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During this workshop, I learnt:
- How to take a feature of an object and redesign it into someone new and out of the ordinary.
- Outsource materials
- Design and create something in a short amount of time
- How to do in depth research on an object
- To take the advice and ideas of others
- To work with new tools – carving tools
- To think of materials that wouldn’t the first things to come to mind – soap
- How to budget material costs
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Maarten Baas
Maarten Baas, redesigns the mundane by adding a simple and unique element to the object or taking one element of the object and highlighting it. Baas’s ‘Vintage Smoke’ (2002) and ‘Where There’s Smoke’ (2004), is Baas most famous work that adds a simple element, burnt wood, to an old chair. Baas creates this brunt effect on the chairs by using a blow torch on the chairs. In creating this work Baas had no intention in destroying the chairs, he wanted to alter the human idea of preserving object back to natural law where it is constantly changing. “Burning down is not something negative to me, standstill is. If things remain as is, there is no progress.” Smoke focuses on changing the known and the constant change of nature, adapting to new environments and eras.
Another popular Bass work is, ‘Real Time’ (2009), in this work Baas redesigns clocks through the use of cinema language. This body of work is comprised of three clocks; two different grandfather clocks and one digital clock. Baas uses real actors which he films for 24 hours, each minute the actors would change the time by wiping away the hands or the numbers and replacing it with the correct time. This is done with a marker or moving an object along. One example is of two men sweeping a pile of rubbish along the floor and another is of a man standing in the clock changing the time as it goes by.
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Baas, Maarten. Maarten Baas: Real Time - Preview Grandfather Clock. 2009. Web. 7 Aug. 2017. Accessed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYD-CDMhnmI
Baas, Maarten. "Smoke." Maarten Baas, 2006. Web. 7 Aug. 2017. Accessed: http://maartenbaas.com/smoke/
Hobson, Ben. "Maarten Baas: "My Smoke Furniture Was An Instant Success"." Dezzen and Mini World Tour (2014): Web. 7 Aug. 2017. Accessed: https://www.dezeen.com/2014/01/24/maarten-baas-interview-career-smoke-furniture-clay-real-time-clocks/
Hodselmans, Rob. Maarten Baas; Burning Red And Blue. 2015. Web. 7 Aug. 2017. Accessed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LklkB2_yBs
Naidoo, Ridhika. "Maarten Baas: 'Real Time', Clock Movies At Milan Design Week 09." Designboom(2009): Web. 7 Aug. 2017. Accessed: https://www.designboom.com/design/maarten-baas-real-time-clock-movies-at-milan-design-week-09/
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Max Lamb – 031 Pewter Stool (2006)
Max Lamb Pewter Stool (2006), was sand casted at Caerhays Beach Cornwell with pewter. Lamb uses all natural elements around him to create his works, lamb also makes or manipulates his own elements in his studio or in his selected environment. The stool itself is simple and unique, as there would be variations in each stool.
031 – Pewter StoolMaxlamb.org. (2017). 031 – Pewter Stool. [online] Available at: http://maxlamb.org/031-pewter-stool/ [Accessed 6 Aug. 2017].
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Arne Jacobsen – Ant Chair (1952)
Arne Jacobsen’s, iconic Ant Chair was based off need. The need was a smaller chair for offices, waiting rooms, dining, coffee and work tables. The three legs, is what sets it apart from other chairs, although a four-legged version was introduced as consumers thought the three-legged chair looked unstable.
Pinterest. (2017). Détails sur Chaise fourmi de Arne Jacobsen pour Fritz Hansen 1er éd. [online] Available at: https://au.pinterest.com/pin/554153929124339935/ [Accessed 6 Aug. 2017].
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Jason Phillips – Subatomic/ Quantum Table (2011)
Jason Phillips, Subatomic (Quantum) Table simplistic design and the integration of physics into the piece is what makes it unique and one of a kind. The table combines the idea of energy and containing the energy to create movement and tension, the things that happen at the dining table. The table interest me as it demonstrates the relationship between art/design and science in one piece.
Jasonphillipsdesign.myportfolio.com. (2011). Quantum Table. [online] Available at: https://jasonphillipsdesign.myportfolio.com/quantum-table [Accessed 6 Aug. 2017].
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Maarten Baas Smoke collection
Moooi Smoke!. Moooi Youtube: Youtube, 2012. video. Accessed; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDQrKhIhQyQ
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Origins of decorative boxes
- Jewellery boxes made for the wealthy to store their jewellery and trinkets The most monumental were made for Marie Antoinette, one is at Windsor Castle and other at the Palace of Versailles.
- Given to Kings and queens as Gifts.
- In Egypt, they used for storage for King’s and Queen’s items for the after life
History of decorative boxes
- Decorative boxes have been around since the 12th Century, according to my research. small decorative boxes that is. Larger boxes also, known as chests have been around the Ancient Egyptians, called canopic chests. The chests that were made from wood, iron, or clay.
- Earliest wooden boxes in the Colonial United States double as desks Flat surface on the top, for writing and storage below. Soon the boxes began to have legs built into them, to become proper desks with storage. These boxes were often adorned with cravings.
- The decorative patterns on these boxes soon transformed into smaller, mostly cylindrical in shape either painted or upholstered in calfskin. These boxes soon became known as, shaker boxes these boxes were every popular in the 19th century.
- These small decorative boxes are also known as, trinket boxes. Defined as a thing of little value.
- The trinket boxes are made from porcelain, glass, wood, papier mache, lacquer, gold, iron or sterling silver.
- In the 18th Century, porcelain enamelled boxes, were very popular in Europe especially in England, France and Germany.
- Many of the boxes were inspired by the work of Meissen manufactures in Germany.
- The porcelain boxes featured floral decorations, portraits of noblemen or politicians, pastoral sense and the likenesses of dancers and actresses. - The Japanese and the Russian, used lacquer to decorate boxes, the boxes usually had 50 coats on the surface. The lacquer was usually made from tree sap. The Japanese style of these lacquer boxes in the West. The difference between the Russian and Japanese boxes, is the decorative patterns and material; The Japanese used pine, whereas the Russians used papier-mache.
- The most common type of decorative box is the feminie work box. Usually fitted with a tray divided into many small compartments for needles, reel of cotton, and other necessaries for sewing. During the 17th Century the boxes were covered in silk and adorned with beads and embroidery.
- During the 18th Century, snuff boxes were made, to carry snuff, which is a smokeless tobacco made from ground or pulverised tobacco leaves. It is inhaled or “snuffed” into the nasal cavity.
- Snuff boxes are made into two sizes, ones for the pocket and communal boxes for table use. - Snuff boxes were used by all members of society, the wealthy had more decorative or “fancy” snuff boxes created by craftsmen in metalwork, jewellers and enamellers.
Cultural relevance of decorative boxes
- Decorative boxes are apparent throughout the world, from Europe, to Asia and The Middle East.
- Shaker boxes for the religious, being neat was away to get closer to God. The shaker boxes served to hide clutter.
- It was a form of art, in many cultures. The boxes are small as they were created for decorative reasons rather than for large storage
- Meissen porcelain or Meissen China is the first European hard paste porcelain, first developed in 1708.
- The boxes were usually given as gifts, mainly to women.
Production of decorative boxes
- Shaker boxes are most commonly made from thin maple, secured by copper rivets. The tops and bottoms were made from thick slabs of pine. The shaker boxes were decorated with soft blues, reds, yellows and dark downs that almost appear black.
- Porcelain boxes were produced in England by potteries, London to Liverpool, from Birmingham to Staffordshire.
- Expensive snuff boxes were made from gold, silver, ivory and were often adorned with artwork gems and precious stones. Others were made from; mother of pearl, tortoise shell, mache, copper and potato pulp.
- Mother of pearl – also known as Nacre, is an organic-inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as inner shell layer; it also makes up the outer coasting of pearls. The material is strong, resilient and iridescent.
- In the present day, decorative boxes are given as gifts, made as an art form and sold to tourist.
Use of decorative boxes
- Jewellery
- Personal items
- Larger boxes could storage
- Sewing instruments
- Snuff/tobacco
References/Links:
"Snuff (Tobacco)." En.wikipedia.org. N.p., 2017. Web. 27 July 2017.
"Decorative Box." En.wikipedia.org. N.p., 2017. Web. 27 July 2017.
"Boxes." Collectors Weekly. N.p., 2015. Web. 27 July 2017
"History Of Wooden Chests ⋆ Chests & Trunks." Chests & Trunks. N.p., 2017. Web. 27 July 2017.
"Nacre." En.wikipedia.org. N.p., 2017. Web. 27 July 2017.
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Decorative wooden box - feature of interest; wood carving
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