Induction weeks at uni

So, started uni last Monday (20th) and had a mimi project base on the "100 objects" thing- I chose onion.
I have looked at the fragility and papery translucent qualities of the outer skin rather than trying to make a solid form.
I used wire as my primary material to hold the form- it also reminds me of the veiny lines in the onion. I also used tissue mainly to create the thin fragile aesthetic As well as experimenting with poly-fusioned thin plastic and just the wire shell with no covering.
I am also trying very hard to keep organised and doing extra work this year so that I get a good grade- not just scrape a third like last year.

Enrolled!!!

Yes! I am now fully enrolled for my second year at uni!! It should be a good year!

Only problem is that I won't be seeing my boyfriend any where near enough! After living together full time for over 9 months it is going to be difficult only seeing him weekends!
But I will be busy with uni and he will be busy with work so when we see eachother it will be lovely :-)

So, excited for a fresh start on my course but pooping my self at howmuch it will hurt to be away from my man... All will be good though!

Photos for last blog- bowl/ concave form inspired by autumnal leaves.

Just found!!

So as I was looking to post the photos from my last piece I made, I came across these photos of a decorative piece I made at college during my Nat Dip A&D.

To me, the piece looks like leaves blowing around in the autumn when they have fallen from the trees. I thought of this as I made it and I made the leaves mostly be possitioned in the same direction going arround the contours of the bowl form and then flicking out like they are in controlably being blown out of the restrictive form of a symetrical bowl.
To make this piece, I rolled sheets of steel thinly and cut the leaf shapes- including a mock vein pattern, with a micro torch. I then rolled them again to distort them and then coloured the metal again with the micro torch. I joined them with a small spot welder, bending and holding them into place to make the concave/bowl form and also the flick too.
I like this particularly as I like the contrast between the stiff oxidised steel I used and the texture of a natural fallen autumnal leaf, thin and brittle. I also like the colours you can make in the metal simply by heating it.
Unfortunately, this piece is no longer with us- it got damaged beyond repair and so I took what I could from it and scrapped the rest - appart from expense of wasting materials, I don't mind scrapping metal as I know it will easily break down into the environment- unlike if I was into using materials such as plastics.

Nature is one of my biggest, if not the biggest influence and inspiration to my work. It always has been from me drawing and playing as a young girl right through my Artistic education into to my work now. You can see this as nature was my inspiration for this piece as well as my most recent piece I made for my final project.

CLE
Xx

So...let's try again shall we??

I have a blog app on my iPod now so should make it easier to remember to blog.

Well, since my last attempt at this, I have completed and passed my first year at uni, moved into a new house with friends( for uni although I am actually stopping at my boyfriends everynight ) and I have sorted my student finance for my second year and enroled too!!

The last thing I made was a wearable/sculptural piece for my final project in yr1. I'll put up some photos as soon as I figure out how ha ha.

I have made a few attempts at drawing but I find it hard to focus unless I am drawing for a purpose- or if I am drawing to relax when I am stressed or down- but seeing as I am neither drawing for a purpose or stressed or down I haven't got much done.

Anyway I shall try to put up a few pics of my wearable piece and maybe someone in the world of bloggs may see them and comment in stead of me blogging to a seemigly empty cyberspace?!?

CLE

Re-starting

Well, i was going to get started on this as a new year resolution, but failed misserably - as i did with many other new years resolutions.

anyway, here i am now ... better late than never hey?

Well, since i last posted, i have finished one project (got a third for it as i hated it and really did no work at all) which is irresponsible ... ooops! and have irrisponsibly neglected another project. but now i'm on it - i'm determined to better myself1 (sounds gay but its true) and as a way to keep track of myself i am going to make sure i post at least once a week!

Now ... my new project... i like this one!

"investigating the theme of repetition using hand-making techniques"
yummy!

what i was going to do was make a necklace of ceramic and wore mesh flower shapes. then i spoke to my tutor and apparently, i dont have to have a solid outcome for next weeks deadline! as the unit continues on till about may time so i can carry on with this investigation into the next project and come out with a more developed and more thoroughly investigated outcome.... so i'm taking my time and looking into different processes and materials, primarily different papers and fabrics and using different processes and treatments on them. as well as extending the idea of a necklace - like how a plant grows so could my final piece seem as if it its growing over you as you wear it? i do deffinately want it to be a wearable piece - even if it isnt a practical-wearable piece.

I am enjoying this more as my tutor for it is more craft - orientated like i am rather than the lady i had for my last project who wanted everything to look more manufactured (i dont like that).

I feel more free doing a more craft-based project. it makes me happy.

so :-) with my new - found enthusiasm, i am going to do plenty of experimenting for my presentation next week :-)

happy happy happy :-)

xx