Working with materials
Practice-led research
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” –Aristotle
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” –Aristotle
Can we transfer knowledge through an artefact?
The aim of this workshop was to get us to engage with a range of materials and to translate our literature sources we gathered in session 1. This 3D formation had to come from either a quote, a description or other information from the collection of data we gathered as a group previous. We then had to discuss the opportunities and limitations on working with the material. We were given different time scales to create the same thing over again.
Above - using this aristotle quote to communicate the knowledge onto the medium of card and folding it repeatedly. The idea focused on repetition and habit.
The second workshop involved co-creating 3D models using clay. In groups of two we had to act as the maker and the observer. We took photographs of the outcomes for field work observation.
As a visual creative, my design discipline focuses on creating things with my hands, whether that's an illustration, collage or artifact. I communicate my ideas better by visually exploring something so I really enjoyed getting stuck into this task.
However being someone who struggles with time management and organisation, I found the card exercise difficult, the limitation of time was difficult to translate my thought process quickly, therefore I felt restricted with what I could produce with card.
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