User:Tyson Goudsmits

Tyson Goudsmits tysongoudsmits@gmail.com

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.

Final shape

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

Why am I a maker?

1. My mother influenced me creativity and my gather taught me practical thinking

2. I like watching and observing, and reuse wat I see to

3. playing

4. learn form the material

5. creating problems witch you can solve

When I was young I was directly influenced by my mother who always had a
motivation to create things. She made paintings, drawing, she even made our
clothes and cut our hair in weird shapes, also she made an ugly angel hanging form
the sealing colored gold (the frustration).

Even tough she was always making, she never approached it seriously except for
the one year she studied fashion in Utrecht, but then she got pregnant and the
whole plan was scrapped form the book. These days my mother is still creating,
she is doing a ceramics workshop and is making ceramic flowers and dinner set’s
for at home.

Not only did she influenced me creatively but also she supported me to do what I
like most unlike a lot of people saying art can hardly be a source of income. Like
my dad for instants, he doesn’t seem to see the point in creating unless it’s
practical. But I still think he was a big influence because of his practical point of
view.

He is a mechanic who has a passion for motorbikes and really trucks, he also
managed to build his own house form scratch with the help of a couple relatives
who are in that business, so most of the day at work and at home he is crafting.
I think helping him for instants with replanting a tree in the garden taught me to
think practical.

While I’m writing this I actually realize that my mother influenced me with
creativity and my father taught me practical thinking, I think those are the most
important factors to be a maker.