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
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!!
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