Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Surrounded Islands 1980-83 ART or Design TEMPORARY or Permanent LARGE SCALE or Small Scale Transforming and/or DEFINING and/or Forming Immersive and/or DISTANT Pattern and/or Colour and/or Repetition and/or SHAPE No artists have textiles on the scale with the same impact as Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Surrounding Islands sees textiles used on an extremelyContinue reading “Textiles in Context p.2”
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Research Point: Glass-Fibre in Surfboards
Where I live I am able to go surfing, and so my surf board is made from fibreglass. Not all surfboards are made from fibreglass others are also made of Epoxy. Fiberglass surfboards can have better flex out in the waves than an epoxy surfboard, but are easier to damage. Fiberglass boards are better at catching waves,Continue reading “Research Point: Glass-Fibre in Surfboards”
Textiles in Context
Zaha Hadid: Serpetine Sackler Gallery extension Art or DESIGN Temporary or PERMANENT LARGE SCALE or Small Scale TRANSFORMING and/or Defining and/or FORMING IMMERSIVE and/or DISTANT Pattern and/or Colour and/or REPETITION and/or SHAPE This is made from glass-fibre material used to create the main woof and body of the building has been manipulated to the fluidContinue reading “Textiles in Context”
Clouds and Pillars
Textiles as a discipline is unusual in that the textile is rarely the end product, but rather becomes part of a further making process. i.e. fashion, interior, installation, furniture, sculpture, architecture, product, automotive, etc. Textiles may be created specifically to fulfil the needs or demands of specific contexts. a design may work to a briefContinue reading “Clouds and Pillars”
Artist: Alex Pardee
Alex Pardee is a freelance artist, apparel designer, and comics creator writer. I find his work incredibly unique and interesting, he is one of my favourite artists and I am always inspired and drawn to his work. His craft is comic book artwork, he creates murals, as well as comic books, and poster type pieces.Continue reading “Artist: Alex Pardee”
Taking Risks
A hands-on approach to designing allows designers, makers, and artists to experience directly the qualities of the materials and understand how they can be manipulated or transformed; this in turn allows for risk-taking and innovation. “workmanship of risk” individual production, unpredictable/risky, production by a skilled person(s). “workmanship of certainty” mass production, predictable, production by aContinue reading “Taking Risks”
Justin McGuirk ‘The Art of Craft: The Rise of the Designer-Maker’
Yes I believe there is a demand for hand-made objects, and one of the reasons why consumers might prefer to by hand-made pieces of work is because they typically are more unique and almost “one-of-a-kind” pieces that you wouldn’t be able to find anywhere else which is a lot unique then buying the same BillyContinue reading “Justin McGuirk ‘The Art of Craft: The Rise of the Designer-Maker’”
The Hand-Made
Creating textiles not only involves the careful consideration of materials and processes, it involved craftsmanship in order to attain the standards of finish the the consumer desires. A growing moment has sought ‘hand-made’ qualities, authenticity and evidence of the maker’s hand that is not apparent in perfectly manufactured goods. Hand-made qualities is also about theContinue reading “The Hand-Made”
What is Slow Design?
The overarching goal of Slow Design is to promote well-being for individuals, society, and the environment. Slow Design seeks a holistic approach to designing that takes into consideration a wide range of material and social factors, and the short and long term impacts of the design. Slow Design is seen as the next step inContinue reading “What is Slow Design?”
The Revival of Craft and the Hand-Made
‘Craft’ has many meanings but, increasingly, it’s used in a positive sense to refer to quality, skill, refinement, and authenticity in making. “To a designer, ‘craft’ is about the workmanship of risk and-most recently- the slow design movement” (Frayling, 2011, p.11) The revival of the interest in craft process coincides with recent moves towards ‘SlowContinue reading “The Revival of Craft and the Hand-Made”
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