Types of architecture.

I'm I have researched different types of architecture that is formed or related in some way to nature. As my project is based on nature I found this was a useful task which helped me influence my design sheets. The three types of architecture are: Organic, Metabolism and Biomimetic. These are further explained in my sketchbook. I like that my pages define and give examples of each type however, they look very basic and uninteresting to look at as I was hurrying to finish a deadline.

Jewellers research.

For the jewellery workshop, our tutor suggested that we research different jewellers that use the same techniques that we use in the workshop. Therefore, I studied Ornella Iannuzzi. She is a unique jeweller that uses the same methods to create powerful accessories. I love the way her pieces look ut I will not be using her as an influence as her work is too complex for a beginner to use.
The second jeweller I researched was Harry Winston. Winston created a collection, The Nyc Collection, which was inspired by the iconic landmarks in New York. I like how he looked at architecture for inspiration for his collection, giving me the inspiration to look at structures my own work.

Harvard Referencing.

 

Harvard Referencing

 

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Design Sheet 2

For my second design sheet I included the interior as well as the exterior. I found an image on Pinterest that I used for inspiration on the presentation of my work. As my treehouse design only had two floors I also included the side and front view. I used two point perspective to draw each section of the house including furnishings, then using Gouache to paint the shaded areas of the design. For the background I mixed a blue gouache, however, I ran out of colour so had to mix some more three quarters of the way through. When the colours were overlapped they made a dark streak making the page look messy. To solve this I cut the sections of the treehouse out and bluetacked them to a freshly painted board. But again I ran out of paint so a small portion of the board is streaky. I tacked my designs to the board to over the streak, but I am still able to remove them and place them to a better painted board for my portfolio.

Jewellery Workshop 4/5

In the final session of the jewellery workshop I continued with the ring band. In the previous session I soldered two pieces of copper together to create the width of the ring band to portray the tree trunk. In the last session I used a ball point hammer to warp and manipulate the band, in some parts the band came apart where the solder hand not stuck but I left it like this as I felt it resembled a tree more in this form. I then clamped one end in a vice and used pliers to twist the band before using the hammer again to bend it around a treble to form the ring. I then used solder to stick on the treehouse, then placing it in the pickle to clean it. When I took the ring out of the pickle some of the copper had transferred onto brass treehouse so I used a file and wire wool to remove it.

Woodwork Workshop

For my portfolio I have decided to make a model of the treehouse I have designed. In the workshop I began by making a paper maquette of the design to start looking at measurements to build in. Once the paper maquette was build and I was happy with the measurements, I made a list of all the required measurements I would need, making sure to reduce the pieces for the rebates. I then drew these up onto pieces of wood and using a band saw cut them out.

Design Sheet 1

For my design sheets I merged architecture with the natural world and decided to design tree houses. For my first deign sheet I took inspiration from Frank Lloyd Wright and the way he creates his design sheets. Using two point perspective I created a modern style treehouse, with large windows and a viewing platform. Then taking Frank Lloyd Wrights method, I used alcohol pens to add a suggestion of colour to the building. I then added trees and shrubbery into the background, this time using water colour to add a suggestion of colour. If I could redo this page I would have prepared the background more by giving it a quick colour wash as I feel it looks slightly bare and unfinished.

Mood boards 2

As I was unhappy about with the quality of my mood boards I redid them. I started by creating a generic treehouse mood board, deleting a range of different treehouse images. I them glued them to the page in a neat and organised format.

For my second moodpboard I looked more closely at the type of treehouse I wanted to design. As I chose to design a modern style treehouse, I researched more on this design. I found a few images on large square styled models and selected these for my board. I also looked at colour schemes. As I wanted the colour to be dark brown, i looked for fabrics of this colour, then placing them on the page.  I also printed off a photograph of a wood/forest setting to portray the environment of the treehouse.

Jewellery Workshop 3

In the third week of the jewellery workshop I began my final piece. I decided to create my design sheet onto a ring. I started by creating the treehouse part. I cut two piece of square wire using a saw, I then cut out a corner piece in the bigger of the two square sections. I then soldered the two pieces together and pickled them.
Soldering the two pieces together deemed more difficult that it appeared. As the pieces were so small and balanced on a very small section, it was difficult to place them together to solder them together. We tried various methods to stick them together, including using wire to wrap around the pieces to keep them together and using a selection of tweezers to keep them in position. The tweezer method worked the best.

Jewellery Workshop 2

In the second session of the jewellery workshop we began making rings. We first chose the material we wanted to work in, I chose silver. We measured the size that our ring would be by using a ring/finger gauge, then, using a hammer I fed my piece of silver over a mandrel, hammering it to create the curve. I then used a saw to cut off the excess silver. Using the soldering method we were shown in the previous session, I soldered the two ends off the ring together. When soldering the pieces together, the metal snapped and a piece broke off so I repeated the whole process again. When the ring was soldered together, I placed it in the pickle to clean it. 

Jewellery Workshop

During the first jewellery workshop, we began by learning about all the different equipment pieces and tools that we would be using during the following workshops. We first went through all the different types of tools and what they would be used for, for example, different types of hammers, files and saws. We then went over the different metals we would be using: Brass, Copper and Silver. To end the session, we were taught the different processes in jewellery work. We started with annealing our metal, to heat the material to make it more flexible. Then to pickling the metal, to place the metal in an acid solution to clean the metal. At the end we were shown how to solder two pieces of metal together using flux and solder in a liquid solution together and the flux and solder separate.

Artist Research - Brian Sweet

For my second artist research page I studied Brian Sweet. As I began looking at landscape and landscape artists I found Sweets work and loved how he recreated farmland images. As I was unsure what media he worked in, I used watercolour in my paintings. I printed out a few images of his work and chose two to recreate. I then split these up across the page for a neat and ordered look. I like the way this page has worked but if I were to redo it, I would make the paintings bigger to fill the page more. I would also work in a different media such as Gouache to create a more flat look.