04/09/2019

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Today we were asked to make a model of motion. In my research, I found a variety of ways of movement, and I chose descent and rolling as my keywords. In my research, the rolling of tires had the greatest impact on me, which reminded me of gears. From then on, it reminds me of the great industrial revolutions in our world. In the first industrial revolution, gears played an important role. The success of the first industrial revolution was the result of great human thought. When humans think, their nerves and cells are in constant motion. This is also a manifestation of movement. In the end, I chose the movement of nerves and the rolling of gears as my main elements to develop my work.

 

05/11/2019

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Today, I painted some pictures to give myself some inspiration, but I found that I could not make some changes to a large extent. Luckily, my language teacher Joanna inspired me, but she told me to read the books on the list. Language courses in the evening, we had learned a second study method, we see an African artist's work, he made a building to express their ideas, Joanna indigo construction, for example, to introduce us to the second research methods, we can through some books about color the color of the background, it is a kind of clay, for example, by color, we can expand to different things. Through today's class, I learned how to enrich my second research and how to expand some ideas that I am interested in. I think it's very useful for me. I want to try some books about gears in the future to enrich my second study. In the future study, I will not search for pictures, because I think they are boring, or I cannot clearly understand what the artist wants to express through pictures. I don't want my research to stay at the surface of things. I want it to go deeper. So not only books, I may choose to watch some movies, I think this is also a way to help me a lot.

06/11/2019 worksheet

07/11/2019

In the morning, I drew some sketches of the future development direction. I drew some combination of cell movement and some combination with the body. Draw several different ways of wearing, respectively on the head, hands, feet, neck. I am interested in the combination of these wearing patterns and body partsI am interested in the combination of these wearing patterns and body parts, because the motor nerve process ultimately relies on neurons to transmit information to muscles like hands and feet. The hand is active because there are neurons that constantly travel to the muscles of the hand. So I drew a lot of pictures of the combination and wear of this process.

In the afternoon karla taught us a lot of basic techniques for making jewelry, which I found very useful. In this way, when I go to the workshop to make things later, I can clearly know what method I need to use to get the effect I want, which not only teaches us skills but also improves our efficiency.The different ways of using metal and metal gave me a lot of different inspirations to make things.

So for example, you know, using hammers to make some textures for metal, and the different USES of the different machines in the workshop that you learn a lot about in advance, and people are more willing to go to the metal workshop and use the metal to make the finished product

11/11/2019

This morning, we visited the works. I got a lot of helpful advice, for example, I need to add more words to my sketchbook to explain my ideas and my works. Everyone thinks that my paintings are very abundant and clear, and you can see the development process of my whole works. When we visit someone else works, I find that many students their painting capability is very strong, very solid, the painting is also very beautiful, I hope I can slowly after exercise my painting skills, I hope my painting also will be more beautiful, more beautiful, more realistic. When we visited the major of architecture, I saw more that their thinking was very clear. Their entire thought process can be seen on their A2 paper.

I painted in the afternoon. I have drawn more ideas and more styles of the final product I want. I hope I can choose one that I like best to do it. This afternoon, I also had a brief thought about the materials I need, and I prefer to use metal. Because I think the element of gear itself is related to metal, people can also think of metal when thinking of gear, so I hope to use metal materials. This afternoon, I went to the workshop to learn more about the use of metal materials and metal tools. Through the teacher's explanation, I have a better understanding of jewelry design, the use of metal, and the use of all the machines in the metal factory. I hope I can use it in this project. I will start the production of my formal finished product tomorrow. I hope I can finish my work before Thursday and make it very complete and excellent.

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12/11/2019 Reflection

This morning, with the help of my teacher, I selected my final product. With the help of the teacher, I selected the materials that will be used in the final product, which are acrylic and metal wire respectively. At the beginning, I hoped to use all metal materials to make my product. However, the teacher warned me that the use of all metal materials may cause me to not finish the product before Thursday. So I gave up the material. Later, I went to a wood factory and wanted to use plywood to make my final product, but the glue was too thick and it was difficult to cut the pattern I wanted quickly. Therefore, I finally used acrylic, whose thickness is just right, and it is easy to cut, because its thickness is not so large, so it is relatively convenient to cut.

This afternoon, I made a very small model of my final product. Because I want to make sure it works. After I confirmed that the model could actually move. I went out and bought my final material and made it. I think I still need a lot of time to make the finished product. I will use the time in the evening and after class. To seize the time to make my finished products, tomorrow I will go to the Workshop to make my finished products. I try to have my final product ready by Thursday.

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14/11/2019

Thursday is the delivery day. After the exercise, I found that my schedule was not very reasonable. I spent a lot of time on my primary and secondary research, including my idea map, so the time left for me to finish the finished product was very short. The final product is not what I expected. I plan to spend most of my time on the preliminary process of the finished product, which should take a week to complete. There is not enough time to make a complete product. I think I need to set a timetable at the beginning of the project and stick to it. In my work, I show the importance of people thinking. In my research, the rolling of tires has the greatest influence on me, which reminds me of gears. From then on, it reminds me of the great industrial revolutions in our world. In the first industrial revolution, gears played an important role. The success of the first industrial revolution was the result of great human thought.
When humans think, their nerves and cells are in constant motion. This is also a manifestation of movement. In the end, I chose the movement of nerves and the rolling of gears as my main elements to develop my work.
Now in terms of materials, for neuron elements, I chose wire. It's better at bending the shape of a nerve tentacle. On the element of tire, during the discussion with my teacher, we agreed that we could choose acrylic to make my element. Because of the acrylic, it's just the right thickness. It was easier for me to cut out the shape of the gear than it was for the wood and the sheet metal. And the transparent acrylic, its transparency so that people can better see how the gear is moving.
Unfortunately, the workshop in our school did not allow the use of the machine on the day I made it, so I had to spend time cutting the acrylic by hand. Fortunately, I successfully completed my work in the end
Finally, we also marked the work of each member of the other group in the form of a group discussion, so that we could know where to improve our problems and shortcomings.

18/11/2019

In the morning, the teacher led us to discuss the situation of school selection in the future. We learned a lot about different majors and schools, and the teacher also gave us some Suggestions. In the afternoon, Tamzin showed you the different kinds of leather materials and different ways to use them. And she taught us how to use leather and metal rings together. I think leather is a very interesting material, and I really hope that I can use leather in the following projects and apply the techniques we have seen into practice.

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19/11/2019

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20/11/2019

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21/11/2019

After learning the techniques of metal, I hope that I can use these methods to enrich my collection of works. Today, I had a group discussion on my works, and I was advised to write more. In some places, it is difficult to understand without words.and also add more sketches on the sketch book.

25/11/2019

Today I continued with my finished product. I am very glad to have talked with both teachers respectively. They all gave me a lot of advice. They all felt that there was too much writing in the second part of my research, which was a waste of time. They chose one of their favorite designs among my many ideas for my reference. And they gave me a lot of advice on how to use my materials. I am very grateful to my teachers, and I believe I will live up to their expectations of me

26/11/2019

Today our teacher told us about the requirements for writing ps

28/11/2019

Today we are again in the day to explain our own works. This morning, I successfully finished my finished product. In the afternoon, the teacher drew lots for 6 groups to explain their works

In the customization project, my partner is a girl in the class. On weekends, I went to her home and successfully completed my first-hand research by observing her home life style and talking with her. Through the investigation, I found that she is a very picky eater, and I want to start from this aspect. Then I went to the library to look up a lot of information, to find the harm of picky eaters. I really enjoyed the search process, which made my research rich and solid. Combined with first-hand research, I found that she likes cool colors very much, especially blue. I thought I'd make her something that would let her see everything turn into her favorite color, and she might stop being picky about her food. Next, I worked on my finished products in the workshop. I enjoyed staying there, listening to the sound of the machine and the teacher's guidance, which made me feel very comfortable. I ended up making her a face mask that hung over her nose like a pair of glasses. In the process of making, I did not know how to link the metal rod with the acrylic sheet. The teacher gave me an embedded method, which was amazing. I really enjoyed the process of learning to make, so I learned a lot of skills, so that I can better use the structure to complete the work. This project has been very rewarding for me. I have learned not only the use of many machines but also the embedded connection method. I hope I can learn more skills in the future.

02/12/2019

Today we are making bags, and the jewelry I have been dealing with has always been worn on my body. This is my first time to make accessories. In the morning, we would quickly draw the inspiration for 10 minutes, and then the group would discuss the best design among the designs. My partner and I picked out one element that was the blood design. In this design, I combine blood vessels and blood, which represent my subject, which is life. I choose to use metal materials in the production of blood vessels, because it is easier to make and it is not easy to change the shape. In the production of blood, I choose to use plastic board, which is the most convenient material for making shapes and colors among many materials. In the afternoon, I successfully finished my production and shot the design drawing. Today's course on bags makes me very worried about the theme of shoes tomorrow. I think accessories are more difficult for me than jewelry

03/12/2019

Today is the day to make shoes as an accessory. I have never been exposed to this kind of design before, which makes me very worried about whether I can successfully complete today's work. Fortunately in this morning, the teacher took us to understand how to make shoes. At the beginning, I was very confused, but the teacher gave us a good way to learn, that is, let us quickly draw the shoes worn by our partners, and then we will design our inspiration on the pictures we draw. Then I spent a lot of time on my design draft, which was a very uneven distribution of time, but towards lunch I started working on it. I chose the elements of the umbilical cord and blood vessels. I chose transparent acrylic plate to represent the umbilical cord and red wire to represent blood vessels. I think these two materials are the best to reflect the elements of my work and the materials to complete the work in a limited time. In the last time I successfully completed the production of my works. Afternoon approaching school, we showed their respective results. I saw a lot of interesting designs and hoped to learn from them. At last, I successfully took pictures of my finished products. Today's daily study is more difficult for me, because this is a field I have never touched before, but I like challenges very much, I hope I can learn more different knowledge in the future.

05/12/2019

Today I'm back in familiar territory, wearing jewelry on my body. This is a difficult and easy thing for me. The difficulty is because I don't know how to break through and do better. The ease is because I have a lot of ideas when doing research. Our time is very limited because we have to go to an exhibition this afternoon. In the end I chose the umbilical cord. The material I bought at the tool store today was a steel ball. If you stretch it out, it will become a long wire mesh, which is exactly the shape I want. During the shooting, I thanked my teacher very much. He told me a lot of shooting skills and asked my model to pose in the most suitable pose for my work.

06/01/2019

Today we discussed our Christmas plans together. Many students used many interesting materials. We discussed the works of several classmates, and what interested me most was that one of them made many delicate small boxes for her works, which I thought was worth learning and protected her works well. In the afternoon we went to visit Chelsea garden, I listened to a lecture about Chelsea garden, this is a medical garden, the plants here are full of hope, I want to start with the word plant and hope, so I photographed the leaves of many different plants.

Contextual Review

In the second part of the study, I found that I paid more attention to using jewelry to express a story. I've always wanted to tell my story through jewelry. Compared with traditional metal jewelry, I prefer something interesting and diversified in my daily life. The study of contemporary jewelry can help me create works that make users feel tangible or intangible, such as texture and emotion. In addition, since the materials and concepts used in contemporary jewelry are infinite, I will have more opportunities to communicate with teachers, classmates and other artists, learn different materials, gain new perspectives, eliminate defects in work, and even offer Suggestions and cooperation to my peers. In the second part of the study, I found many excellent designers, such as Emily Barrett, each of her design works has her own story, which brings soul to her design. I very much hope that I can be like her to give me a new design life. I will study like her in the future and work hard in this direction.

Frequent project practice in the basic courses has enabled me to master many practical skills, such as using machines to quickly generate and sketch ideas. In my project bespoke, designer Yichen dong's works gave me great inspiration. I was greatly inspired by her contrary thinking and her distinctive views on jewelry design. She put my project on a good footing. Through the research on my wearer, I found that she is very picky about food, which is a very bad habit. I choose the blue color she likes and make a blue color that can let her see that everything is her favorite, so as to help her correct her picky eating habits as soon as possible. In the case of connect, this is a one-day project. In this project, I explore the connection between life and human body to show the value and importance of life. In a day of making bags, I chose to use elements of blood to explore the connections of the human body. In a day of accessorizing, I chose to use the elements of a newborn's umbilical cord to explore the connection between life and new life. I discovered that I could have so many ideas in one day and make them. I find that in the study of each part of the earth, it is a stage of gradually challenging myself, which makes me find that I still have more possibilities.

Of all the projects in part ii, my favorite is HOPE&HEALING. I want to show the importance of traditional Chinese medicine. In China, many people believe that traditional Chinese medicine is a superstition. I want to say that it is not. In this project, I used objects and tools for TCM treatment to make you feel the precision of TCM treatment. Let everyone know that the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine is very precise and accurate. The tools used in traditional Chinese medicine are not often used in daily life, which can also arouse people's curiosity to explore traditional Chinese medicine and attract them. In my second-hand research, Yunqi Zhang's design caught my eye. She was inspired by the details of "acupuncture and cupping" and introduced new jewelry that was created by the combination of Chinese tradition and creative thinking. She let me see the original pain jewelry, traditional Chinese medicine can be very lovely. That's the kind of innovation I'm really looking forward to.

In the second part of the study, I continued to learn more tools and skills. I also learned to use a welder to help me get the job done more easily because it allowed me to connect the material in seconds. When the course entered the second part, I made great progress. Both the research and the sketching are much more mature than the first part. When I get a new project, I don't panic, I quickly find the ideas and themes I want to express, and the ideas are clearer. It's also important to note that my style is beginning to take shape. My friends in the group all said that my design had a distinct style.

In the future study, I still need to learn a lot of things. I will continue by trying different materials. I hope to see a better version of myself in the next part. In different stages of learning, including different difficulty and different mentality, these continue to push me forward. This valuable personal experience became the inspiration for my work. The basic courses taught me a lot, I also learned a lot, teachers and classmates are very friendly, always give me advice, I hope I can get a better level in the future.

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