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| − | === Presentation ===
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| − | === Why am I a maker? ===
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| − | '' My mother influenced me creatively and my father taught me practical thinking ''
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| − | When I was young I was directly influenced by my mother who always had a <br>
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| − | motivation to create things. She made paintings, drawing, she even made our <br>
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| − | clothes and cut our hair in weird shapes, also she made an ugly angel hanging <br>
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| − | from the sealing colored gold (the frustration). Even tough she was always <br>
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| − | making, she never approached it seriously except for the one year she studied <br>
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| − | fashion in Utrecht, but then she got pregnant and the whole plan was scrapped <br>
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| − | form the book. These days my mother is still creating, she is doing a ceramics <br>
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| − | workshop and is making ceramic flowers and dinner set’s for at home. <br>
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| − | Not only did she influenced me creatively but also she supported me to do what I <br>
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| − | like most unlike a lot of people saying art can hardly be a source of income. Like <br>
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| − | my dad for instants, he doesn’t seem to see the point in creating unless it’s <br>
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| − | practical. But I still think he was a big influence because of his practical point of view. <br>
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| − | He is a mechanic who has a passion for motorbikes and really trucks, he <br>
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| − | also managed to build his own house form scratch with the help of a couple <br>
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| − | relatives who are in that business, so most of the day at work and at home he <br>
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| − | is crafting. I think helping him for instants with replanting a tree in the garden <br>
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| − | taught me to think practical. <br>
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| − | While I’m writing this I actually realize that my mother influenced me with creativity <br>
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| − | and my father taught me practical thinking, I think those are the most important <br>
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| − | factors to be a maker. <br>
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| − | '' I enjoy watching and observing, and reuse what I see ''
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| − | Also I think a maker is often occupied with observing, not only to observe and <br>
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| − | reflect on his own work but also to observe and reflect on his environment to <br>
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| − | gather inspiration on purpose or not. But I also find myself often observing <br>
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| − | obsessively trying to unravel how things are made. When I am observing I’m <br>
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| − | passively trying to figure out how it could be made, but mostly there is no <br>
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| − | conclusion or an answer because its uncommon for products or structure to <br>
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| − | unravel its mystery, for instance the inside of a car or the screws in your chair. <br>
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| − | So, with most of the things especially concerning technologies its impossible to <br>
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| − | know anything about its component without taking it apart. <br>
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| − | But that doesn’t mean it is pointless to stare at a chair for minutes. <br>
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| − | Deconstructing these things in your mind has a great impact on your ability to <br>
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| − | apply visual and practical techniques. So when I am working I’m actually reflecting <br>
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| − | on things I have seen. <br>
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| − | '' Learn form the material ''
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| − | Another reason why I am a maker is my interest in material, its not that I am <br>
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| − | especially interested in the substance of the materials, it’s the curiosity on how <br>
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| − | materials react on certain things. For instant when I was working with caramel <br>
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| − | and cement I wondered what would happen if I pour them together, how would it <br>
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| − | solidify? The answer was quite disappointed when I found out that they both did <br>
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| − | not solidify at al. Often it’s a big risk when you attempt to add something to your <br>
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| − | work when your not sure how it will turn out, but not knowing what eventually could <br>
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| − | happen I think is worst. Only in this way you can really find new insights on your <br>
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| − | work preventing it to become a staged or composed project form beginning to end. <br>
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| − | Although this is an pretty practical example it also happens while painting for <br>
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| − | instants I wonder what would it be looking like when I turn the background from <br>
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| − | black to yellow, and this is a big change so again this is a risk but I think your <br>
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| − | work is open to experiments until you feel some kind of satisfaction and if that <br>
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| − | doesn’t come just make it an experiment and not a work. <br>
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| − | Often observing and learning form the material happens at the same time. But I think <br>
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| − | this refers mainly to visual aspect of life. By watching how materials interact I learn form <br>
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| − | the visual characteristics of the material, this is how I know how to draw hair underwater <br>
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| − | water, or the movement of smoke without having research it. <br>
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| − | '' Creating problems witch I can solve ''
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| − | One of my greatest gifts is creating problems, it may even be a hobby. I’m not talking <br>
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| − | about getting kicked off of school and getting into jail type of problems but rather <br>
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| − | problems I can solve with intuition. <br>
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| − | Often when I decide to go to a legal graffiti spot to make a big artwork I often come <br>
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| − | unprepared, mainly because I decide very impulsively what I want to do. So when I <br>
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| − | get the idea to go paint I don’t want to waste my time on making a sketch and getting <br>
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| − | art supplies although I know that its very important to come prepared. <br>
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| − | === Final Gemstone ===
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| − | To make a mold for the outside of the stone I used a big plastic bag to create the same effect as i expirimented with.
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| − | [[File:Plastic bag mold.jpg]]
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| − | [[File:Result cement mold.jpg]]
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| − | === Gemstone sketch ===
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| − | === Pre-industrial craft ===
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| − | === Comparative technique ===
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| − | === Pre-industrial craft ===
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| − | [[File:IMAG1180.jpg|200px|thumb|left|First test caramel in cement mold]]
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| − | [[File:work proces cement.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Normally cement is only used to bond between stone (mostly bricks), but when it is used to make concrete you can pore it into any shape. unfortunately I didn't prepare well enough, I forgot buy the right sand to mix it with so I had to pull it of with only cement and water. As you can see I used a plastic cup to make a mold, in this way I could remove the mold carefully by cutting it open because the dry cement can be very fragile.]]
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| − | [[File:final form cement.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Final shape]]
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| − | [[File:Comparative technique.jpg|200px|thumb|left|For the second assignment I used lego. I combined two different techniques to bond material that is plastic. Lego itself off course has a bonding ability, but it also is made to easily take it apart and rebuild something new. But when you combine this with clue it becomes a strong structure. Also I think its very nice to see the color grid without directly associating it with lego because we are used to see lego in the typical block form]]
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