Area Choice

I started to think about the area of my choice far way before the beginning of the Foundation course at Chelsea. As I was doing my A-levels I had a possibility to enter the university this year. I got into University of Brighton to study BA Interior architecture, however I decided to withdrawn my UCAS application, as I had a lot of doubts about this course, as it is too architectural based, and among all 1^st year projects that I was shown on the interview day, there was only one to deal with furniture, design and decoration. On the interview tutor explained me that the only difference between architecture and interior architecture course in Brighton is that it is not that boring. So I felt that I need one more year to get more experience in Art and Design. I want to experiment more with media, improve my drawing skills, work in 3D, so then I can feel myself more confident. So, definitely the area I want to go is 3D and Spatial and then apply for BA Interior and Spatial Design. I fell in love with interiors since I was a child. When I was 6 my mother decided to open her first beauty salon, so basically I was brought up in the atmosphere of renovations buildings for beauty salons, as well as moving to new flat and new country house, which all were designed by my mother. As I was always with her I remembered myself spending days and hours in different furniture, wallpaper, décor shops and boutiques. In addition, I was watching TV programs about changing the interior of the people apartments. Interior design is what I really want my life to be dedicated to.

Unfortunately, because of my visa problems, I missed the whole 3D rotation and half of the Fashion and Textiles, however I still could manage to do some bits at home. For the second part of the Compress and Expand project (Fashion and Textiles) I picked up a sponge and did sequential photos of its compression. So, I got to the idea of twisting and rotation in order for the original-sized object became a compressed one. Although, it was fashion and textiles project I found it useful for interiors and architecture, as the shapes that I did can be easily be applied both for fashion and interior design and architecture.

During my rotations I understood that it is important to start exploring several ideas in order to get to the final one. What I really like in Chelsea that we don't have a certain idea of how final piece will look like, we are allowed to do anything, which can never be wrong. So, it helps to relax and enjoy the working process.

As well as interior design I am thinking of product design, furniture in particular. And on the area talks we were told that 3D area suits for both interior and product design.

One of my favourite painters is Vilhelm Hammershøi, who is famous for painting quite interiors. When I look at his works I feel like I am hypnotized. I can’t express my feeling properly, but I can feel warmth in my heart. In his painting interiors are main characters and people are their backgrounds.

My favourite designer is Philippe Starck . He is both interior and product designer. And if I were asked what I want to do in future, I would say that I want to be like him. I like that in interiors he combines both classical and modern shapes, bringing luxury and simplicity together.

Visual Communication - Ideas and Images/Nonverbal Communication

As I was doing Graphic Communication before as one of my A-level I was familiar with staff that we did during this rotation. What I liked about this rotation is that we had each week new project and they were very interesting. The first project was about creating a story from the images we collected. I did a story of the child birth. I used illustration, photo collages and monoprinting. Although, my final piece wasn't that crazy and odd compared to other pieces produced by my group. From the crit I learned that I need to think more of the story line, as some parts were a bit confusing. The second project was about nonverbal communication. I think for international students it was pretty difficult and tricky task. So, basically I was stuck at the beginning. However, after talks to tutors it became more clear, but still I was struggling with the message. For this project I wanted to explore the language between animals and people. I used my cats as senders and my parents as receivers. Basically, this situation can happen with every family who has cats. My cats are decorative sphynxes and have any fur, so it is impossible for the to live on the streets. But they always want to go outside, drink water from toilet, eat human food, not cat's biscuits. They want to feel freedom. So, I sent a message with the help of food, using Posh Cat food vs. Fishbone.

Fine Art - Carnival of the Street

Fine Art was my first full  rotation. From my previous experience I didn't enjoy Fine Art at all. During my A-levels I spent the majority of my free time in the art room, but could only get C. In Chelsea I really enjoyed Fine Art rotation. We were allowed to do anything. For me it was pretty difficult in the beginning as I like to be restricted in some way. I decided to investigate the movement of the underground, so I started to paint on the prepared surface using underground maps as the base. However, David and Max gave me good pieces of advice and pushed me towards my stronger sides and interests. So, I ended up painting part of my cloakroom with shoes and accessories on the big sheet of acetate. I did this painting in one day and I really pleased with the result, as it looks spontaneous. What I really like in Chelsea that we don't have a certain  idea of how final piece will look like, we allow to do anything, which can never be wrong. I am glad that I had such an opportunity to work in David's class. He is a great tutor, his positive mood and complements about our work encouraged us to work even more.

TATE BRITAIN - Eadweard Muybridge

Today I visited Eadweard's Muybridge exhibition at TATE BRITAIN. Muybridge was an English photographer who lived in the USA. He was at the forefront of technical advances of the second part of the 19th century. When I saw his works I was amazed, because if I didn't see the date, I would never believe that they were taken so early. From what I heard the first cameras were invented back to the 13th century, but only after 1920-1930s became more common. So yeah, for me the quality and complicated panorama views were pretty unexpectable. Eadweard Muybridge devoted the whole life to the movement studies. I think his zoopraxiscope was a great invention, which did the first steps in animation. And his motion studies of people and animals were used in various US universities for science research and experiments. When I looked at his photos of landscapes with reflection I had a feeling that I am a part of the photograph. Especially, on the Vernal fall 1872 I imagined myself standing there, so I even could here the sound of waterfall. To sum up, I want to say that the exhibition was very interesting and everyone doesn't matter whether you are a creative or just a normal personal will enjoy it. I strongly recommend, as it is worth to be seen.

Horse in the motion

Vernal fall, 1872

Cackatoo flying, 1887

Infantile paralysisy: child walking on hands and feet, 1887

Dancing movements female, 1887

Fashion and Textiles - Compress and Expand

As I had my visa problems I joined foundation course on the fourth week. So, basically I just jumped in the middle of the fashion and textiles project. I didn't get that much understanding of the project itself, but I tried to do my best. I picked up a sponge and did sequential photos of its compression. So, I got to the idea of twisting and rotation in order for the original-sized object became a compressed one. Although, it was fashion and textiles project I found it useful for interiors and architecture, as the shapes that I did can be easily be applied both for fashion and interior design and architecture.