Metamorphosis

We had an exhibition of our work through out the first half semester in class today. And was very very excited about presenting my work as well as looking forward to my classmates'..... They were all so interesting and great and beautiful...

Really shared our different techniques in executing, constructing, assembling all sorts of materials together, and really just have fun with them. And it's amazing how that spontaneity sparks all this incredible "thinking out of the box" ideas.... Really love this class!!! XD 

 Here's how I've set up my exhibition space.

 This is the poster I did for the 'jewels' from the A3 color photocopy machine.

 Plus drawings.

And the shoe project laid next to each other...

There's some really amazing pieces my classmates did that made me fall in love with them instantly, let me show you... ^^

If the shoe doesn't fit...

Using the raw materials collected from your deconstructed shoe, create a series of objects (or one major piece).... nearly ALL of the shoe must be used.

The addition of another material is permitted, but only as an aid in construction, consider its visual impact on your design and be mindful of how you use it. The additional material must be used to the bare minimum, the shoe components must be the primary focus...

Be mindful of Context, Composition, and Construction...

Construction begins...

 Sewing leather took forever and my fingers hurt!!! T.T

Shaping these really took quite awhile too....

But hardwork and patience is all it takes..... ^^

 ...TULIP...

necklace

 ...WINGED ROSE...

brooch

 ...KNOTTED BUD...

ring

...MORNING GLORY...
pendant

 ...BLACK LILY...

necklace

 ...VINES...

brooch

 ...SUNFLOWER...

neck piece

The 2 black patches are velcro glued onto the neck piece as an element for wear-ability.

If the shoe fits

Find a shoe. This can be any kind of shoe, just be aware that it won't be a shoe by the end of the project. Be prepared to part with it. 

Take shoe apart, deconstruct it. Be surgeon like, take it apart with care, preserve and retain as much of the shoe's components intact. Try to minimize the damage. Retain every bit of the shoe, even the tatty stitches...

Deconstruction begins...
 

Crown Jewels

Week 4's expedition continues...

You come across a secret tomb, which belongs to the last ruling leader of this alien territory. You reach the crumbling remains of the leader and notice that scattered above it's head are the fragments belonging to their spectacular crown. Mostly the jewels have remained, the rest has disintegrated, your job is to try and reconstruct the crown/ headpiece, using the jewels collected.

TASK

Build a crown/ headpiece/ laurel incorporating the 'jewels' made in last week's class.

OBJECTIVES

Composition

Consider the visual and the material relationships between your individual elements. Consider scale relationships between your elements and visual movement around the piece.

Construction

How will it join these elements together? What form of construction is appropriate to the design of the piece? Are the jewels set into the headpiece, therefore, are you making a substrate? Or, do the jewels make up the structure themselves?

Wear-ability

This headpiece must fit/ sit on the head.

 Using cupcake sheets, I've created a nest for my shy little aliens, whilst creating layers of protection for them.

This is what I did in class, but wasn't quite happy with the outcome. The vibrant colors of the cupcake sheets flushes away the soft colors of my aliens. While it may camouflage and protect my fury aliens, it does not make them stand out on the crown. I want my jewels standing proud on the leader's crown!!! As should any normal crown jewels are cherished... 

So, I've decided to use white cupcake sheets (varies from big, medium, small), mixed with the occasional tint of vibrant colored cupcake sheets. My headpiece is attached to a wire-formed headband for it to sit firmly on the head.

...CROWN...

Plus & Minus

Take out the 3 random objects you've brought to class.

Simply choose 1 to begin with.

Using your A3 paper to draw on, begin to study/ draw this object. 15 minutes

STOP!!!

Take out eraser and remove a section of the drawing.

START!!!

Choose another object from your collection, and draw it on where you've just erased.

Try using a different medium. Start to draw a part of your new object as though it were a natural continuation from your original first object. You can use different scale, different drawing techniques, etc. 15 minutes

STOP!!!

Erase a section of the drawing of your 2nd object.

START!!!

Repeat the same process using your 3rd object. 15 minutes

I must confess, I forgot to bring any objects to class to draw, so, I've borrowed my neighbor's objects. But it was interesting to see how different our drawings were, even though we've just used the same random objects. Anyway, here's what I drew in class.

I wanted to draw my own objects instead, so I got home and redid the whole exercise...

Here's the 3 random objects.

Because this was done from home, I spent more than 15 minutes on each object, just cause I love drawing as much as creating pieces. ^^

Pieces of Eight in the City...

Visited Pieces of Eight Gallery in the city with the entire class.

Was quite excited about the new exhibition, "Rock Solid", overwhelmed by all the interesting and great pieces, really got to learn how different materials are used and how they're exhibited, the play of light on objects, how the qualities of these pieces are highlighted on display.... was genuinely fascinated... got my mind all hyped up with all these inspirational pieces in the gallery room. 

Really need to make it a habit of visiting different galleries every week...lol

Check out the exhibition >>> Pieces of Eight


I was most intrigued with Susan Jacobs' magnetic pieces.... It was very clever...

Again it's all about understanding materials and exploiting their qualities the best way possible, at the same time, infuse them with your distinctive artistic style....^^ and never forget to have fun making them!!!! Cheers!!!

Bejewelled

Back from coffee break, so let's start 2nd project of week 4...

Consider yourself an explorer in some mysterious alien territory. You are collecting weird and wonderful treasures found throughout this strange and foreign environment.

From the materials you have brought with you to class, construct a number of spontaneous 'jewels'.

These forms can be as abstract as you wish, concentrating more so on interesting use of color, form and the combination, juxtaposition and experimentation with materials.

When constructing these forms, consider where you might have found them in this alien territory. Are they animal, mineral, vegetable?

These should be rapid, serendipitous constructions, do not over think these forms.

The result should be a collection of around 10-20 objects of 'jewels'.

Each form mustt be roughly 50 x 50mm in scale.

The birth of my precious 'jewels'.... ^^

Proudly presenting my cute little fury aliens, they are very shy, so please don't startle them. They might look harmless, but you wouldn't wanna risk triggering its defense mechanisms, do you?! They are after all, ALIENS!!!! hehehe...