V&A Exhibition Trip

Having visited the Victoria and Albert museum for the millionth time, it gave me a breath of fresh air as I walked down the corridor of the 12th-16th century medieval renaissance gallery realising how much of this I could bring into my set. Perhaps tone it down a couple of centuries, but the way it was crafted is beautifully done, and would love to use this as inspiration for how I can reimagine doors, windows and candle sticks. The steel and iron work was also perfect for how I can make a frame for my tavern sign to hang above the door.

The V&A also had a special exhibition dedicated to plywood, which broadened my awareness of the material, understanding how it is “an everyday material that can be used in extraordinary ways”, and as a result will try use more often in my future work due to how versatile and cheap it can be.

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Choosing A Location

After receiving our transforming a location brief, my initial idea was to modify an area into a medieval tavern. This is because I love the time period, and the fantasy element behind it, from terrifying stories of mythical creatures, to tales of fair maidens in need its rich in culture and ideas to pick from. Furthermore, it gives me the perfect place for a compelling tavern sign, easily using a multitude of materials and challenging myself in new ways.

Figure 1

Figure 2

After scouring Wimbledon College of Arts for a good location, I was drawn to two distinct places, both having a door and both making use of columns, which I thought to be an important feature I could do lots with. However, I decided the location in figure 2 utilised materials too modern for what I needed, and would end up being more practical to make the set from scratch. In addition, the location in figure 1 had a set of stairs to add further interest to my set.

 

Ear Sculpting

After being given our Unit 2 brief, we had a sculpting induction. Here, we had to scale an ear up three times and make it out of clay, with the purpose of understanding scale, 3-D perspective, and modelling.

After our induction my ear wasn’t perfect, it’s scale was slightly wrong and certain areas required a lot of work, but the general shape was there and could easily be worked on to make it right over the next two weeks.

WELCOME

When thinking about the work I have done over the years, especially in more recent times, it has become apparent that I work quite instinctively. I don’t write ideas down in a big mind map and pick the best one to get the most marks or impress the most people; of course I do think about what my works going to become, but its much more to do with the physical materials which are laid out in front of me.

I find I’ll toy with them, have visions of what it is I want to create with what’s in my hand, they may not have any clear concept or idea but that’s not what matters in my mind. It’s whether or not the materials used work as a piece of art.