FINAL PRESENTATION, TRANSFORMING THE EVERYDAY

Ready for critique

 

The critique went quite well, I did get some advise about seperating the tile spacers and presenting them seperately, I agree somewhat, I also do very much like them paired together for purposes explained earlier, I have an idea to collect more slate and mount in a simlar way without the tile spacer accessories, maybe 30-40 pieces, have each one set on a stone floor in a gallery with great light and people could walk in between and get a sense of them being beings or souls from the past, rather like the Easter Island monuments remind me of a person locked inside each one, having observed the events of the island for thouands of years! I think an installation as such would be quite something, eerie and interesting to experience! 

Untitled, Transforming the Every Day, final piece

My weathered slate, mounted on wooden blocks and simply dressed in ornamental tile spacers. When I found this slate I knew I wanted to present it in a pure way, by not touching or adapting what the environment has, it's likely each piece came identically from a quarry, placed identically on a roof for exactly the same time, hammered and worked on by the same hand in exactly the same way, yet I see how each one has come out different, there are similar lines yet much like humans we all weather in a different way. I think I have achieved what I set out by simply dressing them

#8 Transforming the Everyday

Had to redo my sphere after it was accidentally broken by a fellow student, my other object has been inspired by a sea shell, this took ages to do, thinking I shall use the slate tiles and hang the tile space objects in front of them. I would like to create an illusion of African masks with some kind of tribal jewellery or symbol as in the tile spacer objects.

#6 Transforming the everyday

My initial attempt at constructing a shell shape out of tile spacers. To create the swirling form was quite tricky, yet once I got going with the sequence it was easier to build upon.

I needed to use a lot of glue to keep the shape intact and I like the web like appearance

Transforming the everyday #4

After feeling dispondant with my Leaf Lamp, I have moved onto other objects, I have spare tile spacers at home, I glued them together to create a sphere, I am exploring this now to find out how I feel about this material and how to work with it and see what shapes I come up with.

                      Working with tile spacers to create geometric shapes, #1 sphere

 

I think the sphere works well, this object could be used in maybe interiors, as a sculpture or in the architectual field