Continuum: Viki Jenkins

 

Viki was able to install her work most successfully in the 2nd space. I am amazed she was able to hang all of the frames in a straight line. The hanging device was challenging to work with. Surprisingly, I didn't find the long hanging cables a distraction. Somehow they worked to support the unity of the work.

 

 

 

But these recycling bins did distract from the 3 frames hung at the entrance to the building.

Continuum: Marilyn Hall & Judy Martin

 

 

Marilyn modified her graduation installation to enable her to take it to Canada.
She focused on 2 more simplified corset structures and presented them on covered plinths.

 

Judy was able to modify her hanging device to allow her large cloth again to be suspended in front of light.

 

One of the modules of work we all studied was to learn how to change or modify the installation of a work to suit a different location. We didn't know we would put into practice what we had learnt, so soon after graduating.

Contiuum: Val Cross

Val Cross, a BA(Hons) Embroidered Textiles graduate from Westbury, Wiltshire, UK, exhibited in Contiuum during the World of Threads Festival.
Her work is about displaying treasured collections.

Like Ingrid, she put her work in a glass display case which I wasn't able to photograph very well.

The acrylic covered plinths worked well for her work in that they referenced  traditional museum display methods.

 

 

Good Design

Everyone loves to be near moving water.

While taking a morning walk I saw these collapsible bags.

A great way for people to get waste off their property.

I don't know how they are picked up.

Good Design: Seats

Wherever I go I observe where people chose to sit in public to see if the design and location of the seats and space work. 

These large bean bags are scattered around a small inner city green space.

Some people sat on them while they looked at an art work - a tall, rectangular screen with changing colours.

These two people chose to sit on the bean bags while they had their coffee rather than sit in the classic Adirondack chairs.

People put their feet up on the bags and on foot stools, a sign they felt comfortable sitting in the space.

They dragged the bean bags around the space to create their own temporary environments.

I decided this seating area is successful.

Good Design: Road Barriers

Good design can be applied to all aspects of life - even temporary road barriers.

This design has interlocking units with hand holds and can be stacked.

This barrier has a high visibility orange colour by day and reflector strips that can be seen at night. Additional warnings can be threaded through the top loops.

This is a more substantial barrier, with an interlocking connection and compact, manageable unit size.

Through a hole in the top, covered with a rubber flap, the barrier can be filled with water (or sand?) to give it more weight insitu.

William Morris and his cronies would have been interested in these road barriers even though they are not hand made. They were all about well functioning design  in all aspects of one's life.

Design: Building Facades

Old building with ornate wooden facade.

 

Old building newly painted with an oxidising paint to make it look older.

New building with a sculptural graphic facade.

Good Design

A children's play area in a bank.

A plastic cover on a metal stake.

It marks the path and covers sharp metal edges.

 A simple design means a minimum amount of wood needs to be carried up the steep track.

The support posts can be adjusted to suit any terrain.

New Design Wall - Whoopie!

For a couple of years I have put up with a major problem with my design wall.
The foam core panels have warped and pulled out from the wall where they weren't attached to a wall stud.

My resident carpenter installed 3 sheets of fibre board.

I covered the boards with pieces of leftover blackout drapery fabric.

I love my new design wall.
Now to get some work up on it.

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