I wanted to experiment with my concept through food and I thought the best way to achieve this would be to first think of a good recipe which has a appropriate consistency to build. Having decided this I chose to build a chair due to its quite simple structure and my previous research.

Above is a piece I recently did in responce to Olivia Lee's structure below. I covered a small chair in thick wool although some areas were hard to cover therefore I need to think of a new approach of how to cover the legs of th chair. I want to experiment with other materials and with smaller chairs as i feel this will be easier.

Adrian Merz created the ‘Winter 1972′ project by using thousands of white post-it notes in a living room. I'm really interested in the idea of covering/wrapping objects to effectively make them un-usable. I am going to experiment by wrapping forks in various types of wool, strings and shredded fabric.

The above work by Freddie Robins is a clear example of how to make an everyday object useless. Taking away the main purpose of an item is a concept I would like to furthur develop.

My own sculpture above in which I have put several light bulbs into a non-structured knitted basket. I was hoping to create an organic feel keeping the involvement of everyday objects. I am interested in the outcome although I would prefer to look further into the manipulation of an object and a way of re-inventing it.

Both the above pieces do not entail the use of everyday objects although I think it they are very visually attractive and has a very organic feel. With the use of everyday object I hope to possibly experiment with trying to make the edited object feel and look organic. I could do this through wrapping objects with delicate materials.

Tara Donovan has been a huge inspiration to me throughout the past year. Her work is beyond extraordinary and makes one aware of the simple re-invention of a plain paper plate and how when multiples of an object are grouped together an organic feel is revealed.

I think this photograph by Kevin Miyazaki is so delicate and sensitive; his use of line is very attractive to the eye and due to its simplicity one takes a while to capture what the object is.


In addition to fabric samples, I would like to experiment with photographing object out of their usual setting. An example I previously thought about is to photograph a kettle in the middle of the road. My intention is the re-invention of the ordinary in 2D rather than 3D.

I am using this blog to document and record all my research and interests towards my Final Major Project. The images I have posted previously, mainly show artists who use everyday objects in their work and create new meanings through them. I intend to work in a similar way and use their work as inspiration to create my own sculpture or piece.



Thomas Keely is an artist I would like to explore next, I'm interested to look at the way he adapts an everyday item and changes it in to a piece of art work.