
- buildings designed with lights
The buildings will mostly be made from glass so light can
penetrate the buildings and the surroundings.
I will mainly be looking at how the building would look at
night, but I could also consider to look at how the building
looks in the day. I could look at reflection and mirror glass.
Kate said I could also look at refraction and the effects on
light once it enters glass.

As global warming is a big issue, I must look at sustainability
and how it will effect my designs. Example, the use of light
and how energy efficient they can be. Also the use of renewable
energy e.g. solar engergy, and also using insulation, etc.

I have been researching architecture (buidlings) which use the
effects of light, reflection, etc. and have found many.

Kate said for now I should not concentrate on the designing
of the building but experiment with light. So, this is what
I'll be trying to do in my next couple of lessons.

I would also like to include long exposure photography, including
light photography into this project.

Fashion & Textiles 08/11/2010

In yesterdays textiles lesson, I caught up

with my work from last week. I was missing

images from my research, so I stuck that in

my sketch book.

Afterwards I had a talk with Louise and decided

on what to do to move forward in my work. We

decided that it would be best, if I chose to do

a jacket in the end, to only do the seleve part. I

was thinking I would also like to include part of

the collar.

After the talk, using the template Louise had

given, I cut out my own, and then used the

template to cut out the seleve material using

fabric (don't remeber the name, lol).

Visual Communication 04/11/2010

Today, we had our first Visual Communication

lesson (also known as Graphics Design). We

were given our brief. The theme is the same as

the other subjects, ‘Contrasts’. We were given

a brief and some other information.
 

At first I didn’t know what I wanted to do, so I

looked through some of the information Claire

(lecturer) gave us. I definitely knew I was going

to do something related to architecture. I decided

to do CD covers/inlays. I then thought about

what I could compare to architecture, and with the

help of Zulfikar, I decided to look at ‘old/new’ in

the contrast theme. I decided to that the band

members should be dressed in 18^th Century or

Victorian clothing, and this will go against the

modern architecture.

I researched some 21^st Century architects and

chose the following as I liked their designs:

1) Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz (Alvarez-Diaz+Group)

2) Atusushi Kitagawara (Atusushi Kitagawara

Architects)

3) Asymplote Architecture

By the way, for the Victorian costumes, I will try to

contact the REP theatre and ask if they have any

and if I can use them in my project. I’ll get my

friends to help me and we’ll all dress up. Ravika and

Zulfikar are definitely helping me, and I’ll see who

else is willing to. I really do hope REP will let us use

the costumes. *Fingers crossed*

Before I started to make a sample of my idea, Claire

told us to do a little task. We were asked to pick out

a card which had a contrast written on it and draw i

deas that come to our mind. I got the card which said

‘Alive/Dead’.

I decided to carry on using the idea of CD cover

layout. My design was a half a face and half a skull

joint together making one whole face.

 

After lunch everyone presented their ideas to each

other.

Once we were back on the Macs I started to make a

sample of my idea using Photoshop and some images.

Images I used were of the night sky, buildings by the

architects I researched, and images of one of my

favourite bands, DELUHI.

I like how it’s turned out. I want to use this as the

cover, so, I think I should swap the sides over as it’ll

be easier to print off.

It’s very rough so it’s not really that good.