The softest eyes look out from under, / Blackest water fall from heights, / Start from the head and downwards plunder, / Guarding back those…
The softest eyes look out from under, / Blackest water fall from heights, / Start from the head and downwards plunder, / Guarding back those lovely eyes. / I reach my hand to touch thereafter / Any trace of his mind yet, / But such an act must spell disaster, / Such is the way his mind is set, / The backward steps that many flatter, / The offered ears that many fold / The smallest ripples are all that matter, / Yet often those fears make summer cold. / Then whence do flying rivers come? / That bear blue blossoms in its stream / Perhaps I can lend him one blue feather? / So he’ll be patched to fly his dream. / In many ways, I reach for farther / Of course, these things, I would endeavour: / Over the cuttings and wide past the harbour, / To sparkle those eyes that look out from under.
So my father e-mails me an article published online today called Paper folding provides inspiration for nanofabrication...
So my father e-mails me an article published online today called Paper folding provides inspiration for nanofabrication No doubt this gets my attention. And if this wasn’t a lovely surprise enough, look where my initials are!
GIVE ME YOUR MUSIC!!!! place your recomendations here please! :) To everybody who loves music. Wow, i think all my art is inspired by …
GIVE ME YOUR MUSIC!!!! place your recomendations here please! :) To everybody who loves music. Wow, i think all my art is inspired by music in some way or another and i would say vice versa but i unfortuanatly don’t write music yet… / But for me music is everything, its the first thing i hear in the morning and the last thing i hear at night. it goes evrywhere with me and every part of my life i relate to music. I have theme tunes for lifes little moments and evry time that moment happens, the song plays in my head… / Songs are also reminders of people, books, emotions, places, smells, colours that i felt and saw at the time the song was playing. The feeling that then washes over me when i hear that song again is amazing and can take me back to that moment in vivid detail (even to days when i was 5 years old!) Indie, folk and slow rock is the best music for me though im not too genre specific, its the song for me, not the type. these are soem of the artists i love… / The Boy Least Likely To / Jack Johnson / We The Scientists / John Mayer / Corrine Bailey Rae / Lykke Li / Emiliana Torrini / Ingrid Michaelson / The Arctic Monkeys / Razorlight / The Kooks / Dashboard Confessional / Death Cab For Cutie / Tom Petty / Dido / Pogo / Bon Iver / Brett Dennon / Joe Purdey / Joshua Radin / Norah Jones / Sia / Jem / Ray Lamontange / Adele / Coldplay / Taken By Trees / The Dykeenies (thanks to Julia! ;) ) / Nouvelle Vague / Priscilla Ahn / Goldfrapp / Any French & Spanish Music Just to name a few… If you have a similar taste in music to me and you know any other artists you’de think id like, or even you really like (cos im open to anything) PLEASE say and share!!! Thanks!! Ok an update… haha! / Ben Harper / Architecture In Helsinki / Kate Havnevik / The Postal Service / Matthew Mayfield / Vega 4 / Florence & The Machine / Eddie Vedder / Feist / Landon Pigg / Jenn Grant / Incubus / Blue Foundation / Snow Patrol / The Beautiful Girls / Five Times August / Beirut / Moby / Live / Regina bloody Spektor!!!! she rocks my boat, her latest album is super good!!! Its called far and the lyrics are just superb!!! / Amos Lee / William Fitzsimmons / Rosi Golan / Amy MacDonald / Radiohead / Ingrid Michaelson
Thank you to all my friends for wishing me a great holiday. Your all so lovely. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Well, I…
Thank you to all my friends for wishing me a great holiday. Your all so lovely. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Well, I did have a great time there in Greece, it was all i imagined it to be. We went on a day trip to the Old Curfu Town it was brilliant, so continential. I walked by a church, to look at the outside you would never / think it was such a beautiful building it just looked like an old old building, no sign,s to say it was a church, then again, i carnt read Greek LOL but what a wonderful surprise when we walked in, the church was absolulty beautiful, the paintings on the ceiling are works of art. It reminded me of the Cistean Chapel in Rome, although i,ve never been there and was on a smaller scale. I will look up on the histroy of it and let you know. I did get told off because i took a photo of it and really honestly i did,nt see the sign where it told you, photo,s were not allowed, had i have seen it i would have respected the sign and not took the shot but there you are, whats done is done. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— I got very brave and actually jumped in the Ionian sea, just took the plunge LOL jumped in straight off the boat. I was in two minds LOL but i felt very good because i did it. / I got stung by a wasp, i showed myself up infront of loads of people LOL / I sat there on the boat, mortified but as luck had it, hubby came to my rescue with the bite cream. Got bit by a good few mossy,s LOL they do seem to love me. I think they make a b line for me but it was,nt a problem , it was the itching more than anything that drove me nuts LOL To be honest i,ve had worse bites in England from mossy,s. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- All in all it was a brilliant holiday and i would certainly go there again. The Greek people were lovely, so helpful and most spoke English. To be honest i think there were more English people than Greek LOL but all so nice. / Anyway, back to earth LOL back to the grind and the cold and back to my sweater,s and coats LOL But nice to be back home, home is where the heart is and thats so true. / Greece has left me with some wonderful memories, what a beautiful place. / xx
When the editor of the website Soulpancake contacted me asking if they could feature my origami, I didn’t k…
When the editor of the website Soulpancake contacted me asking if they could feature my origami, I didn’t know what I would be getting into. I have to admit, I had never heard of the website before and wanted to do some research. The website was created by the actor Rainn Wilson. His name didn’t ring a bell to me right away and I continued my research. Later I realized Rainn Wilson was the one who played Dwight Schrute, the funniest character (in my opinion) in the American version of the television comedy “The Office” and I thought, “Oh my God!!” / / Well the website was just launched last March, when I was working in the UK, and immediately after that I was busy with school. My life as an architecture student kept me so busy that I get so out of sync with what’s going on in the world~ / / Anyhoo, I just realized yesterday they had already featured my origami on the site 3 days ago here. / / (The part where it said “she estimates she’s about halfway there”... I never said that… and I haven’t been keeping count so I have no clue where I am really.) / / / In other news, yesterday my Remembrance was featured in Beautiful / / / / Now I don’t generally post journals about features, but I’m just so pleased to see my newest work being so well-received! And I only joined the group two days ago and only submitted that work so far and they’ve featured it! Thanks so much to the hosts! Meanwhile, although this work is not necessarily the one that has received the most attention upon uploading, it looks like EVERY person who has left a comment has also favourited it :) Well atleast that’s how it started out; but there are also people who faved without leaving a comment so the numbers almost balance out =) / / Thanks so much!
I suppose one can refer to my work as “nano-origami” but the term has a more specific meaning. Some may remember my last post where I sha…
I suppose one can refer to my work as “nano-origami” but the term has a more specific meaning. Some may remember my last post where I shared some insight on my research on how origami inspired technology. Today it is also providing a new revolution in the field of nanotechnology, which usually consists of flat surfaces since small devices are already difficult to fabricate. But researchers at MIT have come up with devices that are first fabricated as flat surfaces, and then folded to create devices with better performance. The folds accomplished right now are very simple, yet it makes a difference; just like how the human brain is folded so information can travel more quickly from one region to another. You can read more and see a video here The same applies to architecture as well; one of the first things I learned was that if you fold something, it becomes stronger – this is what led to the evolution of the arch. Amazing what a fold does! / / / / On other news, today I made a sale on my Tiny Treasures – Miniature Origami calendar! Thank you so much to the mystery buyer! This is actually my first calendar sale (other than to myself) so it means a lot =)
Hello all :-) I’ve just moved from my home in Thornhill to Cambridge. Since things are really busy now, I can’t spend much time here o…
Hello all :-) I’ve just moved from my home in Thornhill to Cambridge. Since things are really busy now, I can’t spend much time here on RB; though I wish I could. I’m just starting my masters: a big part of it is writing a thesis. Though I won’t be posting artwork much, I hope some people can take some interest in my progress which I am here to share (though this content is probably easier for architects to follow). / / / / During my last semester of my undergrad, I knew I wanted to do an origami related thesis. This was what I would say; and many thought it could be interesting. At the same time there were many who asked how that would relate to architecture; good question… In my mind I knew there was great potential, but it was difficult to draw those ideas out; it was difficult to present how my miniature origami could relate to architecture. While I was still in school, I sometimes answered that there could be a potential of finding a way that origami could inspire building construction; and I already knew that it has inspired nanotechnology. At the same time I knew I could draw some sort of connection in terms of presentation. / / / / I thought back about the time I began doing these miniatures; the first of which was Born from the Hand. I just folded that crane while I was daydreaming, and when I realized how small it was I thought I’d post it on Redbubble. I took some pictures; one of my earliest being this: But I wasn’t satisfied with a simple snapshot; I knew I didn’t want to only present a handmade object. After a couple more shots came up with this: Here the story of the creator and the creation unfolds; the crane being framed by the hand spoke so much more than the one simply sitting on top. / / / / Likewise architecture is not just an object sitting on the earth; as well people do not only take it for shelter. Architecture developed from the primitive hut, but as it evolved it would be built to have a relationship with the surrounding site, or to have some symbolic meaning; and it would be detailed and refined for people to experience a space in a particular way; and precision is very important for both function and beauty so everything is measured. / / The refinement of my origami presentation is important too. By that I am not only referring to the precise folding of origami (one that cannot tolerate as much error at a small size), but the set-up for a photo as well. In an image like Born from the Hand, even the slightest change in the position of my hand affected the overall perception. The process of how I got my end result reminded me a bit of the process I’ve been through during design projects at school. / First I came up with the concept of creator and creation; my “parti” being something big framing the small thing it created. (A parti refers to a diagram presenting the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design) / Then it was time to create a layout (which I see as the architectural equivalent of determining drawing a plan). Here I figure out the “building footprint”, the “programming” and the relationship between elements. / Finally I would fine tune it. In my final piece I subtly adjusted the position of my fingers to look more relaxed and natural; and that itself made a great difference (along with converting to black and white). In architecture the final steps include finalizing the exact dimensions of a room, wall thicknesses and details; even a small element such as the thickness of a column can greatly affect the overall perception of a building. In the Parthenon for example, the columns have subtle curves; the columns get narrower towards the capitals, giving the impression of an athlete trying to lift a weight, as opposed to simply being rigid support. I realized that composing a setup was as important to a photograph as the tectonics of a building; and it can go through a process recalling that of designing a building. This was what it was like for me with my very first miniature piece; it took at least 50 shots before I got a result I was satisfied with. Overtime though, I did not have to take as many photos with my later creations to get a result I was satisfied with. / In addition my ideas and presentations have evolved, where I am not only presenting objects, but I use lighting, colour, patterned surfaces or any other special effect to present another idea, create a certain mood, or a sense of movement/liveliness (kind of like determining the finishes of the building). An evolvement is also seen in architecture where, for example, the movement of the sunlight and shadows come into play, or where new technology allows for special lighting effects. / But it’s not to say that the newer creations are better. With the rise of technology, designers can move towards more elaborate and trendy designs, but we can still appreciate the simplicity of early creations. Take the Doric column for example vs. the later ionic and Corinthian, the early version is simple strong and clear. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that I prefer my earlier works to my later ones, but simply that while new creations change and evolve, precedent works are still very important; like the Parthenon that is still regarded as one of the greatest achievements of mankind. As new architecture evolves, there is a great fondness for new ideas, however, those new ideas would not come into place without first understanding the fundamental principles clearly presented in earlier pieces. As I create new miniature origami pieces with new concepts, peers have been drawn to them for the way they are creatively displayed but nonetheless they are a part of a series about presenting a miniature world created by my hands; an idea that is clearly presented in Born from the Hand which seems to still be one of my most popular works today (the idea is also clearer here because I’ve folded a very traditional origami model). / / / / Now this isn’t what my thesis is all about; I have done some research on origami technology and drew connections with city culture and so on; it is more to do with making connections between things that seems so distinct (e.g. art and science, large scale buildings and nanotechnology, architecture and miniature origami… etc); a thesis inspired by my miniature origami. But even as far visual presentation goes I will probably not write that section the same way I’ve done so here; at least not all of it, but it’s still the beginning for me, and I just wanted to share my thoughts. As exciting as it is to write a thesis based on something I am very passionate about, I am often overwhelmed by how much work there is to do; a thesis is pretty much like writing a book after all, and with that much content it’s difficult to get organized. At the same time it can also get out of hand. I’m finding that my thesis can relate to a lot of things, but I would have to narrow it down to get a clear message across. Architecture does influence a lot of things so it is easy to draw out too many ideas – but hey, that might mean that even while I’ve been pursuing a hobby unrelated to architecture, I did get something out of school after all.
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