The Deansgate Chapel

Sketch Book...

 I really love this picture of a botanical garden. It looks really magical.

 My sketch model of the botanical garden I designed.

 My interior of the building with the Geometric tree placed opposite the door.

 My final design of the sketch model which I will  use frosted acrylic to make with for the geometric tree.

 

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Cutting list

Cutting List

Background screen, representing stain glass window

base of tree for final design

Branches for final design

Branches for final design

Branchesfor final design

Branches for final design

Geometric Tree

Geometric tree

The base with the words 'escape' to tell the person of the reason they are using this.

Ideas for the tree trunk

sketchmodel

 

sketchmodel

My ideas in the sketchbook

Sketchmodel

 

 The tree that i will place in the botanical gardens, will need  to be geometric.

 To get an idea of the location where my installation will be placed, I linked it to trees and decided that botanical gardens would be the perfect location. I looked at the biosphere in california and botanical gardens around the world.

Lucy Schofield's bibliography gave me the idea to create a space for reading. Ths space  needs to be calm and a space where a person can escape from the rush of life.

I looked at Hayward galleries and their psycho buildings and found these installations done by the artists i looked at earlier. The above piece is totally different form anything you see in real life or the 'classical' styles of buildings.

This is anotheer piece I found done by the south bank artists. It is a telescope which is meant to run underground and as you look into the screen you can see people from New York looking back at you. It is in actual fact just a satellite link and a video you are looking at.

These are a few other installations by the Hayward Gallery,that I used for inspiration.

I like the idea of trees as a place for sitting and reading a book. They represent alot to do with purity,

calm, life, growth, strength, peace and happiness-the things we look for from reading books as a form of therapy. My original idea was of tree branches hanging from the ceiling and a person can sit on them.

I then looked at tree trunks as a hideout space where Lucy and her client can read together.

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Michael Beutler

I see this piece by Michael Beutler as a temporary space, as it can be put up quickly and taken down when the use has finished. I like the use of the pale coral colours. It creates a very girly or an almost romantic atmosphere. The use of tattered fabrics is beautiful as it creates character and the colours give a very eye catching glow to the room. The fabrics alone wouldn't have been as beautiful as they look together. The patchwork effect creates a tent like look, almost like it is a den or a secret hideout. I like the idea of the tent look, as it creates a very magical atmosphere.

Ernesto Neto

Ernesto Neto's use of muted, natural colours is very interesting as the neutral, pastel colours go with the artwork as bold colours would have looked too solid. His work reminds me of  playgrounds or somewhere from a dream or a fantasy film.
This piece by Neto reminds me of plants or mushrooms, but without colour. This looks like a room that is really comfortable , with squishy sitting bags,a perfect place to sit and read.

I find this piece very intriguing, it looks like there are people standing, crowding the place all around. The curvy shapes and the pale yellow create an elegance. It also creates a maze like route to follow, but with tall towering walls that would lean or tower above the person. I think it would be like standing inside a flower.

This piece reminds me of what inside the body and heart would look like, with wallls stretched out. The coral colour also goes perfectly with the idea the heart and body.
Ernesto Neto creates a completely different world with softness and a feeling of happiness.

This piece reminds me of a maze. When we're young we visit fairgrounds with mazes where we can climb a wall of ropes or through walls to find our way out. This piece gives me the same impression. The ideas and objects that I link with Ernesto Neto's work are clowns, sweets, balloons, candy floss, marshmellows and flowers.

Do Ho Suh

Do Ho Suh's 'fallen star' is a brilliant piece. i am fascinated by this piece as it is visually interesting. There is so much going on yet the focus falls onto the small wooden house.  I think fallen star is portraying the way we in a modern society are upgrading to bigger things for example town houses instead of little wood cottages. Yet we still bring something from the rural way of life back into towns and cities.

' staircase' is really beautiful .Just looking at it feels like it dosn't belong in this world. It is so elegant and soft looking. The material it is made from looks like it is a silk or a netting. The staircase seems to be leading nowhere and the steps look really fragile. To me they seem very dreamlike and magical.

This fence made of golden people is beautiful and creates a very powerful presence. I think it represents the world. It also gets you thinking about the meaning as does all of Do Ho Suh's work.

I find this piece very interesting as the shiny shoes and black suit show power, whereas the tiny people holding up the glass floor are all the alike, struggling to hold the floor beneath the man in a suit. I think this is a very political piece and shows the difference between the classes.