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PRODUCTION METHODS

‘SOMETHING MORE’ BY TRACEY MOFFAT IS A SERIES OF 9 IMAGES OF WHICH THIS ONE SHOWN IS #5 OF THE COLLECTION. THE ENTIRE RANGE OF THESE HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN A STUDIO AND SET UP WITH PROPS AND MODELS. THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR INVOLVES TWO FEMALE MODELS AND A MALE MODEL. EACH IN THEIR POSITION AND SOME IN MOTION AND SOME NOT, MAKE UP THE BACKGROUND OF THE IMAGE WHILE IN THE FOREGROUND, THE PROPS CONSIST OF A WOODEN TABLE, ON TOP OF WHICH IS PLACED A DINNER PLATE, A FORK, AND MOST FORE FOCUSED AND SALIENT IS A KNIFE WHICH HAS BEEN STABBED INTO THE TIMBER TABLE TOP. MOFFAT HAS USED THESE MODELS, PROPS, AND STUDIO IN CONJUNCTION WITH HER CAMERA.

ROSALIE GASCOIGNE’S PIECE TITLED ‘FOREIGN AFFAIRS’ IS AN ABSTRACT FORM OF WHICH SHE HAS CREATED OF SAWN WOOD SITTING ON CRAFT BOARD. IN CONSTRUCTING THIS SCULPTURE, ROSALIE HAD A WORKSHOP TYPE SET UP WHERE BY SHE WOULD HAVE REQUIRED A STURDY PLATFORM SUCH AS A WORK BENCH AND THE USE OF A VICE. GASCOIGNE HAS TAKEN PIECES OF TIMBER AND USED A SAW TO CUT THESE UP INTO BLOCKS OF VARIOUS SHAPES AND SIZES WHICH FORM THE PIECES THAT MAKE UP HER COMPLEX PUZZLE. SHE HAS THEN CAREFULLY ARRANGED THE WOODEN ELEMENTS TO FIT IN WITH ONE AND ANOTHER THROUGH FORMS OF TRIANGLES, RECTANGLES, AND SQUARES THAT ARE FASTENED TO THE CRAFT BOARD CREATING ONE LARGE SQUARE. RESEARCH WOULD NOT REVEAL BUT IT APPEARS THE TIMBER WAS PAINTED IN SHADES OF GREY WITH THE BLACK STENCILED WORDS PRIOR TO ROSALIE CUTTING THEM INTO BLOCK FORM.

MODELLING & STAIRS

SECTION FOR INSPIRATION OF 2ND MODEL

STAIRS IN 2ND MODEL

2ND MODEL CONCEPT

SHOWING CANTILEVERED SUPPORT IN STAIRS FROM BASEMENT TO GALLERY

STAIRS IN ORIGINAL MODEL

STAIR FOR 2ND MODEL FROM 1ST FLOOR TO GALLERY

STAIR FOR ORIGINAL MODEL FROM 1ST FLOOR TO GALLERY

STAIR FOR ORIGINAL MODEL FROM BASEMENT TO GALLERY

STAIRS FROM LECTURE

LONG SECTION & CROSS SECTION

SKETCHUP MODEL

3D IMAGE 2 (HIGH SHOT)

3D IMAGE (LOW SHOT)

MODEL SECTION

SECTION FOR MODELLING

FURTHER DESIGNED CONCEPT READY FOR SKETCHUP MODELLING.

18 SECTIONS

THIS SECTION I CHOSE TO DEVELOP INTO A MODEL IN SKETCHUP WAS ACTUALLY A COMBINATION OF TWO; THE THE ABOVE GROUND SPACES FROM THE LEFT SECTION AND THE BELOW GROUND FROM THE RIGHT. I THEN FURTHER PROCESSED THE DESIGN OF THE SECTION IN THE FOLLOWING POST.

BEST PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE

TO CLAIM THAT SANTIAGO CALATRAVA'S AUDITORIUM IN THE CITY OF SCIENCES & ARTS, IN VALENCIA, SPAIN IS A MASTERPIECE, FOR ME IS SOMEWHAT AN UNDERSTATEMENT. CALATRAVA'S CONNECTION WITH NATURE IS QUITE INTERESTING. SEEN HERE, HIS INSPIRATION FOR A LARGE SCALE BUILDING COMING FROM THE FORM OF A FISH, PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONCRETE LANDSCAPE AND COMBINED WITH BREATHTAKING ENGINEERING (CALATRAVA HOLDS A DOUBLE DEGREE IN BOTH ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING) IS AN EXAMPLE OF AMAZING ARCHITECTURE.

MY CREATIVE WORK

A MODEL I MADE OF A MARINA/CAFE COMBINING A RESTAURANT ABOVE FOR YEAR ROUND TURN OVER OF THE BUSINESS. I MADE THIS MODEL OF MY CONCEPT FOR MY YEAR 12 HSC DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY MAJOR WORK IN 2006. THE CREATIVE ASPECT IS THAT THE MARINA ALLOWS BOATS TO 'FLOAT-THRU' AS A CAR THROUGH A 'DRIVE-THRU' WITH THE USE OF A SERVICED FLOATING PONTOON. THIS ALONG WITH THE DESIGN LAYOUT ON A STEEP LANDSCAPE.

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S FALLING WATER IS SOMETHING I FIND BEAUTIFUL. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS WORK IS HOW WELL A STRUCTURED CONCEPT BLENDS INTO NATURE AS THOUGH IT BELONGS WHERE IT IS SITTING AND HAS GROWN FROM THE ROCK FACE ITSELF. WRIGHT ALSO MADE A LIVING SPACE IN WHAT SEEMS THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE FEEL LIKE A WARM COMFORTING ENVIRONMENT WITH HIS USE OF MATERIALS AND LIGHTING.

Tracey Moffat - from 'Something more'

SHED, CONFRONTING, VIOLENT

Rosalie Gascoigne - Foreign affairs

LOAD, FRUSTRATING, STRUCTURED

Fiona Hall - Medicine bundle for the non-born child

PRISON, NEGLECTING, DULL