Richard Serra

Richard Serra

Memorial to the murdered Jews in Europe Berlin designed by Peter Eisenman 2005 photo by Gorrriti

Memorial to the murdered Jews in Europe Berlin designed by Peter Eisenman 2005 photo by Gorrriti

Peter Zumthors Serpentine Pavilion London 2011

Peter Zumthors Serpentine Pavilion London 2011

Light became a key element surrounding these ideas of a secluded space being flooded with light at particular times of the day ultimately knowing that this would change throughout the year. What affect does light have on the way we use a space. Pet

Light became a key element surrounding these ideas of a secluded space being flooded with light at particular times of the day ultimately knowing that this would change throughout the year. What affect does light have on the way we use a space. Pet

Light became a key element surrounding these ideas of a secluded space being flooded with light at particular times of the day ultimately knowing that this would change throughout the year. What affect does light have on the way we use a space. Pet

Considering one of the main drivers during this project was pushing materaility through scale coming face to face with a clay pit for the first time was breathtaking however the enormity of such a project soon became very clear. Large vast landscape

Images taken from Earth song (left to right, top to bottom) Dried clay Mojave Desert USA Dried bed of the Swakop river Namibia Malaspina Glacier USA Salt Swamps North Tanzania

Malaspina Glacier USA Mount Cotapaxi Ecuador Perito Moreno Glacier Argentina Boiling mud pool Indonesia

St Pauls Catacombe Rabat Malta photo by Andreas Neumann

St Pauls Catacombe Rabat Malta photo by Andreas Neumann

These drawings were an exercise in one fluid motion I was looking at how I could introduce the idea fluidity into a material that's often solid heavy and can often appear staid. These rapid marks were transfered into the clay models the images shown

These drawings were an exercise in one fluid motion I was looking at how I could introduce the idea fluidity into a material that's often solid heavy and can often appear staid. These rapid marks were transfered into the clay models the images shown

These drawings were an exercise in one fluid motion I was looking at how I could introduce the idea fluidity into a material that's often solid heavy and can often appear staid. These rapid marks were transfered into the clay models the images shown

Large pieces of clay Taken directly from the packaging showed traces of the materials journey marks from handling marks from being thrown on to the table. information was being gathered at a considerable rate but needed extracting organising and ref

Large pieces of clay Taken directly from the packaging showed traces of the materials journey marks from handling marks from being thrown on to the table. information was being gathered at a considerable rate but needed extracting organising and ref

Large pieces of clay Taken directly from the packaging showed traces of the materials journey marks from handling marks from being thrown on to the table. information was being gathered at a considerable rate but needed extracting organising and ref

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Garden research Sissinghurst, Lady Margaret Hall, St Catherines College Oxford, The Thames Pathway, The Wetlands Centre London Here are a few examples of some of the garden spaces I visited during the summer break in 2010 It was at this point durin

The context for this project had always been the garden but I wanted to explore different definitions of the garden Would it be a public or private space? How these objects would be used received or perceived? Would it be an urban setting, a contemp

to explore different definitions of the garden Would it be a public or private space? How these objects would be used received or perceived? Would it be an urban setting, a contemporary space or a softer garden setting?There were many considerations

Garden seating was something that became evident throughout every garden space I visited I began documenting this through photography looking at how seating had been designed and positioned within these spaces as well as finding how we use other obj

Examples of seating Scott Burton stone seating

Stone seating outside Tate Britain London 2010

Extruded bench Thomas Heatherwick

Stone seat Merton college Oxford

Old tree trunk Christ Church Oxford

Bench St Catherine's college Oxford

Straw seating Chaumont France 2010

Ron Arad Barbican London

Before deciding on the final design many different renditions were made in order to provide a number of options and to see why certain elements where working within the design and how they translated into human scale.

Before deciding on the final design many different renditions were made in order to provide a number of options and to see why certain elements where working within the design and how they translated into human scale.

Before deciding on the final design many different renditions were made in order to provide a number of options and to see why certain elements where working within the design and how they translated into human scale.

This also included 1-1 scale mock up drawings of the form in order to begin to understand how the human body was going to fit within these these dimensions and how imposing the scale of the object felt.

At this point i had a very clear idea of the form and approximate dimensions. A template for the secluded seating was made in the studio before work began in Ibstock. This had to be perfectly mapped out as it became the core of the piece.

I looked at having this section CNC cut but I encountered problems with scale and time was also an issue. This may be an option for the next piece or future research. Therefore i had no choice but to hand carve this entire section along with the res

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