Studio practise – Page 2 – Jessica Rosaleen Broughton

Documenting the making process

Materials used: Alginate Liquid Latex Rubber Air Drying Clay Nail Varnish Bread

300 words on Surrealist object development

The intervention is on a traditional Victorian mushroom knob. Selected for its antique brass finish, referencing the class it represents. The structure of the door knob is predominantly masculine and the function is not always about opening doors and entrances as much as it is about closing them. Spinning asymmetrically on its base, the designContinueContinue reading “300 words on Surrealist object development”

Experiments phase

Images below depict my first experimentations with avocado skin using it to make a collage with acrylic on paper and testing how effectively it responds to modelling clay. I have learnt that the avocado skin is less likely to be flexible when it is not ripe. Very unripe avocado skin tends to snap and isContinueContinue reading “Experiments phase”

Surrealist Object- collage

Surrealist object- research phase

Unit 1- The Surrealist Object Ideas

Design Method exploration ROSE SQUEEZING- Idea Approach – Emotional Take- Desire Senses- Touch Materiality- Metals Multi-function- Possibly therapy? Transgression- Temptation/religion I am interested in exploring my own irrational desires to squeeze a really fresh and luxurious looking rose. Sharing this personal enjoyment with others has in the past evoked humorous or embarrassed responses. I think itContinueContinue reading “Unit 1- The Surrealist Object Ideas”

Surrealism Assemblage search: Tate Britain in 1910’s-40’s rooms

Following the link on the Unit 1 brief to Assemblage for the Tate, a few of us searched in the Tate Britain for examples, starting in the 1910’s-40’s rooms. Comprising of mainly British artists, and Dada and Surrealism originating in Zurich and Paris, it is not surprising that there was a limited collection. (I have since learnedContinueContinue reading “Surrealism Assemblage search: Tate Britain in 1910’s-40’s rooms”

HOME Lecture and SDS

SDS HOME 1. Downey, G. (ed.) (2013). Domestic Interiors: Representing Homes from the Victorians to the Moderns. London: Bloomsbury Academic. (See ‘Introduction’, pp.1-10. • Lane, B. (2007). Housing and Dwelling: Perspectives on Modern Domestic Architecture. London: Routledge. (See Part 1 ‘What is Home?’) 2. Film • Volver (2006). Directed by Pedro Almodóvar STAIRS Observe andContinueContinue reading “HOME Lecture and SDS”