3D media taster week evaluation 10/10/14

Starting the week off by looking at different types of 3D media artists was generally interesting as it opened my eyes to the multiple areas of 3D design. Looking at ceramicists to product designers, I was really able to see the wide range of different forms of media that come under this genre, some of which I was completely unfamiliar with.

The first workshop was very unique in the fact that whilst feeling the objects given to us in bin liners, and then constructing them from card, I was really able to understand how different people perceived each object and how I, and others, came about in actually re-creating them. This process was strange and extremely unusual in the sense that having to recreate something from a quick sketch after feeling a bizarre object was quite difficult at first.

However, this was mainly the initial stage and I began to find it much easier to establish some sort of familiarity between my recreation and the object. I felt that my recreation resembled the object considerably but my perception of it was definitely influenced by the media at hand and after studying the object itself, I was able to see where similarities and differences did lie.

By Friday, we were in the silversmithing studio. Surrounded by different tools and pieces of equipment I had never used before, it really made a difference listening to the tutor instructing on how to use them safely and properly. Then being able to create our blocks of wood with the metal outer surface was a lot of fun and I felt it really beneficial to be able to be hands on with the equipment, some of which a week prior I would never have trusted myself using. Each was different and equally odd to wrap my head around, but by the end of the day long session I felt easily comfortable with the thought of coming back, should I want to, and using some of the equipment. Shaping each bit of metal and forming it around the block, as well as burning it and creating new colours and forms, really impacted each piece and I think

mine was considerably successful in being both unique and structurally relevant to the brief. At first I was hesitant in overworking the block of wood but generally came more at ease as the day went on in discovering how to manipulate certain textures and effects and how to bring them together. Overall I really enjoyed this taster week, and whilst it may not have persuaded any increased interest into pursuing 3D media studies, I did enjoy learning new skills and discovering new techniques.