Whilst on a trip to London on the 1st of December I went to the V&A to see the Power of Making exhibition. I really enjoyed this exhibition. I love to make things and this exhibition was the best one I've seen for me because it was full of craft and things I find interesting.

This grenade perfume bottle relates to my new project at college which is called perfume. This bottle was hand made with glass using traditional glass techniques. On Monday the 28th of November I went on a glass and ceramic workshop to Sunderland University I really enjoyed the glass workshop and having never done glass before I found it really interesting but I understand how hard this area of work can be and I admire this work and this artist because I can imagine and appreciate the time and effort put into this work by creating samples and developing the work so its all the right shape and the grenade looks like a grenade.



Crochet Bear. I loved this work I have tried to learn how to crochet and find it difficult and to see that the whole of the outside of the bear has been crocheted I was amazed I think its a fantastic piece of work. And I will one day lean how to crochet :)


   
I love knitting and when I saw this at the exhibition I totally fell in love with this piece 18 sheep were sheered for this work and I love the size of the piece and the size of the knitting needles.

  

I loved these I couldn't believe how tiny they were. These really are amazing little pieces of work :)

This was my favourite part of the whole exhibition. The moment I saw this piece I fell in love with it. Its simpleness and pattern just won me over :)

I LOVE THIS :) I want one!!!

Leeds Royal Armouries

These are just a few of the photographs I have taken today whilst visiting Leeds Royal Armouries. We have a two week project to work on called protection and this was our starting point.  I chose this photograph to show because I really like the shape of the horses neck and I think its a really nice and well made item.

I really don't like this helmet it scares me a bit :) but I like the fact that Henry VIII had worn it for a big show
off piece of armour.

                                        

This is the handle to a fencing sword. I really liked it because of the handle because its very posh and fancy.

I really liked this little object, however i thought that it was a shame that the use it had would destroy it. Its a clay pigeon glass ball and brightly coloured powder was put into it so you would know if you had shot the clay pigeon the powder would go everywhere. I think its a lovely little object I wouldnt want to shoot it.

Gas mask. I like the sculptural shape in a gas mask, but don't like the fact that they have to be used for a bad reason.

Knuckle Duster Gun / Knife. I really liked this object all the different components fit together really well i think.

Elephant Armour. I thought this armour was really nice and the scale of it is amazing. I like the bit on the Elephants trunk the way it fits its purpose.

From the television series the Tudors this is one of the costumes that Jonathan Rhys Meyers who plays Henry VIII wore in the drama. I really like this program so I enjoyed looking at these costumes :)

Funny Helmet. I like the eye holes in this helmet.
 

Going onto the theme of protection a turtles shell is there protection so is our skin i like this idea of protection.

Chain mail. I like the idea of knitting chain mail.

I like the shapes of these helmets, I like the curves in them.

Here I photocopied the shirt and began to make vessels out of the photocopies I really like the tall thin vessel and that I pinned the vessel together with safety pins to make the piece look like it is made out of fabric and not paper.

Here I was manipulating shirts by putting two shirts together and wearing them in unusual ways.

Using the shirt and manipulating it to make small sculptures with it. I liked this task because you could really get some nice sculptural shapes and really nice curves and folds in the fabric.

Still using the shirt I had to use to shirt to protect an object. I used my shoe we then had to wear the protected object.

Fine Art
In this taster session of fine art we were looking at fine art photography. We had to cover our model in objects and fabrics to disguise the person in a way. I enjoyed this session and I really like this sort of photography. I prefer the all gold fabric image to the one with the green scarf. I just think the scarf took texture in the gold fabric away, I like the way the fabric falls in such a natural way.

This is one of Leonardo Da Vinci anatomy drawings. Da Vinci was born in 1452, he was considered as an artist an engineer an architect an astronomer a mathematician and a geologist. I really like his style of drawings and the lay out of his sketchbooks. His drawings are very precise and in proportion, I enjoy looking at Da Vinci's work.

Using circles to create work in a 3D class

These are the five photographs I chose to display of Chesterfield.  I chose the Pigeon because when I think of Chesterfield town centre  it makes me think of pigeons, but I suppose that pigeons could be from any town centre. As I was taking this photo I felt that the pigeon was posing for me :) 

I took this because I walk this way to town most days, I find it amusing that they sell maps of Chesterfield to tourists. I have never really thought of people being tourists in Chesterfield.

  I like the reflection in the glass of the old man drinking his tea in this photo and I didn't realise I had captured the reflection in the glass until looking more closely at the photograph.

 I like the contrast in this photo from the really bright sky to the darker part of the street scene.

Hear is one of the smaller ally's in Chesterfield, in the background is the oldest pub in Chesterfield, I never realised that's what is was before I read the sign for it.

I really enjoy looking at this photo by Meyerowitz,  I think the colours in the photograph and the compstion work really well together. As most of the photo has dark tones in you get the odd dash of colour with the yellow and whites and the blueness of the sky. You really get the feel of a busy new york in this photo.

William Eggleston.The ladies hair in this photo makes me smile, it looks as if she has spent alot of time doing it up for the meal out with this gentleman across the table. It makes me think that the lady enjoys the finer things in life such as nice hair, posh jewellery and smoking a cig as it was fashionable to do in the time that this picture looks to be taken in. However they are eating in a diner and not a fancy restaurant were I feel this is were she would rather be.

I really like this photo by Martin Parr. He has captured the best bit about the British sea side the ice cream! you can just imagin the day this cheeky looking pair have had. Playing on the beach and in the sea on not a grate day for the weather as it looks but a grate day for memories.

I took this photograph in the west block of college, having used this corridor many times and never noticing this particular light switch before I was quite exited to see an old fashioned light switch like this still in college. This is why I decided to have this as one of the thee pictures. After listening to our tutors talk at the beginning of the class about composition I did as he advised and put the light switch off centre in the shot, If I would have had more time I would have experimented more with the light switch and the compositions of the shot.  

I thought that this was my strongest picture from the main entrance category, because its part of the main entrance that you would not normally look from or have any reason standing there. When I looked at this photograph after I had taken it, it made me think of someone hiding or someone snooping round a corner spying on someone.