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Materials Project: Process

Materials Form and Space Project #2: Mixed Media Assemblage with Wood.
I went out material hunting on the weekend to get some ideas. Hover mouse over thumbs for description.
picture frame plumbing joints tubing carpets and matts on bulk rolls phone cords in packages wiring in bulk on rolls
At the same time I’ve been spewing out some idea sketches. Click the thumbs to enlarge.
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Inviting Forms

  • bed
  • sofa
  • chaize lounge
  • arm chair
  • pillow
  • bicycle
  • utensils
  • jacket / gloves
  • slippers / shoes
  • tree fort
  • sleigh / sled
  • steering wheel
  • ipod / macs
  • kitchen table
  • bread
  • tea pot
  • movie theatre
  • pop corn
  • ‘s’ curves
  • spiral / double helix

Uninviting Materials

  • fibre glass
  • barbed wire / fencing
  • glass / plexi / crushed glass
  • steel / metal
  • poison ivy
  • adhesives
  • rocks / marble / granite
  • concrete
  • plastics / resins
  • shrink wrap
  • graphite powder
  • styrofoam
  • coarse wool
  • burlap
  • spray foam
  • flourescent lighting

Other Materials

  • cermaics
  • porcelein
  • toilet
  • shrink wrap
  • plastic bags
  • racquet strings
  • carbon fibre
  • fibre glass
  • model airplane shrink wrap

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2 Responses to “Materials Project: Process”

  1. Dylan Avatar

    Who do you have for materials forms and space?
    Is this the planar skin/skeleton project?

  2. Jeff Werner Avatar

    @Dylan: I’ve got Karen Kazmer for Mat. Form and Space. This project is, I suppose, our version of the wood project some other classes are doing. As for skin/skeleton, our pod’s very first Creative Processes class, with Duane Elverum, was along those lines:
    http://jeffwerner.ca/2005/09/skeleton_and_sk.html

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