I have started a new project. This one is about contrast. In particular contrasting two materials. For example, a comparison between silicone and cement. One is soft and you can "squeeze" the other is hard and does not noticeably "flex."
I conduced studies involving fruit. These included: pomegranate, chamoe (known as Korean melon), apple, and banana. The experience was fun and I have taken documentation of various moments exploring the properties of each fruit.
Another step to this project also involves researching two artists: Tom Sachs and Antoni Gaudi. I will expand on this at a later point in the week.
The image below is click-throughable and connects to a wide array of documentation images.
After my video call with Tak, my professor, I decided the idea of "stealing form." Looking at the fruit studies, I am drawn to their internal structures and textures. Banana peels having vertical pattern extensions from end to end. Pomegranate having this cavernous interior that grows around the seeds. Casting into these textures to inform the shape of a vessel. "Frankenstein-ing" a vessel by combining several "stolen" things.
I am developing a connection to Tom Sachs slowly. My understanding is that he takes materials to imitate and get close to reflecting a "real" object or consumer good. Gaudi works with weights that are netted and gravity is used to inform the structure of his architecture. I am studing tension to make a "wall."