User:Laura.schurink

Fantastic Forgeries

                
                        Long neck & Groove bottles by Hella Jongerius

http://www.jongeriuslab.com/work/long-neck-and-groove-bottles

http://www.frozenfountain.nl/hellajongerius

http://www.kunstbus.nl/design/hella+jongerius.html

http://www.unfold.be/pages/projects/items/kiosk-20/all/date

  Other Projects Hella Jongerius did with bottles

http://www.jongeriuslab.com/work/chicle-project

http://www.jongeriuslab.com/work/evian-bottle

                      Process first replica

I was really inspired by the material experiments and material usage which Hella Jongerius applies in her works. These are my first drafts about what kind of materials I wanted to use.

First I wanted to translate the materials of the longneck bottles too directly. So after that I decides to bring the material usage more to my fashion background. So it could be knitting, felting, using patterns, weaving and embroidering.

First I tried copying the shape of a bottle with fabric, so I could make patterns out of it and resew it together in a different fabric.

After trying to make the longneck bottle out of fabric I concluded that it was too traditional and easy. So instead of thinking about new ways to work with fabric I started over again. I started thinking about things that rotate, like a mixer that everyone has in their home, and how to use rotation to make the replica. Last week I saw a project of two artists that really inspired me. By rotating paint with a hardner in a bowl, the paint starts ascending up the sides and when the paint is hard it has the shape of the bowl.

STUDIO STILO - NEWTON'S BUCKET

www.studiosilo.net

newton's bucket movie

I started thinking about how I can do something with this technique but than more accessible to do it at home. So everyone can produce art or products at home.

I am going to try to make a mold of the top of the bottle that I can put on a domestic mixer and let it rotate, with a fluid material inside that gets harder during the rotating process.

For the bottom part of the bottle I wanted to use another technique and a different machine that has a rotating function. So I thought of a drill or even a clock, but they are not very practical. And when I did not know anymore which machine I could use, I looked at my desk and saw the machine that I use so much for my work: my sewing machine! There is a function on my domestic sewing machine to wind a bobbin, so this part rotates! Perfect to not only be able to sew on my sewing machine but also make pottery!!

Sewing Machine / Pottery Wheel

I attached my own version of a pottery wheel (made out of, a wooden stick, cardboard and fake laminate) on the sewing machine. It worked! But it was not yet stable enough, so it still needs some work before I can really use it.

About me

As a fashion student I mainly get inspired by structures, textures, people and nature. Some the designers that really inspire me are:

Hussein Chalayan

www.lauraschurink.com

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