Showing posts with label Architecture Project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Architecture Project. Show all posts
19 January 2012
10 December 2011
Old Buildings
I am a lot more interested in buildings that are old and especially buildings that are nearly falling to pieces. I would love to bring one back to life. Here are some I like:
The Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) is working with building owners Lord MacLennan and Mr Tony Hagon and potential End User the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama to undertake anOptions Appraisal for the Girnal at Ham and Barrock Church, both in Caithness. The Girnal is a former Grain Store and is "B" Listed, and is located within the boundary of Ham Farm south of Dunnet Head, however is disused and in derelict condition. Barrock Church is "B" Listed and is located approximately one mile south of the Ham.
Photographs of the Girnal at Ham - and Location Map of Caithnessshowing Ham/Dunnet
Photographs of Barrock Church
source
The Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) is working with building owners Lord MacLennan and Mr Tony Hagon and potential End User the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama to undertake anOptions Appraisal for the Girnal at Ham and Barrock Church, both in Caithness. The Girnal is a former Grain Store and is "B" Listed, and is located within the boundary of Ham Farm south of Dunnet Head, however is disused and in derelict condition. Barrock Church is "B" Listed and is located approximately one mile south of the Ham.
Photographs of the Girnal at Ham - and Location Map of Caithnessshowing Ham/Dunnet
Photographs of Barrock Church
source
| Asset Type: | Building at Risk |
| Name: | Summerhouse east of Turton Tower |
| Street: | Chapeltown Road (off) |
| Parish: | North Turton |
| Unitary Authority: | Blackburn with Darwen (UA) |
| Parliamentary Constituency: | Rossendale and Darwen |
| Region: | North West |
| Designation: | Grade II* listed building |
| Designation CA: | No |
| Designation SM: | No |
| List Entry Number: | 1241997 |
| Condition: | Poor |
| Occupancy: | Vacant |
| Priority Category: | C |
| Previous Priority Category: | C |
| New Entry: | No |
| Owner Type: | Private |
| Contact: source | Kerry Babington |
1 December 2011
Buildings
These are my images I took in London which I should have uploaded about a month and a half ago.
17 November 2011
Architectural Textiles
I have been given a project brief, in textiles, called Architectural Textiles. I have to experiment with different fabrics to see how I can make them look more like buildings, investigate styles of different buildings and architects and look at textiles artists and fashion designers work that could be associated with buildings.
I have so far experimented with different fabrics and taken some pictures of buildings.
I have so far experimented with different fabrics and taken some pictures of buildings.
14 November 2011
How to do Simple Wet Felting
This tutorial will show you how to make a flat piece of felt.
What you need:
What you need:
- Wool tops
- Bar of olive soap
or you can use watered
down washing up liquid
- Tutu netting about
A3 size
- A cup of warm water
- A piece of bubble wrap
a bit smaller than your tutu
netting
First lay your bubble wrap on your work surface, it will get wet so move anything that you don't want spoiling, start to pull small pieces of wool and place them vertically on your bubble wrap, about 5 cm away from the edge. The pieces need to be laid on in small pieces, have about three pieces over lapping on each row, cover the whole bubble wrap like that. Then do the same but horizontally and then vertically again. Do this so the piece has about five or six layers, you can use different colours on layers but I would nearer the top layers because they will show through.
Then place the net over your creation.
Add a small amount of washing up liquid to the cup of water or if you have a bar of olive soap, grate some off and put it in the warm water.
Pour a small amount of the solution all over your work. Then use your hands to squash it. Massage and scrubbing it with your finger tips works best. I would do this for about ten minutes, to make sure it has worked together.
Next go to your sink and roll up your work really tightly and squeeze out as much water as possibly.
Unroll it out and careful peel off the felt from your net and that is it. You have made some felt.
Then place the net over your creation.
Add a small amount of washing up liquid to the cup of water or if you have a bar of olive soap, grate some off and put it in the warm water.
Pour a small amount of the solution all over your work. Then use your hands to squash it. Massage and scrubbing it with your finger tips works best. I would do this for about ten minutes, to make sure it has worked together.
Next go to your sink and roll up your work really tightly and squeeze out as much water as possibly.
Unroll it out and careful peel off the felt from your net and that is it. You have made some felt.
13 November 2011
Horst
Horst's Art Statement
Wool is complicated. It can be manipulated, made into fabric, and then perhaps sewn, made into something useful. But the way in which it could be constructed was fascinating to me.
Felting was like opening a door in my mind. I could create a sheet of fabric out of wool. This fabric, the essence of clothing, drew me to make something that could be worn. Bit I didn't want to break up the planes of fabric with seams and stitches. I wanted to maintain the textural image, the flow of color. I wanted my pieces to be seamless.
I knew the problems. Wool shrinks considerably when felted. Wool is hot and heavy.
I labored. I tried to understand the material.
So I made it shrink to fit. I made it thin to wear. I made it wearable. I enjoy the complexity. It compels me to move forward. This challenge. Starting with something no longer than the fingers of my hand, and changing it, mastering it, to make a figure, a form that functions, which is one of a kind. Then to see it, transforming the body of its wearer into art in itself. That is the drive.
Biography
Horst was born February 23, 1971 in Akron, Ohio, and currently resides in the Akron area.
Art had always been part of Horst's life. He was constantly exploring various mediums, progressing in its various realms. In high school Horst experimented with photography, painting and sculpture, building a stunning portfolio - portfolio that earned him many awards from various shows, including Scholastic and granted him a full ride scholarship to Maryland Institute College of Art.
However, an unexpected turn of events set Horst onto his fateful path. Finding that he was now a father to a baby daughter, Horst transferred to another college in 1990 to be with her. Criticized for his painting subject matter and method, Horst settled into become an art teacher, gaining his B.A. in art education in 1996, while also gaining a minor in studio art, art history, and secondary education. A few years later, he began to teach in Cleveland Municipals Schools, where he has been teaching since.
Along the way of gaining his M.A. at Kent State University in 2003, Horst found a new medium to experiment with, one that he found a for; felt making, a process of condensing layers of wool into a sheet of fabric. It was an old textiles, and one that he found to have almost endless possibilities. Felting became the key to his expression, designing garments that became increasingly more elaborate in design with each created piece. He pushed the boundaries of felting, revolutionizing the methods he had been taught. The result was garments that drape around the body, which breathe and feel light as air, colors that are breathtaking and flow with the natural movements of the body.
His achievements have given him world recognition. His designs have graced catwalks and galleries, and have been published many times over. His success has now established him as a professor at Virginia Marti College of Art and Design, a position he feels honoured to have achieved.
Orchid
Lagoon
Majestic
Avocado
Expressions
Frost
Violet
My Notes
Wool is complicated. It can be manipulated, made into fabric, and then perhaps sewn, made into something useful. But the way in which it could be constructed was fascinating to me.
Felting was like opening a door in my mind. I could create a sheet of fabric out of wool. This fabric, the essence of clothing, drew me to make something that could be worn. Bit I didn't want to break up the planes of fabric with seams and stitches. I wanted to maintain the textural image, the flow of color. I wanted my pieces to be seamless.
I knew the problems. Wool shrinks considerably when felted. Wool is hot and heavy.
I labored. I tried to understand the material.
So I made it shrink to fit. I made it thin to wear. I made it wearable. I enjoy the complexity. It compels me to move forward. This challenge. Starting with something no longer than the fingers of my hand, and changing it, mastering it, to make a figure, a form that functions, which is one of a kind. Then to see it, transforming the body of its wearer into art in itself. That is the drive.
Biography
Horst was born February 23, 1971 in Akron, Ohio, and currently resides in the Akron area.
Art had always been part of Horst's life. He was constantly exploring various mediums, progressing in its various realms. In high school Horst experimented with photography, painting and sculpture, building a stunning portfolio - portfolio that earned him many awards from various shows, including Scholastic and granted him a full ride scholarship to Maryland Institute College of Art.
However, an unexpected turn of events set Horst onto his fateful path. Finding that he was now a father to a baby daughter, Horst transferred to another college in 1990 to be with her. Criticized for his painting subject matter and method, Horst settled into become an art teacher, gaining his B.A. in art education in 1996, while also gaining a minor in studio art, art history, and secondary education. A few years later, he began to teach in Cleveland Municipals Schools, where he has been teaching since.
Along the way of gaining his M.A. at Kent State University in 2003, Horst found a new medium to experiment with, one that he found a for; felt making, a process of condensing layers of wool into a sheet of fabric. It was an old textiles, and one that he found to have almost endless possibilities. Felting became the key to his expression, designing garments that became increasingly more elaborate in design with each created piece. He pushed the boundaries of felting, revolutionizing the methods he had been taught. The result was garments that drape around the body, which breathe and feel light as air, colors that are breathtaking and flow with the natural movements of the body.
His achievements have given him world recognition. His designs have graced catwalks and galleries, and have been published many times over. His success has now established him as a professor at Virginia Marti College of Art and Design, a position he feels honoured to have achieved.
Orchid
Lagoon
Majestic
Avocado
Chocolate
Expressions
Sea Breeze
Frost
Frost
Tribal
Violet
My Notes
I absolutely love this artist's work, he makes it look so easy to make things out of felt. I really would love to try and make a garment out of felt. Horst's work is a lot different to what I have seen before because I haven't seen dresses made using this technique. I normally see felt panels with landscapes or garish patterns on them. Which is okay, we all do it when we start something new but I like how Horst has thought of something different to do. My favourite dresses are 'Avocado' and the white 'Frost' one.
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