Reflection

today we learnt some glass techinques. i chose to use the 'slumping' technique. with some heat proof fabric. i cut strips of this special fibered fabric and weaved them. (inspiration taken from a design i found on a tyre) i then placed a sheet of glass over the top. when the glass is heated in the kiln, it will soften and fall or 'slump' into shape. my piece is in currently in the kiln so i will have to wait until next week to see how it turned out.

Reflection

the advise i received today from Kate was to just PLAY! =) so that is what i did. i started of by just doodling to get some interesting shapes that could then be made into 3D shapes. i also had some images of a tyre wall. what i did with those was to cut out the tyre's and rearrange them to make an interesting 3D shape. all of the shapes that i made can be used to make a building. this has been very useful so fantastic advise Kate. Thanks!!!
 i know that i want to design a domestic building for people to live in.

Reflection

well today i met matt (the other 3D Tutor) for the first time. just cracked on with more research today. going more in detail with the tyre wall building. i now have a fair idea of how it is done. my next task is to make a 3D model of how it is done or at least how i THINK it is done. i will upload an image of this once i have done it.



UPDATE:

here is the 3D model of my interpretation of the tyre wall building.

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Reflection

yay! so its the first day of 3D Design in the Pathway Stage. =)
i have chosen to look at 'Sustainable Architecture'. so i spent the day in research to find materials and building techniques that i would like to use. my research went very well because i found that there are many sustainable ways of building such as using sandbags, straw bails and even old car tyres. the technique that appealed to me the most was the car tyre building technique. so i will need to do some more research into this technique. but overall, a day well spent.

Pathway

I have come to the decision that for the Pathway stage of this course, i want to go into 3D Design. I made this decision mainly because i want to progress further and study Architecture at university.

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So from here on, all blogs will be regarding 3D, CAD/ICT, Conceptual Studies and Visual Studies.

Reflection - Vis Com

just finishing of my magazine today and it looks great so far so yeh :)

reflection - Vis Com

Yey i now have a theme to work from. i am going to look at the contrast between sefty and danger and looking particularly at terrorism. my inspiration came from reading an article about the reacent ink cartridge bomb plot. i want to question the modern image of a terrorist. so i was just starting worlk on my magazine design today. i have even made a dummy bomb to take photgraphs of and to put on my final magazine piece.

Reflection - Textiles

wow what a day! spent all day leaning over a table printing my design onto sheets of plain white cotton. this is to be my lining to go inside the hood, around the cuffs and across the hem. after printing, i died the fabrics to experiment with colour to see which would work best in my design. i decided that the green was the best so i died all my fabric that colour. but yeh i really enjoyed printing. i used the silk screen method using a screen that John (one of the technicians) had already prepped for me :)
i think my fabric came out realy well for a first timer and i am very pleased and proud of it.    :p

Reflection - Vis Com

wow i got a lot of stuff done today with newspaper. by cutting pieces out and making a collage. i then scanned it in and used photoshop to make different versions and copies. i loved how the images and text were layered on top of each other. but i still dont have a proper them in mind to work from

Reflection - Textiles

yey i got all my pieces cut out for my jubba today (not including lining) and have even started to sew them together. my hood is complete and so are the arms. just need to make and cut the lining now so i can get this thing finished.

Reflection - Visual Communication

well today was a very good day. got a lot of work done. we started of by looking at fonts by cutting up news paper articles and creating a collage. my collage was a bit too plain so i decided to scan it into a computer and layer it up on Photoshop. i then did a bit more on photoshop by adding effects to make the pages more interesting.
we then experimented with a media called dry transfer where you have sheets with letters on and you just rub them onto a page. that too was very helpful and i want to use it in my final.

Reflection - Textiles

week 2 of textiles and i have a slight idea of what i want to make by the end of the project.
after researching about lay-lines and energy points around the world, i found that there is one specific place in particular which has the most amount of lines crossing and that is exactly at the position of the Holy Ka'bah in the Holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. However, it wasnt this that gave me inspiration, it was actually the clothing that the arabs were wearing that inspired me to design a modern Jubbah (arab dress)

Reflection - Visual Communication

today was our first lesson of Vis Com. Clair is so so so thoughtful she made a cd full of all the details and information that we might need. the main aim of the lesson was to get some ideas running. i wanted to link the theme into architecture so my first idea was to look at the contrast between night and day and how buildings look so different.
we then had a group discussion which was very helpful and i got another idea which was to look at the contrast between urban and rural and to see which was the best place to live.

Reflection - Photography

The first pic is of random lights and was done by just moving the camera around with a long shutter speed. This worked very well. The second is done in the same way but the camera was kept still while a car went past. This piece didn't work as well as i wanted it to because it is too dark. enjoy :)

Reflection - Textiles

well i didnt think i would be doing textiles  ( : - o)
we are looking at the theme Energy and i am thinking about positive and negative energy but i dont know yet...
but weirdly, i am starting to look forward to next weeks sesion....

Reflection - Digital Apps

to day was the last day to be working on our zines and it was another very usefull day because not only did i get my 2 zine ideas finished and completed, we were also shown how to make animations using a program called Adobe After Effects. at the moment, my animation is only about 5 seconds long so i need to work on that so i can play it as part of my presentation


Update:

i have now uploaded my final 15 second animation enjoy ;)

Reflection - 3D Design

yey my model is looking great! but OMG i havent finished it yet and next week is the deadline and i have got loads to do :o
i am going to have to stay for a full day on wednesday to get it finished. slightly woried but i think i can do it. i also got a chance to see some examples of the portfolio sheets so i now know what to kate is expecting to see so i have got to do that too.

Reflectiion - Digital Apps

today was a usefull lesson because not only was i working on my final zine idea, we were also taught how to use Adobe Illustrator so that we can make our own fonts however, i think i will need a bit more practice using the program

Reflection 3D Design

wohooo. i finaly started my final model today and i cant wait to get it finished. in my opinion i started rather late as i now only have one whole day left to complete it but not many others in the class have started theirs yet so i dono. first i did some test pieces using copper (because i have decided that is the material i wnat to use for my final model) and rivits. the first one i did i didnt like because you can see the rivets so i had a think and came up with a simple but efective solution. instead of riveting the pieces to each other, rivet them to a seperate piece. i also did some soldering today to make a rectangle out of copper and it want a bit wrong as it just broke straight away :( but i know why that was now. i didnt heat it up enough because when Kate did it, it went proper glowing yellow. but now i know how its done.