50 Pack

For week 4 we had to bring in multiples of one single object. I chose these mini pencils that were $2. We then had to make four objects from just this one material, one had to be dense in construction, one light and open and one had to be a vessel or a container. The fourth had to be structurally harmonious and also had a mystery object, a ping pong ball.

These are my four objects.

I didn't anticipate how hard it would be to cut up the pencils so i ended up just shaving bits off which worked out pretty well in the end. It gave a rigid object some fluidity and shape.

The second part of the class we used whatever materials we had with us to create 10-20 small jewel like objects that were all around the same size and same kind of theme, like animal, mineral or vegetable.

My small objects ended up looking very organic and plant like, probably because I used a lot of neutral colours and materials like small sticks and twine.

Canapes, Cooking & Collage

Last week Natalia asked us to decide on a theme for this weeks class, it could be anything, we just had to bring in photos of that thing for a collage. When we got to class this week she told us we were making Canapes using the ingredients of whatever theme we had chosen. Some people chose fungi, sea creatures and people. My theme was Wood. We had to create one meat, vegetable, seafood and dessert canape. I had lots of photos of wood grain so I cut that up and abstracted the shapes quite a lot to make my collages.

Then came the fun part, cooking! We made 6 little edible looking models. I brought lots of sticks and pine cones, some string and cardboard so I had a lot to work with.

I love this class! I could sit and make small objects all day long!

Next class we have to bring in multiples of one thing, like straws, matches or toothpicks, as long as it comes in multiples and can be manipulated. Oh the possibilities!

Poetry Beasts

Week one of Small Object Ideation was really interesting. I found that drawing adjectives like sticky, solemn, geometric and unfolding and creating a beast out from them was challenging. I loved creating the words from strips of plain white paper, and then creating models from them. It was so amazing to see what everyone made and know that they came from the same basic materials.

This is one of my models, curly, scanned. It definitely makes it look more substantial and beautiful than when I photographed it. Cant wait for week two!