10x10x10 was a two week project. At first, it seemed to be pretty confusing, but after reading the brief it became to make a bit of sense. Over the first weekend I took pictures of collections of 10, 100 of boxes, buildings, road, fruits etc. After the weekend we started to work using 10x10x10 in terms of scale. For the small scale my group was working with 10 wooden square(1x1m) and we did some constructions inside and outside. We carried those squares to the TATE Britain's entrance, where we put them as a tunnel. For the medium scale I was working with a masking tape and chalks and marked different destinations, which were multiples of 10. For the large scale my group and me take a 1km trip to Westminster, recording our route. I think this day was very helpful and gave us a lot of good photographs for our portfolios, as well as a good base for the research.
For our independent study day we were asked to choose one activity from the given list and do it in 10 different ways. I chose traveling, and recorded it in 10 different ways (walking, elevator, tube, bus, bicycle, motorbike, stairs, escalator, train and taxi) and did 10 drawings. In class we were working with textures and I did 10 different samples of textured surfaces which can be applied to the interiors or exteriors.
The second week of the project was self-orientated. I chose to do an interior space for traveling with 10x10x10 scale. I went to TATE modern to take some pictures of the big space and did some sketches. At first, I wanted to do a moving platform for the TATE, so visitors can stand and it will move them through the whole gallery to the different levels, but after the talk with tutors I moved from that I idea, as TATE modern is very iconic space. I hope that makes sense. I found this project very struggling, at the begging. I started to do some drawings with ink, and the way ink flows reminded me of waves, so I took the pattern of the wave and applied it to my construction. I finished this project with a moving platform made of wave-petals, which are constantly moving, so it makes the whole platform move.
Oooops! It's been long time since I updated my blog. I was busy with my ucas and personal statement, so I completely forgot about it. Anyway, I will try to improve)) So let's get started.
After reading week we came into new groups of our area choice. As you know I am doing 3D and Spatial, so before the reading week we were briefed the new project Reuse-Remake-Reinvent. We were asked to find a piece of second hand wooden furniture that can be transformed. So, I went to Portabello market and after two hours of wondering all over the place I finally found a furniture shop. People who worked there kindly agreed to sell me an old chair from their garage for £10. Yaaaay! I fitted into the required budget! My underground journey was a lot of fun, as I kept hitting people with my chair. Finally I brought it home. It looked so vintage compared to all furniture in my residence. It is made of old oak andyou can literally feel its spirit. I did some drawings and and took some photos of details.
Back in uni we started the whole process of the reconstruction. It was very difficult to put all details apart, as well as nail them, as nails started to break the whole detail, because my chair was made of very old oak. So, after some brainstorming and ideas I finally decided how I will transform my chair. I nailed some details with wooden nails, but the queue for the drill was so huge, so I used rope to keep them together.
I really enjoyed this project. I learnt how to develop ideas and communicate them with the materials and time you have. If I had more time I would nail all details properly using drill and then put ropes over it, because I think my final piece is fragile a bit.
