Infecting the city

Post an entry on your blog responding to your 'Infecting The City' experience. Were you infected? If you were invited to participate as an artist what would you come up with? As a Jeweller/participant how could you contribute? etc


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Reminder

Next week ( Thursday 24th ) we are attending 'Infecting The City', for our lesson. Please meet outside the main entrance to Cape Town Station (Adderly St side), 8:30 (please be punctual)

I also need a copy of all your blogs asap

Enameling

Miles Lawn, Genevieve Maurel and Anton Allen present their research on enameling

Feedback:

• Group is well co-ordinated and complement each other.
• Eloquent delivery of information, displaying an understanding of the various techniques and principles. This is reinforced by the researchers being able to answer questions on the topic.
• Diagrammatic or step-by-step images and pages of single images (to highlight specific areas being discussed) could have been included.
• Brief not entirely answered: How do the limitations inform design and manufacture?
• Begin the presentation with a definition of the technique
• examples of types of images suitable for enameling would have been useful
• Over-all a competent presentation, well done! 

Design Indaba

http://www.designindaba.com/expo

Infecting The City

Feast your eyes on Cape Town’s fine art treasures

When:

Mon 21 – Sat 26 from 07h00 – 18h00

Where:

The glass wall cabinets at the Festival Hub
Cape Town has many wonderful art galleries that show the works of our talented photographers, sculptors, painters and printmakers. Infecting The City recognises that only a tiny percentage of our population visits these treasure houses where artists display their varied visions of the world.
The Festival has invited six local galleries to show their artists’ work to the general public. The Festival hopes this will encourage those who never enter art galleries to venture inside in future: everybody is welcome!
The Satellite Galleries are housed in two rows of wall cabinets at the Festival Hub. Two different galleries will be featured every two days.

Greatmore Studios

‘Art is a truly cultural treasure, changing with us as a society and offering us all a window to look to the future for inspiration or examine our past and present in detail for fresh perspectives,’ says Kate Tarrat Cross, director of Greatmore Studios.
Greatmore is a creative hub that prides itself on encouraging its artists-in-residence to participate in community outreach programmes, aiming to provide a greater understanding of the meaning and practice of art in those communities. ‘It’s with great solidarity that we support Infecting The City in its drive to bring art to street level,’ says Kate.
For the Festival the Studios will be showcasing a diverse, multifaceted selection of works from its expressive stable of local and visiting artists.
When: Monday and Tuesday

Michael Stevenson

Since its inception in 1990, the Michael Stevenson Gallery has gained a deserved reputation as one of South Africa’s leading contemporary galleries, having notched up the talents of artists as diverse as Zander Blom, Meshac Gaba, Nicholas Hlobo, Anton Kannemeyer and Zanele Muholi. Staying true to its innovative vision, the gallery has commissioned the MADEYOULOOK collective (made up of Molemo Moiloa and Nare Mokgotho) to produce work specifically for the Festival.
Says the gallery’s Joost Bosland, ‘It’s very exciting that MADEYOULOOK will be participating in this event, especially since their work challenges the existing boundaries between art spaces and public spaces.’
When: Monday and Tuesday

Heidi Erdmann

Although this gallery was launched (in 1999) with the aim of promoting contemporary comic art, it now represents sculptors, painters and printmakers. Says owner Heidi Erdmann of the gallery’s participation in the Festival, ‘I was very keen from the outset because it’s important to take artworks outside the comfort of the white cube.’
For the Festival she’s selected “three very different artists working in a wide range of media: sculptor Brendhan Dickerson, conceptualist Barbara Wildenboer and comic artist Karlien de Villiers.
When: Wednesday and Thursday

Joao Ferreira

Established in 1998, the Joao Ferreira Gallery has, from the offset, established itself as one of South Africa’s foremost contemporary art galleries and fine-art dealerships.
The Gallery aims to cultivate critical appreciation and stimulate discussion around visual art by regularly hosting new shows of work by contemporary artists. It showcases the works of diverse and experimental artists such as Araminta de Clermont, Egon Tania, Mark Hipper, Michael Taylor and Sanell Aggenbach.
When: Wednesday and Thursday

iArt

iArt Gallery, which displays works by some of South Africa’s most prominent contemporary artists alongside works by promising young talent, has always aimed to ‘maintain the highest possible artistic standards’. Director Johan du Plessis believes that public art events are more than just an opportunity to showcase a particular gallery’s artists; they’re a necessity. ‘Every person should, even from a very young age, be exposed to art; especially good art,’ he says. ‘We’re grabbing this opportunity with both hands and are hoping to expose the public at large – especially young people – to good art. This will hopefully lead to getting more people into galleries, which are often seen as somewhat elitist.’
For the Festival it will be exhibiting the works of six well-known young artists: Zwelethu Mthethwa, Matthew Hindley, Carla Leisching, John Walters, Beth Armstrong and Alex Emsley.
When: Friday and Saturday

WhatiftheWorld

Whatiftheworld proudly punts itself as ‘a destination point for curators and collectors to experience innovative work and become acquainted with some new names’. Included among these names are artists such as Avant Car Guard, Cameron Platter, Athi-Patra Ruga, Stuart Bird and Peter Eastman. No surprise, then, that in 2007 it was selected by London’s Contemporary magazine as one of the Top 50 Emerging Galleries from Around the World. Expect to see fresh and highly innovative art.
When: Friday and Saturday

Site for research

http://www.ganoksin.com/index.htm

Shoshana Wayne Gallery - Artist - YUKEN TERUYA

Shoshana Wayne Gallery - Artist - YUKEN TERUYA

Enameling Brief Thursday 10th February 2011

Meera Chickte, Carlen Van Wyk, Portia Mbedu,  gave a practice demonstration presentation on "Rings".
They will be presenting again on the 24th February.


Miles Lawn, Genevieve Maurel and Anton Allen will give their presentation on ' Enameling ' on 17th February.


Template for Enameling research:


Types:

• Cloissone
• Bass taile
• Champleve
• Plique a jour
• Boss ronde
• Limoges (check spelling!!)

Important points:

• Present a good understanding of firing
• What are the limitations of Enameling (and there are quite a few!)?
• How do the limitations inform design and manufacture?
• Follow the Technical research template
• Apply what we learned from the presentation demo today

Rings Brief and Assessment Criteria Thursday 3rd February 2011

Introduction to course

Meera Chickte, Carlen Van Wyk, Portia Mbedu, selected to research Rings

They present on 10 February

All Learners to have created a blog by 10 February  

Research Template for Rings

History: cultural/social contexts

Materials

Types

• wedding
• signet
• engagement
• promise

Styles

• knife edge shank
• half round band
• flat band
• signet (oval)
• solitaire

Components

• shoulder
• shank
• triangular, square, round
• setting
• inside (for engraving)
• gallery
• etc

Settings

• cluster
• solitaire
• swiss
• channel
• tube (collet)
• pave
• tension
• claw (4, 6+?)
• bezel

Techniques

Follow the template for technical research

Assessment Criteria

Presentation:

•  engaging, interesting, innovative, flowing, creative, relevant use of images

Effort

• amount and quality of energy put into task 

Information:

• thorough, shows a deep understanding, put into own words,topic thoroughly covered, easy to follow and understand, interesting and informative

Working as a design team

• cohesive, use of time

Course Outline

Design Theory Two

The emphasis of this course is to strengthen the link between Design and Manufacture. To gain an understanding of techniques appropriate for a design task.

Research of the following Jewellry elements, establishing knowledge of various styles and terminology:

·         Rings

·         Chains

·         Filigree

·         Neckpieces

·         Bracelets

·         Brooches/badges

·         Cuff-links

Research of the following techniques, establishing an understanding of the principles:

·         Settings

·         Carving

·         Casting

·         Enameling

·         Fly press/roll press

·         Chase and Repousse

Research project on Anglo Gold Competition:

·         The history of this competition

·         Unpacking and understanding a brief

Classes take the form of group and individual presentations and dialogues.

Learners develop their own blogs which become the format to present research projects and class-presentations.

Template for Historical Research Projects

·         Principle/Philosophy behind the Style/Movement (what)

·         Historical context (when)

·         Geographical/Cultural context (where)

·         Social/Political context (why)
           Influences (why)

·         Innovation/Contribution (what)

·         Characteristics/Style (how)

·         Iconic Designer (who)

·         How is this relevant to you now?

Template for Technical research Projects

• Principle of Technique or style (definition)
• History: Cultural and social contexts
• Types/styles
• Explanation of technique
• Most appropriate uses
• What can go wrong (handy tips)
• What is most often over-looked
• Variations