MY JOURNEY
I remember being very nervous and scared about using material during M2M. I was worried that I might cut myself or I might waste material. I was worried that the material might not be enough or I would buy too much. But over the past 7 months I have developed a good sense of material Handling. I approach these projects with great enthusiasm and fearlessly yet, cautiously. I now know how much material I will need and how I can manipulate it.
These projects have taught me to think big. During M2M and F2F I was very practical in my approach when it came to the final form. I wanted to make sure that i was working on something “achievable”. However, during transform I decided to challenge the limits. I was ready to fail and redo and fail again. I wanted to make something that the I would have considered impossible a few months ago. Thus this entire journey of material transform has encouraged me to challenge my limits, something which I would l will carry forwards during the rest of the projects.
DESIGN PROCESS
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PERSONAL REFLECTION
This project for me was like a roller coaster ride. I went through many ups and downs. I faced a major art block during the experimentation phase. Initially I was discouraged by it. However then I developed a formula to over come it, I created a simple list and told myself to manipulate all the material in the list first by itself and then by combining it with the material below it, then with the material above it and finally with any random material I wanted. This helped me overcome my art block.
I had rejected my final form after spending days on making it. Because I realised that I was fascinated by the idea behind my form, the stories that I wanted to include in the form, the number of references in the form, but not the form. However since the idea was so unique and close to me I wanted to take it ahead despite of my unsureness about the physical model. I knew I wouldn’t like it, I knew I would try something else, but I didn’t want to give up on the idea. I forcefully completed the form to give myself some mental satisfaction. I wanted a physical proof that my idea was not going to work. However, everything happens for a reason. One of the experiments I did for the central core (the red ball) of this model, involving rubber foam, ended up becoming the base for my final form. In fact I bought material for this form before I even finished my rejected form because I knew in my heart that this is what I wanted to do.
In this way I faced and overcame many struggles during this project. And I am leaving this project with the biggest lesson of my foundation year - don’t be afraid to redo.
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