3DD Day 3

Today's first task was to design 20 structures that would allow spaghetti to hold up 3 light balls.

our next task was to create  one of them using spaghetti and a glue gun.

 Then we had to create something out of paper that would help to protect the object when something falls on it.

3DD Day 2

Today was the most practical day of the week. Our task was to make a bridge from card board and bamboo that a remote control car was capable of going over. For this task the class was split into 6 groups i was in group 6. We decided as a group how we would design the structure and how we would make it stable.

3DD Day 1

firstly we had to draw two lines on our paper then make bridges out of paper to reach from one line to the other.

after we had to do a range of drawings using different materials.

our final task of the day was to make an object from paper that would hold up a bottle. we was only allowed one arm length of tape.

our final task was to make an object out of card board and tape that would support our body. unfortunately my object was not a success.

Tate Modern (Vietnam Review)

 Today I visited the Tate modern gallery i viewed a collection called 'Transformed visions'. Leon Golub an American artist had a piece displayed called Vietnam II which he made in 1973.The piece was done using acrylic paint and linen material and is the size of a gallery wall. The piece features a group of soldiers pointing there guns towards a group of civilians. The ethnicity of the soldiers is not made clear but by my understanding of the Vietnam war I think that they are American military pointing their weapons at the Vietnamese civilians. The artist has tried to give the american soldiers a negative look by making there skin tone red and they're clothing dark. Whereas he made the Vietnamese civilians skin a normal tone and they're clothing is predominately white with black marks that look like dirt due to poverty, which makes them look far more vulnerable and also suggests they are victims and more pure than the soldiers. The contrast in power is further shown by what is behind the subjects behind the soldiers is a tank which suggests power and force whereas behind the civilians there is what appears to be a burning shack which shows they leave of poverty the civilians are in and also the level of destruction that the soldiers are causing. The piece evokes sympathy in the viewer for the civilians and evokes anger towards the soldiers. The piece is actually painted in a way that suggests action and movement with the strong sharp lines and variety of colour and shading. overall i would say the piece is very successful as it gives the reader a good view int how the artist viewed the Vietnam war and evokes the emotions that the artist was clearly trying to portray.

Fig.1 (Owned my author, 2013)

Fashion And Design (Day 3)

Today we had to make the garment that we designed yesterday we could only use basic materials such as paper, cardboard and string. I decided to make mine using cardboard and coloured paper.

Next we had to get our partners to model our design.

Fashion And Textiles (Day 2)

The first task of the day was to make a design on magazine cut outs/silhouettes. We could use some of our creations from yesterday in the design or to influence the design.

After we had to continue the task however  we was too focus on one area of our choice. I decided to focus my design below the waist.

Finally we had to design a range of garments that we could possibly make as we would be making one of the designs tomorrow.

Fashion And Textiles (Day 1)

The first task of the day was to create something that represented one of 4 words Structure, Pattern, Font or Texture. We was to complete this task using only paper however the paper could be a range of colours. I firstly created something for the word pattern.

I also made a 3D shape that was suitable for the word Structure.

Our next task was to re-create one of our ideas on a bigger scale a number of times. 

The final task of the day involved using our creations and attaching them to manikins in groups of 3. We firstly started with another groups creations we done this with 4 groups creations.

'Anger'

For the below manikin we was told to focus on the bottom.

 'Organised'

Last but not least we was told to do 3 variations to our manikin using our own creations.