4.11.19 MOVEMENT

I wasn't able to research much because I was unwell. But maybe this was a good thing, because my research was a lot more selective and there was reason behind almost every choice. Looking back on my work in Part 1, I realised that there was too much quantity, and less quality. I was working too much and not allowing myself time to reflect, which may have hindered my thinking process. Therefore, I am shifting my focus now to efficiency, so thatI can achieve the right balance between research, idea development and reflective thinking.

After the presentation, we were all given a small task: I had to answer this question:

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I chose a shower curtain because I feel I am quite a private person and can often put up a 'curtain' between myself and others. I think that these exercises could lead to interesting ideas and thoughts that may not have struck one earlier. For example, I would never have thought of shower curtains as not only a bringer of privacy, but also as a projector on the oter side.

We then brainstormed to think of words actions one performs on a chair, and types of chairs and types of movement. We came up with a lot of words, which gave me a good idea of what I could design and what I would be able to make and incorporate into my work for this project.

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We were then shuffled around to different tables where we discussed our research. I was quite happy that I got opinions from different people because in part 1 I seemed to have gotten used to feedback from the same peers. This new perspective was refreshing. After this, we made containers using clay as part of the ceramics project in two weeks. I loved handling the clay. It is a very cool material and working with it was an intuitive task. Unfortunately, I seemed to have realised this a bit late. When I first held it, the most natural thing for me to do was kneed it because it felt so much like dough, which I was used to because I made it when cooking. Unfortunately, this was the worst thing you could possibly do to clay because (as I learnt later and should have known) introducing air bubbles and causing cracks in the clay makes it weak, and air expands during the heating process which could lead to further cracks. I just went with whatever I felt like at the moment which happened to change three times before I settled on something. I think I was subconsciously influenced by Sidsel Hanum to make an organic-looking pot. However, when I showed it to a lecturer, she told me (what I also thought) that it was very delicate and might not be able to withstand the ceramic-making process. She then told me I could use her demo piece in case it didn't work out, so I am happy and hope that my piece survives against all the odds.

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My Pot

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Demo Pot

After this, we generated ideas by mixing and matching the words we thought of earlier. I just went along with what I thought of at the moment. Out of about 10 ideas, I think I came up with about 2 satisfactory ones, which I will take forward and develop. While I haven't found out my 'ideal' way of generating ideas and designs, I think that this is a fool proof way of getting at least a few good ideas, because out of a vast number of ideas, at least a few must be good.

PART 2

PART 2

CONTEXTUAL PRACTICE

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