User:Nsilver/Statement
- Describe in 100 words what you have been working on so far. (How does it look? What was the process? What materials / techniques are used? Are the crafted objects, big, heavy, soft to the touch, extremely delicate etc. Keep this description focused on describing what you can see when you look at your work.)
- Describe in 200 words what materials/tools/processes you are most interested in and why that is the case. (Focus on the things you have been making during this course.)
- Describe in 200 words what the content of your work for this course is. (Is it an exploration of different techniques, the creation of a new tool, the mastering of a specific process, the expansion of your practice with new materials, a specific theme, a position in a larger debate etc.)
What I have been working on so far has mostly been 3d prints. In school I have mostly printed with plastic, at Unfold I have printed with clay in combination with aluminium, copper, wood dust, wood pieces and glass. We have still to learn how these materials react together in the oven. We already know that the wood will leave holes in the clay, we hope the glass will give it a glaze. The copper and aluminium might give it a green look due to their oxides. All the plastic prints are quite small, smooth and hard. The clay prints where big and fragile, but after drying and baking will also turn smaller and go hard. I have mostly been using the 3D printer because I want to be able to materialise what I model in the computer.
3D printing is definitely very interesting to me the other thing that appeals to me is the tie-wraps constructions, because they look rather neat and have an interesting potential when it comes to structural building. They bend yet they are steady. I am thinking about a moving installation I can make with them. A structure that breaths if you will.
As I said before I have mostly been busy mastering the 3D printers and seeing what I can make them do. What their limits are and how you can use them unconventionally.
I should have explored more materials, I still want to use the turning table to make a clay pot. So I can experience the craftsmanship behind pot making. I have experienced the craftsmanship behind 3D printing, however I have never made a pot the traditional way.
Describe in around 300 words what the broader cultural or historical context is of the technique/craft/process/tool/material you've focused on? Example: how does it relate to how that technique/craft/process/tool/material has been traditionally used? or: What meaning in culture does your technique/craft/process/tool/material have? or: How does your technique/craft/process/tool/material relate to the what we've read about in Making Is Connecting?
Describe in around 100 words how can the technique/craft/process/tool/material you've worked impact your practice? Example: doe you now consider working with different materials? or: do you think the technique/craft/process/tool/material will allow you to explore new visual languages within your practice?
Look back on what you've written so far (around 900 words!) and write a 100 word statement on why you make. This can be a conclusion to your text, a short manifesto or perhaps the text to use for those who are making a booklet as their practical project?
